Hacker News Integration Guides and Tutorials

Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism

A list of guides and tutorials for connecting to and working with live Hacker News data.

CData Software's connectivity tools enable users to connect directly to live Hacker News data data from widely-used BI, analytics, ETL, and custom applications, ensuring that our customers can access their data wherever they desire. Below, you'll find a collection of guides and tutorials on integrating with live Hacker News data.

Integration Use-Cases

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Artificial Intelligence - agents, chatbots, and workflows (Claude, ChatGPT, n8n, crewAI, etc.)
Business Intelligence & Analytics - charting, reports, and more (Tableau, Power BI, Amazon QuickSight, etc.)
ETL & Replication - moving and replicating data (CData Sync, AWS Glue, Oracle Data Integrator, etc.)
Data Virtualization - retrieving and manipulating data (DbVisualizer, SQL Server PolyBase, etc.)
Software Development - developing custom applications (.NET, AngularJS, Ruby, Python, etc.)
Data Management - managing data (DBArtisan, RazorSQL, SQuirreL, etc.)
Workflow Automation - building automated workflows (SSIS, Power Automate, etc.)

Artificial Intelligence

Product	Technology	Article Title
Claude Desktop	MCP Server	How to Query Live Hacker News Data in Claude Desktop
Cline (VS Code)	MCP Server	How to Access Live Hacker News Data in Visual Studio Code via Cline
Python MCP Server	Python	Connect Hacker News to AI Assistants With the CData Python MCP Server

Business Intelligence & Analytics

Product	Technology	Article Title
Alteryx Designer	ODBC	Prepare, Blend, and Analyze Hacker News in Alteryx Designer (ODBC)
Aqua Data Studio	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in Aqua Data Studio
AWS Databricks	JDBC	Process & Analyze Hacker News Data in Databricks (AWS)
Birst	JDBC	Build Visualizations of Hacker News in Birst
BIRT	JDBC	Design BIRT Reports on Hacker News
Clear Analytics	ODBC	Build Charts with Hacker News in Clear Analytics
DBxtra	ODBC	Build Dashboards with Hacker News in DBxtra
Domo	ODBC	Create Datasets from Hacker News in Domo Workbench
Dundas BI	ODBC	Build Dashboards with Hacker News in Dundas BI
FineReport	JDBC	Feed Hacker News into FineReport
IBM Cognos BI	ODBC	Create Data Visualizations in Cognos BI with Hacker News
JasperServer	JDBC	Create Hacker News Reports on JasperReports Server
Jaspersoft BI Suite	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in Jaspersoft Studio
JReport Designer	JDBC	Integrate with Hacker News in JReport Designer
KNIME	JDBC	Enable the Hacker News JDBC Driver in KNIME
LINQPad	ADO.NET	Working with Hacker News in LINQPad
Microsoft SSAS	ADO.NET	Build an OLAP Cube in SSAS from Hacker News
MicroStrategy	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for Hacker News in MicroStrategy
Microstrategy Desktop	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for Hacker News in MicroStrategy Desktop
Microstrategy Web	JDBC	Use the CData JDBC Driver for Hacker News in MicroStrategy Web
OBIEE	JDBC	Hacker News Reporting in OBIEE with the Hacker News JDBC Driver
pandas	Python	Use pandas to Visualize Hacker News in Python
Pentaho Report Designer	JDBC	Integrate Hacker News in the Pentaho Report Designer
Power BI Desktop	Power BI	Author Power BI Reports on Real-Time Hacker News
QlikView	ODBC	Connect to and Query Hacker News in QlikView over ODBC
R	JDBC	Analyze Hacker News in R (JDBC)
R	ODBC	Analyze Hacker News in R (ODBC)
RapidMiner	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in RapidMiner
SAP Business Objects	JDBC	Create an SAP BusinessObjects Universe on the CData JDBC Driver for Hacker News
SAP Crystal Reports	JDBC	Publish Reports with Hacker News in Crystal Reports (JDBC)
SAS	ODBC	Use the CData ODBC Driver for Hacker News in SAS for Real-Time Reporting and Analytics
SAS JMP	ODBC	Use the CData ODBC Driver for Hacker News in SAS JMP
Sisense	JDBC	Visualize Live Hacker News in Sisense
Spago BI	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in SpagoBI
Tableau	Tableau	Visualize Hacker News in Tableau Desktop
Tableau Server	Tableau	Publish Hacker News-Connected Dashboards in Tableau Server
TIBCO Spotfire	ADO.NET	Visualize Hacker News in TIBCO Spotfire through ADO.NET
TIBCO Spotfire Server	JDBC	Operational Reporting on Hacker News from Spotfire Server

