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Hacker News Lists API

Top, new, best, ask, show, and job story lists.

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Hacker News Lists API is one of 4 APIs that Hacker News publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include List. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0.

6 operations 6 paths 0 schemas 6 GET

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v0
Base URL
https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com
Contact
Hacker News
License
MIT
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Lists 6

Top, new, best, ask, show, and job story lists.

GET
/topstories.json
Get top stories
getTopStories → 200
GET
/newstories.json
Get new stories
getNewStories → 200
GET
/beststories.json
Get best stories
getBestStories → 200
GET
/askstories.json
Get latest Ask HN stories
getAskStories → 200
GET
/showstories.json
Get latest Show HN stories
getShowStories → 200
GET
/jobstories.json
Get latest job stories
getJobStories → 200

Specification

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Source

hacker-news-lists-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Hacker News Users API
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API Details
ID
hacker-news:hacker-news-lists-api
Base URL
https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com
Docs
https://github.com/HackerNews/API
Provider
Hacker News
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