beststories.json: Get best stories

API: firebaseio.com:hackernews
Endpoint: /beststories.json
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 353ms

Description

Returns an array of up to 500 best story IDs on Hacker News.

Examples (1)

Get best stories probe-gate
curl 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/beststories.json'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/beststories.json")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("firebaseio")
result = api.fetch("beststories.json")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/beststories.json");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 03:23:55.325715 200 353ms
2026-04-15 01:51:45.304586 200 365ms
2026-04-14 01:05:56.210760 200 588ms
2026-04-12 16:21:56.048766 200 340ms
2026-04-10 02:56:14.014151 200 352ms
2026-04-09 03:12:38.459820 200 347ms
2026-03-27T12:20:21.619130 200 700ms