ETL & Replication

Product	Technology	Article Title
Amazon Redshift	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Amazon Redshift
Amazon S3	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Amazon S3
Apache Airflow	JDBC	Bridge Hacker News Connectivity with Apache Airflow
Apache Camel	JDBC	Integrate with Hacker News using Apache Camel
Apache Cassandra	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Apache Cassandra
Apache Kafka	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Apache Kafka
Apache NiFi	JDBC	Bridge Hacker News Connectivity with Apache NiFi
Azure Data Lake	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Azure Data Lake
Azure Synapse	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Azure Synapse
BIML	SSIS	Use Biml to Build SSIS Tasks to Replicate Hacker News to SQL Server
CloverDX	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL)
Couchbase	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Couchbase
CSV	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Local Delimited Files
Databricks	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Databricks
ETL Validator	JDBC	How to Work with Hacker News in ETL Validator
FoxPro	ODBC	Work with Hacker News in FoxPro
Google AlloyDB	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Google AlloyDB
Google BigQuery	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Google BigQuery
Google Cloud SQL	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Google Cloud SQL
Google Data Fusion	JDBC	Build Hacker News-Connected ETL Processes in Google Data Fusion
Heroku / Salesforce Connect	CData Sync	Replicate Hacker News for Use in Salesforce Connect
HULFT Integrate	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in HULFT Integrate
IBM DB2	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to IBM DB2
Informatica Cloud	JDBC	Integrate Hacker News in Your Informatica Cloud Instance
Informatica PowerCenter	JDBC	Create Informatica Mappings From/To a JDBC Data Source for Hacker News
Jaspersoft ETL	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in Jaspersoft Studio
Microsoft Access	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Microsoft Access
Microsoft Azure Tables	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Azure SQL
Microsoft OneLake	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Microsoft OneLake (Fabric}
MongoDB	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to MongoDB
MySQL	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to MySQL
Oracle Data Integrator	JDBC	ETL Hacker News in Oracle Data Integrator
Oracle Database	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Oracle
Pentaho Data Integration	JDBC	Integrate Hacker News in Pentaho Data Integration
petl	Python	Extract, Transform, and Load Hacker News in Python
PostgreSQL	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to PostgreSQL
SAP HANA	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to SAP HANA
SingleStore	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to SingleStore
SnapLogic	JDBC	Integrate Hacker News with External Services using SnapLogic (JDBC)
Snowflake	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to Snowflake
SQL Server	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to SQL Server
SQLite	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to SQLite
Talend	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News and Transfer Data in Talend
UiPath Studio	ODBC	Create an RPA Flow that Connects to Hacker News in UiPath Studio
Vertica	CData Sync	Automated Continuous Hacker News Replication to a Vertica Database

Data Virtualization

Product	Technology	Article Title
APOS Live Data Gateway	JDBC	Build Semantic Layer Views for Hacker News (JDBC)
Denodo	JDBC	Create A Data Source for Hacker News in Denodo Platform
Dremio	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News as an External Source in Dremio
MySQL Federated Tables	ODBC	Connect to Hacker News as Federated Tables in MySQL
Oracle Database	ODBC	Access Hacker News as a Remote Oracle Database
PostgreSQL FDW	JDBC	A PostgreSQL Interface for Hacker News
SQL Server Linked Servers	ODBC	Connect to Hacker News as a Linked Server
SQL Server PolyBase	ODBC	Connect to Hacker News as an External Data Source using PolyBase
TIBCO Data Virtualization	TIBCO DV	Access Live Hacker News Data in TIBCO Data Virtualization

Software Development

Product	Technology	Article Title
AWS Lambda	JDBC	Access Live Hacker News Data in AWS Lambda
.NET Charts	ADO.NET	DataBind Charts to Hacker News
.NET QueryBuilder	ODBC	Rapidly Develop Hacker News-Driven Apps with Active Query Builder
Apache Spark	JDBC	Work with Hacker News in Apache Spark Using SQL
C++Builder	ODBC	DataBind Controls to Hacker News Data in C++Builder
Claude Code	MCP Server	Build Hacker News-Powered Applications in Claude Code with CData MCP Server
ColdFusion	JDBC	Query Hacker News in ColdFusion Using JDBC
ColdFusion	ODBC	Query Hacker News in ColdFusion Using ODBC
Cursor	MCP Server	Build Hacker News-Powered Applications in Cursor with CData MCP Server
Dash	Python	Use Dash & Python to Build Web Apps on Hacker News
Delphi	ODBC	DataBind Controls to Hacker News Data in Delphi
DevExpress	ADO.NET	DataBind Hacker News to the DevExpress Data Grid
EF - Code First	ADO.NET	Access Hacker News with Entity Framework 6
EF - LINQ	ADO.NET	LINQ to Hacker News
EF - MVC	ADO.NET	Build MVC Applications with Connectivity to Hacker News
Filemaker Pro	ODBC	Bidirectional Access to Hacker News from FileMaker Pro
Filemaker Pro (on Mac)	JDBC	Bidirectional Access to Hacker News from FileMaker Pro (on Mac)
Gemini Code Assist	MCP Server	Build Hacker News-Powered Applications in Gemini Code Assist with CData MCP Server
GitHub Copilot	MCP Server	Build Hacker News-Powered Applications in GitHub Copilot with CData MCP Server
Go	ODBC	Write a Simple Go Application to work with Hacker News on Linux
Hibernate	JDBC	Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) with Hacker News Entities in Java
IntelliJ	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in IntelliJ
JBoss	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News from a Connection Pool in JBoss
JDBI	JDBC	Create a Data Access Object for Hacker News using JDBI
JetBrains RubyMine	JDBC	Integrate Hacker News with JetBrains RubyMine
JRuby	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in JRuby
Lazarus IDE	ODBC	Easily Integrate Hacker News Data in Lazarus Pascal IDE
Mendix	JDBC	Build Hacker News-Connected Apps in Mendix (JDBC)
NodeJS	ODBC	Query Hacker News through ODBC in Node.js
Perplexity Desktop	MCP Server	How to Query Live Hacker News Data in Perplexity Desktop
PHP	ODBC	Natively Connect to Hacker News in PHP
PowerBuilder	ADO.NET	Connect to Hacker News from PowerBuilder
PyCharm	ODBC	Using the CData ODBC Driver for Hacker News in PyCharm
Python	ODBC	Connect to Hacker News in Python on Linux/UNIX
Ruby	ODBC	Connect to Hacker News in Ruby
RunMyProcess DSEC	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in DigitalSuite Studio through RunMyProcess DSEC
Servoy	JDBC	Build Hacker News-Connected Apps in Servoy
Spring Boot	JDBC	Access Live Hacker News Data in Spring Boot Apps
SQLAlchemy	Python	Use SQLAlchemy ORMs to Access Hacker News in Python
Tomcat	JDBC	Configure the CData JDBC Driver for Hacker News in a Connection Pool in Tomcat
VCL App (RAD Studio)	ODBC	Build a Simple VCL Application for Hacker News
WebLogic	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News from a Connection Pool in WebLogic

Data Management

Product	Technology	Article Title
Apache Solr	JDBC	Import Hacker News Data into Apache Solr
Coginiti Pro	JDBC	Access Live Hacker News Data in Coginiti Pro
DataGrip	JDBC	Qeury Hacker News Data in DataGrip
DB Artisan	JDBC	Manage Hacker News in DBArtisan as a JDBC Source
DB Artisan	ODBC	Connect to Hacker News in DBArtisan
DBeaver	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in DBeaver
DbVisualizer	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in DBVisualizer
Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog	JDBC	Add Hacker News to Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog
MySQL Workbench	ODBC	Query Hacker News in MySQL Workbench (ODBC)
QuerySurge	JDBC	Validate Hacker News Data with QuerySurge
RazorSQL	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in RazorSQL
SQuirreL	JDBC	Connect to Hacker News in Squirrel SQL Client

Workflow Automation

Product	Technology	Article Title
Blue Prism	ODBC	Integrate Live Hacker News Data for Intelligent Robotic Process Automation
MuleSoft Anypoint	JDBC	Access Hacker News in Anypoint Using SQL
SSIS Import	SSIS	Import Hacker News Data into SQL Server using SSIS

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