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Hacker News

Steps to connect Hacker News as a data source in Squadbase

By connecting Hacker News, you can pull in article scores, comment counts, and trending topics from the Hacker News public API. No API key or authentication is required.

Examples of what you can build:

  • Score trends for top articles over time
  • Submission and comment activity over time
  • Engagement breakdown by topic

Required Information

No credentials are required. Hacker News data is available via a public API.


How to Connect

  1. Select Hacker News from the data source list
  2. Click Create to connect

Squadbase will automatically fetch available data from the Hacker News API.