openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Hacker News Items Users API
  description: The official Hacker News API provides read-only access to items (stories, comments, jobs, Ask HNs, polls), users, and live data via Firebase. No authentication is required.
  version: v0
  contact:
    name: Hacker News
    url: https://github.com/HackerNews/API
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/HackerNews/API/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0
  description: Production Firebase endpoint
tags:
- name: Users
  description: User profiles.
paths:
  /user/{username}.json:
    get:
      summary: Get user profile
      description: Returns a Hacker News user profile by case-sensitive username.
      operationId: getUser
      tags:
      - Users
      parameters:
      - name: username
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Case-sensitive HN username.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/User'
components:
  schemas:
    User:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Case-sensitive user id.
        delay:
          type: integer
        created:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp of account creation.
        karma:
          type: integer
        about:
          type: string
        submitted:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer