---
title: "Hacker News API: User | Perceptlayer"
description: "User from Hacker News as JSON. 1 credit per successful call."
url: https://perceptlayer.com/apis/hacker-news/user
---

[APIs](https://perceptlayer.com/apis) / [Hacker News](https://perceptlayer.com/apis/hacker-news) / User

# Hacker News: User

User from Hacker News as JSON. 1 credit per successful call.

GET `/v1/hacker-news/user` Needs terms

Note 

This endpoint needs the [restricted-endpoint terms](https://perceptlayer.com/legal/restricted-endpoints), which you can accept in your dashboard.

## Parameters

Send parameters in the query string.

| Parameter | Type | Required | Allowed values |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | Required | Up to 30 characters |
| `submissions` | boolean | Optional | Any |

## Example request

cURL shell 

```
curl "https://api.perceptlayer.com/v1/hacker-news/user?id=mlukewizard&submissions=1" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $API_KEY"
```

[Run this endpoint in the playground](https://perceptlayer.com/apis/hacker-news?try=user#playground) with your own parameters. 1 credit per successful call; failed calls are free.