# Product Hunt Scraper (`supermiojo/product-hunt-scraper`) Actor

Extract trending products and startup launches from Product Hunt — votes, makers, topics, and descriptions. Perfect for startup discovery, trend analysis, and investment research.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/supermiojo/product-hunt-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Igor Araujo](https://apify.com/supermiojo) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, Developer tools, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 🚀 Product Hunt Scraper

Extract trending products, launches, and startup data from Product Hunt. Get product names, taglines, descriptions, vote counts, maker profiles, topics, and more — perfect for startup research, trend analysis, competitive intelligence, and investment discovery.

### Features

- 📊 **Trending products** — discover the most upvoted launches
- 🏷️ **Topic filtering** — narrow by category: AI, developer tools, design, crypto, productivity
- 👥 **Maker profiles** — names, usernames, and headlines of creators
- ⭐ **Engagement metrics** — votes, comments, and review counts
- 📸 **Thumbnails** — product image URLs
- 🔗 **Direct links** — Product Hunt page + product website
- 🆓 **No API key** — uses Product Hunt's public GraphQL endpoint

### Use Cases

- **Startup discovery** — find promising new products and companies
- **Competitive analysis** — track launches in your market
- **Trend analysis** — identify rising product categories and technologies
- **Investment research** — discover startups gaining traction
- **Content creation** — source material for product roundups and newsletters

### Input

| Field | Type | Description | Default |
|-------|------|-------------|---------|
| `topic` | string | Product Hunt topic slug (e.g. "artificial-intelligence", "developer-tools", "trending") | "trending" |
| `maxProducts` | integer | Max products to return (1-200) | 100 |

### Output

Each result contains:

- `name` — product name
- `tagline` — short product description
- `description` — full product description
- `url` — Product Hunt page URL
- `website` — product website URL
- `votes` — upvote count
- `comments` — discussion count
- `topics` — associated topic tags
- `makers` — creator profiles (name, username, headline)
- `thumbnailUrl` — product image
- `createdAt` — launch date

### Pricing

Pay-per-result pricing at $0.0015 per product. Affordable startup data at any scale.

### Example

```json
{
  "topic": "artificial-intelligence",
  "maxProducts": 50
}
```

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# Actor input Schema

## `topic` (type: `string`):

Product Hunt topic/category to scrape. Use 'trending' for the main trending feed. Other examples: 'artificial-intelligence', 'developer-tools', 'design-tools', 'crypto', 'productivity'

## `maxProducts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to return (1-200)

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "topic": "trending",
  "maxProducts": 100
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("supermiojo/product-hunt-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("supermiojo/product-hunt-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call supermiojo/product-hunt-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=supermiojo/product-hunt-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/XZlKCQLgovNMs0lwX/builds/nhiqoRtSfL2jN6ClP/openapi.json