Hacker News (Algolia Search API)

Hacker News (Algolia Search API)

News & Media

Free, no-auth search API over all Hacker News stories and comments, with full-text and date-based queries.

Hacker News (Algolia Search API) is listed in News & Media.

Auth No auth Pricing Free URL https://hn.algolia.com/api Docs https://hn.algolia.com/api

Key metrics

10k req/hr Rate limit Free HN Search API by Algolia: no key; ~10,000 requests/hour per IP fair-use limit.

Gotchas

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Labels

No auth

No auth

Callable with no API key or login — lowest-friction to integrate.

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