Search Hacker News stories and comments by keyword, newest first, and return normalized content, engagement, and source data.
Endpoint
- Path:
/api/v1/hackernews/search - Cost: 1 credit per successful request
Query parameters
| Name | Required | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
query | Yes | The keyword or phrase to search for. | social listening |
cursor | No | The cursor returned by the previous response. | 1 |
raw | No | Include the unchanged provider response in the raw field. Defaults to false. | true |
curl --get 'https://api.sociallisteningapi.com/api/v1/hackernews/search' \
--data-urlencode 'query=social listening' \
--data-urlencode 'raw=true' \
--header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'Responses
{
"success": true,
"platform": "hackernews",
"endpoint": "/api/v1/hackernews/search",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"id": "41234567",
"platform": "hackernews",
"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41234567",
"content": {
"title": "Show HN: A social listening API",
"text": "A practical guide to social listening for small teams.",
"media_urls": [],
"thumbnail_url": null
},
"author": {
"id": "alex",
"username": "alex",
"display_name": "alex",
"avatar_url": null,
"verified": null
},
"engagement": {
"views": 1200,
"likes": 48,
"comments": 7,
"shares": 3,
"saves": null
},
"published_at": "2026-08-05T01:30:00.000Z",
"ext": {
"story_id": "41234567"
}
}
]
},
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": null,
"has_more": false,
"page_size": 1
},
"raw": {
"hits": []
},
"request_id": "req_example123",
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 99
}