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Hacker News Users API

User profiles.

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. 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.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Users 1

User profiles.

GET
/user/{username}.json
Get user profile
getUser 1 param → 200

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is User (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

User
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

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

Other APIs Hacker News publishes across the network.

Hacker News Items API
Hacker News Lists API
Hacker News Live API