Sync data from Hacker News to Azure Blob Storage
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Fast and reliable
CloudQuery’s efficient design means our syncs are fast and a sync from Hacker News to Azure Blob Storage can be completed in a fraction of the time compared to other tools.
Easy to get started, easy to maintain
Hacker News syncing using CloudQuery is easy to set up and maintain thanks to its simple YAML configuration. Once synced, you can use normal SQL queries to work with your data.
How to sync Hacker News data to Azure Blob Storage
CloudQuery is the simple, fast data integration platform that can fetch your data from Hacker News APIs and load it into Azure Blob Storage.
Hacker News
Source
Azure Blob Storage
Destination
Step 1: Install CloudQuery
Follow the steps below to start syncing data with CloudQuery.
Your operating system
Installation method
Copy&paste the following command to download
brew install cloudquery/tap/cloudquery
Sign in with CloudQuery
To sign in from the CLI, run the following command.
cloudquery login
A new browser window will open where you will complete the sign-in process.
Auto-generate sync configuration
Run the following command to create a configuration file:
cloudquery init --source hackernews --destination azblob --spec-path
hackernews_to_azblob.yaml
Step 2: Additional source and destination configuration (optional)
Hacker News source plugin configuration
You can find more information about the configuration in the plugin documentation.
# hackernews.yml
kind: source
spec:
name: hackernews
path: cloudquery/hackernews
spec:
# per documentation at:
PAzure Blob Storage plugin configuration
You can find more information about the configuration in the plugin documentation.
# azblob.yml
kind: destination
spec:
name: azblob
path: cloudquery/azblob
spec:
# per documentation at:
Step 3: Run the sync
Step 1. Copy and paste the command to trigger the sync
cloudquery sync hackernews_to_azblob.yaml
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Fast and reliable
CloudQuery’s efficient design means our syncs are fast and a sync from Hacker News to Azure Blob Storage can be completed in a fraction of the time compared to other tools.
Easy to use, easy to maintain
Hacker News syncing using CloudQuery is easy to set up and maintain thanks to its simple YAML configuration. Once synced, you can use normal SQL queries to work with your data.
A huge library of supported destinations
Azure Blob Storage isn’t the only place we can sync your Hacker News data to. Whatever you need to do with your Hacker News data, CloudQuery can make it happen. We support a huge range of destinations, customizable transformations for ETL, and we regularly release new plugins.
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