Embeddable Hacker News vote / counter button

Async, embeddable submit + vote counter button for Hacker News.

• If the story has not been posted to HN, "Submit" button is shown, otherwise latest point count is displayed.
• Auto-detects Google Analytics and registers clicks events (see reports under

  Traffic Sources > Social > Social Plugins

  ).

Embedding the button

Step 1, place the HN link where you want the button appear on the page:

Vote on HN


Vote on HN

Step 2, include the (async) javascript file:

Note: you can safely embed multiple buttons on the same page.

Misc

• Kudos to @sbashyal and @stbullard for the button styling (hnlike.com)
• Kudos to Algolia for an awesome HN API
• (MIT License) - Copyright (c) 2012 Ilya Grigorik