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2s.io news hn-user

https://2s.io/api/news/hn-user

payable

Hacker News user profile by username. Returns id, account creation time (unix + ISO), karma, the about/bio text, number of items submitted, and the canonical news.ycombinator.com profile URL. Unknown user returns an empty result.

We sent a real GET request to this endpoint and it answered 402 with payment requirements we could parse.
Price
$0.003
Network
base
Pay to
0x2b6D4988Db4723E6908Db86Ab2b8dFBc51FC32C5
Spec dialect
v2 (declares x402Version 2)
Transport
PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
HTTP method
GET
Response latency
93 ms
Payment options
2 usable of 2
Last checked
2026-08-10T09:15:52.621Z (1d ago)
Category
data

Re-check it yourself:
curl "https://api.the402.dev/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2F2s.io%2Fapi%2Fnews%2Fhn-user"