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Hacker News Live API

Max item ID and recent updates.

Hacker News Live 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 Live. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v0.

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

2 operations 2 paths 0 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v0
Base URL
https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Live 2

Max item ID and recent updates.

GET
/maxitem.json
Get max item ID
getMaxItem → 200
GET
/updates.json
Get changed items and profiles
getUpdates → 200

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Hacker News publishes across the network.

Hacker News Items API
Hacker News Lists API
Hacker News Users API