The Hacker News API provides real-time access to stories, comments, and user profiles from Y Combinator's technology and startup news platform. It is a Firebase-based API that requires no authentication and offers endpoints for top, new, Ask HN, and Show HN stories.
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This is the official Hacker News API, documented as being offered in partnership with Firebase, with requests served from hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/. It needs no authentication and no API key, and the documentation states there is currently no rate limit — which is not a guarantee, so serial requests and caching remain the right approach under load. Note the shape of the data: list endpoints return only item ids, so titles and comment bodies require a separate request per id. Verified 2026-08-25.
Last verified: August 25, 2026
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https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/Methods
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/v0/item/{id}.jsonBelirli bir öğeyi (hikaye, yorum, iş ilanı, anket) döndürür
Belirli bir öğeyi (hikaye, yorum, iş ilanı, anket) döndürür
/v0/user/{username}.jsonKullanıcı profili bilgilerini döndürür
Kullanıcı profili bilgilerini döndürür
/v0/topstories.jsonEn iyi hikayeler için ID listesi (500'e kadar)
En iyi hikayeler için ID listesi (500'e kadar)
/v0/newstories.jsonEn yeni hikayeler için ID listesi (500'e kadar)
En yeni hikayeler için ID listesi (500'e kadar)
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