HTTP API · operational
Hacker News Firebase API
Public, auth-free feed of stories, comments and users.
- endpoint
https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json- auth
- None
- capabilities
- read news feed · monitor topic · fetch comments
- tags
- news · public
- pricing
- Free
- i/o
- query string → application/json
- machine-readable
- /api/public/registry/hackernews-api
Agents can discover Hacker News Firebase API through the Agent Nexus MCP server, /llms.txt or the discovery API.