jackwener--opencli/sitemaps/hackernews/apis.md

schema_version, last_verified, source

schema_version	last_verified	source
1.1	2026-06-02	global

Endpoint index

HN 同时有两个 API 表面：

• Firebase API (https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/...) — 官方 read API，public，文档化 schema。契约最强，所有 read adapter 都走这里。
• Algolia HN Search (https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/...) — 社区维护的 search，public，contract 也稳。HN 主域没 search API，必须用 algolia。

endpoint:topstories

• triggers_on_pages: [front]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load]
• contract_strength: stable
• notes: Firebase /topstories.json 返回 top 500 story id array，agent adapter 链 item/<id>.json 拿详情

endpoint:newstories

• triggers_on_pages: [feed]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load]
• contract_strength: stable
• notes: Firebase /newstories.json，同 topstories 模式

endpoint:beststories

• triggers_on_pages: [feed]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load]
• contract_strength: stable

endpoint:askstories

• triggers_on_pages: [feed]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load]
• contract_strength: stable

endpoint:showstories

• triggers_on_pages: [feed]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load]
• contract_strength: stable

endpoint:jobstories

• triggers_on_pages: [feed]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load]
• contract_strength: stable

endpoint:item

• triggers_on_pages: [item, front, feed]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load, expand_comments]
• contract_strength: stable
• notes: Firebase /item/<id>.json，story + comment 都是 item，type 字段区分 (story / comment / poll / pollopt / job)

endpoint:user

• triggers_on_pages: [user]
• triggered_by_actions: [page_load]
• contract_strength: stable
• notes: Firebase /user/<handle>.json，含 submitted id array

endpoint:algolia_search

• triggers_on_pages: [search]
• triggered_by_actions: [search_submit]
• contract_strength: stable
• notes: /search?query=<q>（relevance）+ /search_by_date?query=<q>（time），HN 主域无 search endpoint