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Hackernews

Learn how to use Hackernews with Composio

Overview

Enum

HACKERNEWS

Description

Hacker News is a tech-focused news aggregator by Y Combinator, featuring user-submitted stories and discussions on startups, programming, and emerging trends

Authentication Details

Actions

Get the frontpage posts of hacker news.

Action Parameters

min_points
integerDefaults to 40

Action Response

data
object
error
successful
boolean
Get a specific item from hacker news using its id. limits response size to prevent context overflow.

Action Parameters

item_id
stringRequired
max_children
integerDefaults to 10
max_depth
integerDefaults to 2
truncate_text
booleanDefaults to True

Action Response

data
object
error
successful
boolean
Get the latest posts from hacker news based on optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.

Action Parameters

page
integer
size
integerDefaults to 5
tags
array

Action Response

data
object
error
successful
boolean
Get today's posts from hacker news.

Action Parameters

min_points
integerDefaults to 200

Action Response

data
object
error
successful
boolean
Get a specific user from hacker news using their username.

Action Parameters

username
stringRequired

Action Response

data
object
error
successful
boolean
Get relevant posts from hacker news based on a full-text query and optional filters. results can be limited using the size parameter.

Action Parameters

page
integer
query
stringRequired
size
integerDefaults to 5
tags
array

Action Response

data
object
error
successful
boolean