topstories.json: Get top stories

API: firebaseio.com:hackernews
Endpoint: /topstories.json
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 352ms

Description

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

Examples (1)

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

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

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

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

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 16:51:37.103539 200 352ms
2026-04-16 03:27:19.556994 200 327ms
2026-04-15 00:06:57.629870 200 380ms
2026-04-14 03:37:46.669151 200 365ms
2026-04-12 15:14:34.305811 200 357ms
2026-04-10 00:49:19.927975 200 310ms
2026-04-09 02:30:34.863410 200 384ms
2026-03-27T12:20:18.483793 200 392ms