hackernews-front
The stories on the Hacker News front page, newest first: title, link, points, author, comment count. limit caps the rows (max 90, three pages).
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Fields
8 columns on every row. null means the site does not state it.| field | type | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| rank | integer | |
| title | string | |
| url | string | |
| site | string | |
| score | integer | |
| author | string | |
| age | string | |
| comments | integer |
null means the site does not state it.
How it behaves
Cost. 2-4 units. A failed run costs 0.
Freshness 10 min. The same input within 10 min is served from cache at 0 units.
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Call POST /recipes/hackernews-front with your key and limit. You get rows with the 8 fields above. The recipe is tested against the live site every 6 hours.
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