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Hackernews Data API
Structured JSON data, on demand, with anti-bot bypass built in.
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Example (captured live) Open playground
hackernews.com
ExampleJSON responseclick the page to trace a field
{
"id": "pg",
"karma": 157316,
"created": "2006-10-09T18:21:32+00:00",
"about": "Bug fixer.",
"submitted_count": 15565
}
GET
/v1/hackernews/users/{id}1 credit / run VerifiedUser
A user profile: karma, account age, about text and submission count.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | Username (case-sensitive). |