HackerNews-API is a Node.js wrapper for accessing v0 of the official Hacker News API.
npm install hackernews-api
> var hn = require('hackernews-api'); > hn.getItem(8863); { by : "dhouston", descendants : 71, id : 8863, kids : [ 8952, 9224, 8917, 8884, 8887, 8943, 8869, 8958, 9005, 9671, 8940, 9067, 8908, 9055, 8865, 8881, 8872, 8873, 8955, 10403, 8903, 8928, 9125, 8998, 8901, 8902, 8907, 8894, 8878, 8870, 8980, 8934, 8876 ], score : 111, time : 1175714200, title : "My YC app: Dropbox - Throw away your USB drive", type : "story", url : "http://www.getdropbox.com/u/2/screencast.html" } > hn.getUser('wcember'); { about: 'programmer, actuary, consultant.<p>williamcember.com\ngithub.com/ wcember\n@wcember', created: 1382846640, delay: 0, id: 'wcember', karma: 4, submitted: [ 9106838, 7979403, 6638253 ] }