ProductHunt Scraper | Leaderboard, Search, Makers & Ranking

Scrape ProductHunt products via the direct GraphQL API. Three modes: specific product URLs, daily leaderboard, keyword search.

🚀 Three modes

1. Product URLs

Scrape specific product pages:

{
  "mode": "urls",
  "productUrls": [
    "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/chatgpt",
    "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/notion"
  ]
}

2. Daily Leaderboard ⭐

Get top products for any date:

{
  "mode": "leaderboard",
  "date": "2026-05-22",
  "limit": 50
}

Leave date empty for today's leaderboard.

3. Keyword Search ⭐

Find products by keyword:

{
  "mode": "search",
  "searchQuery": "AI writing tool",
  "limit": 20
}

📦 Output fields (30+)

Field	Description
productName	Product title
tagline	Short description
description	Full description
website	Product website URL
upvotes	Upvote count
commentsCount	Comment count
reviewsCount	Review count
rating	Average rating (0-5)
followers	Follower count
topics[]	Category list (structured)
topicsStr	Categories as comma string
makers[]	{name, username, headline, profileImage} per maker
makersStr	Makers as comma string
hunter	{name, username} — who posted it
image	Thumbnail URL
gallery[]	Screenshot/media URLs
pricing	Free / Paid / Freemium / Subscription
badges[]	PH badges (Product of the Day, etc.)
isFeatured	Was it featured?
featuredAt	Featured timestamp
launchDate	Launch date (YYYY-MM-DD)
dailyRank	Rank on launch day
weeklyRank	Rank for the week
popularityScore	0-100 composite score
productId	PH internal ID
slug	URL slug
dataSource	"graphql" or "rendered"

📖 Sample output

{
  "success": true,
  "productName": "ChatGPT",
  "tagline": "An AI-powered chatbot by OpenAI",
  "website": "https://chat.openai.com",
  "upvotes": 5234,
  "commentsCount": 312,
  "reviewsCount": 189,
  "rating": 4.8,
  "followers": 12400,
  "topics": ["Artificial Intelligence", "Productivity", "Chatbots"],
  "topicsStr": "Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, Chatbots",
  "makers": [
    {"name": "Sam Altman", "username": "sama", "headline": "CEO at OpenAI", "profileImage": "..."}
  ],
  "makersStr": "Sam Altman",
  "hunter": {"name": "Greg Brockman", "username": "gdb"},
  "image": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/...",
  "gallery": ["https://...", "https://..."],
  "pricing": "Free",
  "badges": ["Product of the Day", "Product of the Week"],
  "isFeatured": true,
  "featuredAt": "2022-11-30T00:00:00Z",
  "launchDate": "2022-11-30",
  "dailyRank": 1,
  "weeklyRank": 1,
  "popularityScore": 97,
  "productId": "12345",
  "slug": "chatgpt",
  "dataSource": "graphql"
}

💼 Use cases

• Startup research — track what's launching in your niche
• Competitor monitoring — watch competitor launches and upvote velocity
• Daily digest — pull today's top 50 products automatically
• Maker research — find prolific makers and their products
• Trend analysis — search by keyword to see what's popular
• Investment research — track traction signals (upvotes, reviews, badges)

💰 Pricing

$0.90 per 1000 products ($0.0009 per result) — pay-per-event.

🔧 How it works

1. GraphQL API (primary) — direct queries to ProductHunt's public GraphQL endpoint. Fast, structured, returns all fields including ranking and gallery.
2. Rendering fallback — for any URL that GraphQL can't resolve.

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