Hacker News API

Social & Community

Read stories, comments, polls, and user profiles from Hacker News via a public Firebase feed.

Hacker News API is listed in Social & Community.

Auth No auth Pricing Free URL https://news.ycombinator.com/ Docs https://github.com/HackerNews/API

Key metrics

No published cap Rate limit Free Firebase API, no key; no published rate 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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