Hacker News Search

Search and monitor Hacker News stories, comments, and users via the Algolia HN Search API. No API key required.

When to Use

• User asks about Hacker News discussions on a topic
• User wants to find HN posts about a company, product, or technology
• User wants to monitor HN for mentions of something
• User asks "what's trending on HN" or "what did HN think about X"
• User wants to find Show HN / Ask HN / Launch HN posts

API Overview

Base URL: https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1

Two search endpoints:

• /search — Relevance-sorted (best for finding specific topics)
• /search_by_date — Date-sorted (best for monitoring / recent activity)