New top story

This trigger fires every time a Hacker News story becomes a top story.

Developer info

API endpoint slug: hacker_news.new_top_story

Trigger fields

Search Text input > Other

Label: Matching search term
Helper text: Optional. Searches for new top stories matching the search term.
Slug: search
Required: true
Can have default value: true

Ingredients

Triggered atDate and time event was created.

Slug: created_at
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.TriggeredAt
Type: Date with time (ISO8601)
Example: 2020-07-08T04:17:06.000+05:00

UsernameThe user who posted the story.

Slug: username
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.Username
Type: String
Example: pg

PointsThe number of points that the post has.

Slug: score
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.Points
Type: String
Example: 96

Story URLThe URL to the story on Hacker News.

Slug: url
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.StoryUrl
Type: String
Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10346551

TitleThe title of the story.

Slug: title
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.Title
Type: String
Example: Developing with Docker at IFTTT

Comments countThe number of comments.

Slug: comments_count
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.CommentsCount
Type: String
Example: 28

TextIf the story is a self post, this ingredient will contain that text.

Slug: text
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.Text
Type: String
Example: What do you think about this framework?

External URLIf the story links to an external website, this ingredient will contain that URL.

Slug: external_url
Filter code: HackerNews.newTopStory.ExternalUrl
Type: Web URL
Example: https://medium.com/engineering-at-ifttt/developing-with-docker-at-ifttt-5bd03b4e597c