news.hn-item

Fetch a specific Hacker News item (story, comment, job, poll) by its numeric ID. Returns id, type, author, time (unix + ISO), title, URL, text, score, descendant count, kid count, parent (for comments), dead/deleted flags, canonical news.ycombinator.com URL.

price
$0.0012 USDC per call
method
GET/api/news/hn-item
payment
x402 v2 · USDC on Base (EIP-3009) or Solana (SPL transfer)
auth
None. Sign the payment, retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
tier
Tier 0 — no paid upstream

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
idrequiredinteger
min 1 · max 1000000000

Code samples

cURLbash
# 1. Probe with no auth → 402 envelope with PaymentRequirements
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/news/hn-item?id=1'

# 2. Sign + retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE:
curl -sS 'https://2s.io/api/news/hn-item?id=1' \
  -H 'PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: <base64-json-payload>'

# Or use the canonical runner (handles probe → sign → retry):
#   EVM_PRIVATE_KEY=0x... node --env-file=.env.local \
#     --experimental-strip-types scripts/x402-pay.ts \
#     'https://2s.io/api/news/hn-item?id=1'
TypeScript / Node — @2sio/sdktypescript
import { TwoS } from '@2sio/sdk'

const client = new TwoS({
  privateKey: process.env.EVM_PRIVATE_KEY as `0x${string}`,
})

const result = await client.news.hnItem({
  "id": 1
})

console.log('endpoint:', result.endpoint)
console.log('cost:', result.costUsd, 'USDC')
console.log('tx:', result.settlement?.txHash)
console.log('data:', result.data)
Python — 2siopython
import os
from twosio import TwoS

client = TwoS(private_key=os.environ["EVM_PRIVATE_KEY"])

result = client.news.hn_item(id=1)

print("endpoint:", result.endpoint)
print("cost:", result.cost_usd, "USDC")
print("tx:", (result.settlement or {}).get("tx_hash"))
print("data:", result.data)
MCP — Claude Desktop / AgentKit / any MCP hostjson
// 1. Add @2sio/mcp to your MCP host config (Claude Desktop example below).
//    EVM_PRIVATE_KEY funds x402 payments per call.

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "2sio": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@2sio/mcp"],
      "env": { "EVM_PRIVATE_KEY": "0x..." }
    }
  }
}

// 2. Once the server is running, agents call this tool via standard MCP:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "news.hn-item",
    "arguments": {
      "id": 1
    }
  }
}

Response

FieldTypeDescription
itemobject
sourceobject
Example response datajson
{
  "item": {
    "id": 1,
    "type": "example",
    "by": "example",
    "time": 1,
    "timeIso": "example",
    "title": "example",
    "url": "example",
    "text": "example",
    "score": 1,
    "descendantsCount": 1,
    "kidsCount": 1,
    "parent": 1,
    "deleted": false,
    "dead": false,
    "hnUrl": "https://example.com"
  },
  "source": {
    "provider": "example",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "license": "example"
  }
}

Discovery

2s.io is x402-native. Every call is paid per-request from a USDC-funded EVM wallet on Base — no signup, no API keys, no monthly fees. Source code: github.com/2s-io/sdk.