The Firebase API is the way to go. I built a small app to do exactly as you described [0] and wrote a blog post about it [1]. Drop me a line if you need any mor

The Firebase API is the way to go. I built a small app to do exactly as you described [0] and wrote a blog post about it [1]. Drop me a line if you need any more info. UPDATE: Using the Firebase feed means you don't have to do periodic scraping. You can simply set a listener for the FB change() event and the API will basically tell you when there is fresh information from the front page etc. [0] - https://tophn.info https://tophn.info [1] - https://hackernoon.com/tophn-a-fun-side-project-built-with-vue-js-and-rethinkdb-f22159641c1b https://hackernoon.com/tophn-a-fun-side-project-built-with-v...