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Hackernews Get Item With Id

Get a specific item from Hacker News using its ID. Limits response size to prevent context overflow.

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Use Hackernews Get Item With Id

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Inputs

  • item_idstring
    Required
    The unique numeric ID of the Hacker News item (story, comment, job, poll, or pollopt). Can be obtained from other HN API endpoints like search or front page.
  • max_depthinteger
    Maximum depth of nested comment replies to include. 0 means no children, 1 means direct replies only, 2 means replies to replies, etc. Default is 2.
  • max_childreninteger
    Maximum number of direct child comments to include in the response. Higher values return more comments but increase response size. Default is 10.
  • truncate_textboolean
    Whether to truncate long text content (comments, story text) to 500 characters. Set to False to get full text. Default is True to prevent context overflow.

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  • data
    Required
    Data from the action execution
  • errorstring
    Error if any occurred during the execution of the action
  • successfulboolean
    Required
    Whether or not the action execution was successful or not

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