Table: hackernews_top - Query Hacker News Top Stories using SQL
Hacker News is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by Paul Graham's investment fund and startup incubator, Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity".
Table Usage Guide
The hackernews_top table provides insights into the most popular posts within Hacker News. As a data analyst or a content strategist, explore post-specific details through this table, including post title, author, and score. Utilize it to uncover information about trending topics, popular authors, and the overall user engagement in the platform.
Examples
Top stories by score
Discover the most popular stories on HackerNews by assessing their score. This allows you to identify trending topics and understand what content resonates most with the community.
select *from hackernews_toporder by score desc;select *from hackernews_toporder by score desc;Top stories with most comments
Discover the most discussed topics on Hackernews. This query helps you identify the stories that are generating the most conversation, enabling you to stay informed about trending topics.
select *from hackernews_toporder by descendants desc;select *from hackernews_toporder by descendants desc;Query examples
- hackernews_dashboard_avg_score
- hackernews_dashboard_max_score
- hackernews_dashboard_mentions
- hackernews_dashboard_stories_by_hour
- hackernews_dashboard_user_with_greater_than_5_post
- hackernews_dashboard_user_with_greater_than_50_score
- hackernews_sources_detail
- hackernews_sources_domain_input
- hackernews_sources_domains
- hackernews_sources_top_10_domains_by_count
- hackernews_sources_top_10_domains_by_max_score
- hackernews_stories_avg_comments
- hackernews_stories_details
- hackernews_stories_max_comments
Schema for hackernews_top
| Name | Type | Operators | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ctx | jsonb | Steampipe context in JSON form, e.g. connection_name. | |
| by | text | The username of the item's author. | |
| dead | boolean | True if the item is dead. | |
| deleted | boolean | True if the item is deleted. | |
| descendants | bigint | In the case of stories or polls, the total comment count. | |
| id | bigint | = | The item's unique id. |
| kids | jsonb | The ids of the item's comments, in ranked display order. | |
| parent | bigint | The comment's parent: either another comment or the relevant story. | |
| parts | jsonb | A list of related pollopts, in display order. | |
| poll | bigint | The pollopt's associated poll. | |
| score | bigint | The story's score, or the votes for a pollopt. | |
| text | text | The comment, story or poll text. HTML. | |
| time | timestamp with time zone | Timestamp when the item was created. | |
| title | text | The title of the story, poll or job. HTML. | |
| type | text | The type of item. One of "job", "story", "comment", "poll", or "pollopt". | |
| url | text | The URL of the story. |
Export
This table is available as a standalone Exporter CLI. Steampipe exporters are stand-alone binaries that allow you to extract data using Steampipe plugins without a database.
You can download the tarball for your platform from the Releases page, but it is simplest to install them with the steampipe_export_installer.sh script:
/bin/sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://steampipe.io/install/export.sh)" -- hackernewsYou can pass the configuration to the command with the --config argument:
steampipe_export_hackernews --config '<your_config>' hackernews_top