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Hacker News#

The Hacker News node allows you to automate work in Hacker News, and integrate Hacker News with other applications. n8n has built-in support for a wide range of Hacker News features, including getting articles, and users.

On this page, you'll find a list of operations the Hacker News node supports and links to more resources.

Credentials

This node doesn't require authentication.

Examples and templates

For usage examples and templates to help you get started, take a look at n8n's Hacker News integrations list.

Basic Operations#

  • All
    • Get all items
  • Article
    • Get a Hacker News article
  • User
    • Get a Hacker News user

Example Usage#

This workflow allows you to get articles from Hacker News. You can also find the workflow on this website. This example usage workflow would use the following two nodes. - Start - Hacker News

The final workflow should look like the following image.

A workflow with the Hacker News node

1. Start node#

The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

2. Hacker News node#

  1. Select the 'All' option from the Resource dropdown list.
  2. Click on Execute Node to run the workflow.