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Ask HN: How can I view older 'Ask HN' questions?

20 points by CM30 9y ago

As in, ones from more than a day or so ago? Because part of me wants to read some of the older questions here, but the Ask HN list only goes back to a day or so ago, and I'd like a bit more structure than 'search Ask HN in the search engine and see what randomly comes up'. Is there an older archive for these things anywhere online?

siddhant 9y ago
This should be useful - https://hn.algolia.com/?query=ask%20hn&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=ask%20hn&sort=byPopularity&pre...
- CM30 9y ago
  Thanks. Just wanted to see Ask HN questions from more than a day ago, and this seems to do just that.
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traviswingo 9y ago
@siddhant's recommendation to use the algolia search is probably the best way for simple searching of what you want. You could also always use the API and build a UI that better suits your needs, should existing ones not suffice. https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API
provost 9y ago
I wish HN offered a search function, but they don't. Fortunately, the folks at Algolia offer a search tool for HN here: https://hn.algolia.com https://hn.algolia.com
- mattmanser 9y ago
  HN does provide a search option, powered by Algolia. It's at the bottom of the page. Algolia is one of YC's investments, Algolia provides your site with search like Disqus provides comments.
  - provost 9y ago
    Oh wow, thank you for pointing that out! I've completely missed that for years. Do you know when they added it?
    - mattmanser 9y ago
      They did a blog post about it: https://blog.algolia.com/hacker-news-search-algolia/ https://blog.algolia.com/hacker-news-search-algolia/
larryfole 9y ago
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- type0 9y ago
  Classic filtering: https://news.ycombinator.com/classic https://news.ycombinator.com/classic
3into10power5 9y ago
Related question, Is there a way to "download"(for machine learning purposes) all posts on HN?