{id}.json: Get item by ID

API: firebaseio.com:hackernews
Endpoint: /item/{id}.json
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 378ms

Description

Returns a JSON object containing the item's data including author, time posted, text/title, and metadata. Use this to fetch details for any HN item when you know its ID.

From spec: Returns details for a specific item (story, comment, job, poll, or pollopt).

Usage Tips

- Item IDs are sequential integers - Returns null if item does not exist - Common item types: 'story', 'comment', 'job', 'poll', 'pollopt' - HTML entities in text are escaped

Parameters (1)

id (integer, path, required)

The item's unique ID

Examples (1)

Fetch a specific comment by ID probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching a comment item by its ID, showing the structure of comment data including author and text content.

curl 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/47690349.json'

import requests

resp = requests.get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/47690349.json")
data = resp.json()

import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("firebaseio")
result = api.fetch("item/{id}.json")

for item in result:
    print(item)

const resp = await fetch("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/item/47690349.json");
const data = await resp.json();

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Time	Status	Latency
2026-04-16 17:36:17.761196	200	378ms
2026-04-16 02:05:53.913784	200	357ms
2026-04-15 02:30:05.254094	200	447ms
2026-04-14 01:58:54.592550	200	360ms
2026-04-12 16:24:36.827268	200	344ms
2026-04-10 01:11:25.736868	200	313ms
2026-04-09 00:13:08.681091	200	420ms