Hacker News Fetch User

Fetch a Hacker News user profile. Returns username, karma score, bio/about text, account creation date, and total submission count. For detailed submission history with hydrated items, use hacker_news…

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Hacker News

Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. Browse live ranked lists (top, best, new, Show HN, Ask HN, jobs) via the Firebase API, search stories and comments by keyword via the Algolia API, filter by date/points/author, fetch items with optional comment trees, explore user profiles and submission history, and monitor real-time activity.

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Hacker News

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Complete Hacker News toolkit. Browse live ranked lists (top, best, new, Show HN, Ask HN, jobs), search stories and comments by keyword, filter by date/points/author, fetch items with optional comment trees, explore user profiles and submission history, and monitor real-time activity.

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Active

CreatedDecember 3, 2025

UpdatedMarch 6, 2026

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