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hackernews_user

Profile rollup for one Hacker News account — login, karma, join date, submission count, and bio. Use hackernews_user_submissions for that user's recent stories or hackernews_user_comments for their recent comments.

KindSafetyShapes
cachedSafeentries, text, linked_text_block, text_block
OptionTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
userstring (HN login)yesHacker News login to fetch (e.g. "pg").
ShapeRenderers
entriesanimated_boot, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_wave, grid_table
textanimated_boot, animated_figlet_morph, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_typewriter, animated_wave, text_ascii, text_plain
linked_text_blocklist_links
text_blockanimated_boot, animated_postfx, animated_scanlines, animated_splitflap, animated_wave, list_plain
login                                 pg
karma                             156000
created                       2006-10-09
submissions                         1234
                                        
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@pg · 156000pt karma                    
                                        
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@pg · 156000pt karma                    
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
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@pg                                     
156000pt karma                          
joined 2006-10-09                       
Paul Graham, Y Combinator co-founder.   
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