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Hacker News API Server

Proxy Hacker News front page sections (top, new, ask, show) through an Express server with structured output.

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This template provides REST endpoints that scrape Hacker News and return normalized post data. It visits the relevant list (top, newest, Ask HN, Show HN), extracts title, URL, points, author, comment count, and time ago, and returns JSON with optional result limits.