> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one page from the Social Fetch docs (markdown export). For curated orientation and workflow guidance, start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for agent onboarding and crawl rules, use [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt); for the full endpoint list with links to pages like this one, use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt); for one platform's parameters and curls, use [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt); use [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) when you need structured JSON for tool registration.

## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring/get](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring/get)
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring/get.mdx](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring/get.mdx)

## API base URL and authentication

- **API origin (from OpenAPI `servers`):** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`
- **Authentication:** send `x-api-key: sfk_...` on `/v1/**` routes unless the operation is explicitly anonymous (check OpenAPI `security`, the [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx), [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt), or [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) for each route).
- **OpenAPI JSON:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json](https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json)

## Recommended docs entrypoints (this site)

- [Documentation overview](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs.mdx) — top-level orientation (markdown).
- [Quickstart](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart.mdx) — authenticate with `x-api-key`, validate auth with `whoami`, and understand the JSON envelope.
- [SDK](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk.mdx) — official TypeScript SDK guide, including `SocialFetchClient`, `Result`, and `unwrap()`.
- [SDK reference](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk-reference.mdx) — exhaustive SDK method inventory and route mapping for agents, tooling, and power users.
- [Choose the right endpoint](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/choose-endpoint.mdx) — task-oriented route selection for smoke tests, profiles, list endpoints, and single-item lookups.
- [Capability matrix](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/capability-matrix.mdx) — fast comparison of identifiers, pagination, outcomes, media download, and SDK coverage.
- [Recipes](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/recipes.mdx) — copyable workflows (brand monitoring, transcripts, Ad Library, creator scoring, Reddit research) with credit callouts and SDK examples.
- [Integrations](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations.mdx) — MCP for AI clients, n8n verified node, Apify Store Actors, SDK, and REST API connection paths.
- [MCP product page](https://www.socialfetch.dev/mcp) — hosted MCP overview, OAuth, Skills install.
- [MCP integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/mcp.mdx) — hosted `/mcp` server, OAuth, Cursor/VS Code/Claude install snippets, 154 endpoint tools, plus docs_search/docs_read for implementation help.
- [n8n integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/n8n.mdx) — install `n8n-nodes-socialfetch`, credentials, and workflow examples.
- [Apify integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/apify.mdx) — Store Actors under @social-fetch, PPE billing, dataset export, and quick start.
- [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt) — every documented operation with a direct link to that route's agent-readable markdown page (prefer this over parsing OpenAPI).
- [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt) — per-platform endpoint files generated from OpenAPI (parameters, credits, curls).
- [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt) — agent crawl/onboarding file with capabilities, auth rules, and allowlist.
- [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) — structured machine-readable operation inventory with parameter names, pagination, outcomes, credits, and SDK mapping.
- [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx) — human-friendly index of operations with links into generated pages.
- [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) — shared error envelope and HTTP status guidance.
- [Credits](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/credits.mdx) — metering, `402`, and planning batch jobs.
- Outcome semantics such as `found`, `not_found`, and `private` are documented in [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) and on operation pages when present in the OpenAPI contract.

## Markdown docs convention

- Every docs page has a markdown twin: append **`.mdx`** to the docs pathname (for example `/docs/quickstart` → `/docs/quickstart.mdx`).
- Agents that send `Accept: text/markdown` on `/docs/**` HTML URLs may receive markdown directly (same URL, `Vary: Accept`).

---
# List Who is Hiring jobs (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring/get)

## Summary

List top-level jobs from the monthly Hacker News Who is Hiring thread (latest thread, or a YYYY-MM month).

**Tags:** `Hacker News`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.hackernews.listWhoIsHiring()`
- **Pagination:** page via `page`, next page: `data.page.nextPage`, has more: `data.page.hasMore`
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`

## Credits

- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Normalization failure (502):** 0 credits charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.

## Authentication

- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)

## Parameters

### `month` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; pattern: `^\d{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])$`
- **Description:** Calendar month (YYYY-MM) to pin a Who is Hiring thread. Default: latest thread.

### `page` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `integer`; minimum: 0; maximum: 49; nullable
- **Description:** Zero-based page index of top-level hiring comments.

### `pageSize` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `integer`; minimum: 1; maximum: 50
- **Description:** Job rows per page (1–50). Default: 20.

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: Structured Who is Hiring page.
- **400**: Invalid request
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.

## Response body (200)

Structured Who is Hiring page.

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found. Whether a matching Who is Hiring thread was found.
  - **thread** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Thread summary when found.
    - **id** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Story id of the hiring thread.
    - **title** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Thread title.
    - **createdAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Thread creation time.
    - **itemUrl** (required) — type `string`. Canonical news.ycombinator.com item URL.
  - **items** (required) — type `array`. Top-level hiring comments as structured rows.
    - _items:_
      - **commentId** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Hiring comment id.
      - **author** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Comment author username.
      - **createdAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Comment creation time.
      - **text** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Full plain-text hiring comment (HTML stripped).
      - **company** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Best-effort company name parse; null when unknown.
      - **role** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Best-effort role/title parse; null when unknown.
      - **location** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Best-effort location parse; null when unknown.
      - **remote** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Best-effort remote signal; null when unknown.
      - **salary** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Best-effort salary snippet; null when unknown.
      - **visa** (required) — type `boolean`; nullable. Best-effort visa sponsorship signal; null when unknown.
      - **contact** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Best-effort contact snippet; null when unknown.
      - **itemUrl** (required) — type `string`. Canonical news.ycombinator.com item URL.
  - **page** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Pagination metadata when found.
    - **page** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Zero-based page index.
    - **pageSize** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Requested job rows per page.
    - **returned** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Number of job rows returned in this page.
    - **hasMore** (required) — type `boolean`. True when another page is available within the accessible window.
    - **nextPage** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Next page index when hasMore is true; otherwise null.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
  - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
  - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
  - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.
  - **cached** (optional) — type `boolean`. True when served from shared response cache. Credits still apply (full endpoint price); Age header may be present.

### Example JSON (OpenAPI example)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "thread": {
      "id": 48747976,
      "title": "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2026)",
      "createdAt": "2026-07-01T15:01:21.000Z",
      "itemUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48747976"
    },
    "items": [
      {
        "commentId": 48919859,
        "author": "baaaadegg",
        "createdAt": "2026-07-15T12:32:31.000Z",
        "text": "Founding Technologist + Full Stack Developer | REMOTE | Part-or-full-time | $0 + equity\nLooking for a founding dev for an early wellness and spirituality project. Product focus is on video streaming, audio quality, data privacy, and global payments. A working MVP is live on web, Android, and iOS. Stack includes: Next.…",
        "company": null,
        "role": "Founding Technologist + Full Stack Developer",
        "location": null,
        "remote": true,
        "salary": "$0 + equity",
        "visa": null,
        "contact": "hataginow@gmail.com",
        "itemUrl": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919859"
      }
    ],
    "page": {
      "page": 0,
      "pageSize": 3,
      "returned": 3,
      "hasMore": true,
      "nextPage": 1
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_01example_hackernews_whoishiring",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "version": "v1"
  }
}
```

### Machine-readable error codes

When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):

- `bad_request`

## Error handling & retries

Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.

- **400**: Invalid request **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed. **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.

### Suggested client defaults

- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.

## Examples

### TypeScript SDK

```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";

const client = new SocialFetchClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});

const result = await client.hackernews.listWhoIsHiring();

if (!result.ok) {
  console.error(result.error);
} else {
  console.log(result.value.data);
}
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/hackernews/jobs/who-is-hiring",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```