# hackernews OpenAPI overview

> Below is an overview of the hackernews openapi in simple language. This API contains 10 endpoints.

For more detailed information of an endpoint, visit https://oapis.org/summary/hackernews/[idOrRoute]

Hacker News API v0.0.1 - https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com
API for accessing Hacker News data in near real time

## Other

- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/item/{id}.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/item/{id}.json - Get an item
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/user/{id}.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/user/{id}.json - Get a user
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/maxitem.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/maxitem.json - Get the current largest item id
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/topstories.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/topstories.json - Get up to 500 top stories
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/newstories.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/newstories.json - Get up to 500 new stories
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/beststories.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/beststories.json - Get up to 500 best stories
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/askstories.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/askstories.json - Get up to 200 latest Ask HN stories
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/showstories.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/showstories.json - Get up to 200 latest Show HN stories
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/jobstories.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/jobstories.json - Get up to 200 latest Job stories
- [](https://oapis.org/openapi/hackernews/updates.json): GET https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/updates.json - Get latest item and profile changes