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# Scrape Hacker News

This document outlines the functionality and characteristics of the Scrape Hacker News node, which enables automated content retrieval from Hacker News.

## Node Inputs

### Optional Fields

* **Query**: Keywords to filter news articles by title
* **Num Pages**: Number of pages to scrape (maximum: 5)

## Node Output

* **Post Titles**: List of matching article titles
* **Post Links**: List of corresponding article URLs

## Node Functionality

The Scrape Hacker News node retrieves and filters content from Hacker News.

**Key features include**:

* Keyword-based filtering
* Multi-page scraping
* Front page focus
* Title and URL extraction
* Automatic content parsing

## When To Use

The Scrape Hacker News node is valuable for tech news monitoring. Common use cases include:

* **Tech Monitoring**: Track specific technology trends
* **Market Research**: Follow startup and industry news
* **Competition Analysis**: Monitor tech landscape
* **Content Curation**: Gather relevant tech articles

**Some specific examples**:

* Tracking AI/ML developments
* Monitoring startup funding news
* Following specific tech company mentions
* Gathering programming language discussions

## Important Considerations:

1. Maximum 5 pages per request
2. Results are in chronological order

In summary, the Scrape Hacker News node provides efficient tech news monitoring through automated content filtering and retrieval from Hacker News.