Ask HN: Whats the Status of the Hacker News Write API?

[ilolu]

Is there a Write API in works ?.

[frankwiles]

I doubt it. Easily 10X the amount of spam and low quality posts HN would have to deal with.

[gruez]

What makes you think that getting a write api will significantly increase spam? I don't think the current system of submitting a HTML form (essentially a POST) is a high barrier to begin with.

[mtmail]

Try [e-mail] if nobody publicly answers.

[gtirloni]

https://github.com/HackerNews/API

[e-mail]

[tedmiston]

I've emailed Scott a few times about HN bugs and he's very responsive. I'm curious to hear what he says.