I stumbled upon Hacker News API (https://hn.algolia.com/api) and I was wondering if I am missing how to get the list of the most popular stories featured in the homepage. Is there another API to do this or should I just implement a crawler myself to get it manually?
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This API indeed does not let you scan the front page, possibly because it is changing too often and HNews is known for setting rigorous limits to crawlers on the amount of requests they can make.
Alternatively I saw many HN aggregators focusing around Posts with more than X points, and this API allows you to do the same, example:
https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story&numericFilters=points>100
Otherwise I afraid you have to make your own crawler, which would request front-page frequently or on-demand, just make sure it is within limits. There was a discussion on HN on this subject, but I cannot find out right now.
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