showstories.json: Get Show HN stories

API: firebaseio.com:hackernews
Endpoint: /showstories.json
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 367ms

Description

Returns an array of up to 200 Show HN story IDs.

Examples (1)

Get Show HN stories probe-gate
curl 'https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/showstories.json'
import requests

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

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

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

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:17:24.293244 200 367ms
2026-04-15 00:53:12.713805 200 482ms
2026-04-14 02:13:29.190702 200 489ms
2026-04-12 12:30:59.256469 200 305ms
2026-04-10 02:32:19.360647 200 1639ms
2026-04-09 03:02:08.429101 200 624ms
2026-03-27T12:20:24.410623 200 400ms