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

Scrape top launches, daily leaderboards, product details, makers, upvotes, and external websites from Product Hunt.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/datablow/product-hunt-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [datablow](https://apify.com/datablow) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Product Hunt Scraper (Apify Actor)

A fast, lightweight, and cost-efficient Apify Actor for scraping **Product Hunt**. It extracts daily launches, past leaderboards, trending products, maker profiles, screenshot galleries, and external website links with zero browser overhead.

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### 🚀 Features

- **Today's Featured Launches**: Scrapes currently trending and featured tech products directly from the Product Hunt homepage.
- **Daily Leaderboard**: Scrapes top ranked products for any given date (`YYYY-MM-DD`).
- **Custom Post URLs**: Scrape specific Product Hunt post pages or collections.
- **Deep Extraction**:
  - Product Name, Tagline, Full Description
  - Daily & Weekly Rankings
  - Vote / Score count & Comment count
  - Product Hunt URL & Direct external website URL
  - Pricing category (Free, Paid, Free Options)
  - Topics & Tag categories
  - Makers & Hunters (Name, username, headline, avatar)
  - Media screenshots and demo videos
- **High Performance & Low Compute Cost**: Built with Crawlee & Cheerio to parse server-side streaming payloads without memory-heavy headless browsers.

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### ⚙️ Input Parameters

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `mode` | String | `"today"` | Scrape mode: `"today"`, `"leaderboard"`, or `"urls"`. |
| `date` | String | `""` | Date for leaderboard in `YYYY-MM-DD` format (e.g. `2026-09-18`). Defaults to yesterday if blank. |
| `startUrls` | Array | `[]` | List of custom Product Hunt URLs (used when `mode` is `"urls"`). |
| `scrapeDetails` | Boolean | `true` | When true, fetches individual post pages for deep fields (website, makers, high-res screenshots). |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `30` | Maximum number of products to extract and save. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | `undefined` | Apify Proxy configuration (residential or datacenter proxies). |

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### 📦 Sample Output

```json
{
  "id": "1252832",
  "name": "Bolt Forge",
  "slug": "bolt-forge-2",
  "tagline": "Bolt's new agent with open-source models and 50X usage",
  "description": "Bolt Forge is a new agent inside Bolt.new that runs on open-source models. Every Pro plan gets up to 50X more usage with no daily caps.",
  "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bolt-forge-2",
  "websiteUrl": "https://bolt.new",
  "pricingType": "Free Options",
  "dailyRank": 1,
  "weeklyRank": null,
  "votesCount": 420,
  "commentsCount": 45,
  "featuredAt": "2026-09-19T00:01:00-07:00",
  "createdAt": "2026-09-19T00:01:00-07:00",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/140d2f3b-6da7-4454-8631-f619f00bc6d6.vnd.microsoft.icon?auto=format&fit=crop",
  "topics": [
    "Developer Tools",
    "Artificial Intelligence",
    "Vibe coding"
  ],
  "makers": [
    {
      "id": "123",
      "name": "Alex Creator",
      "username": "alexcreator",
      "headline": "Building developer tools",
      "avatarUrl": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/avatar.jpeg?auto=format&fit=crop"
    }
  ],
  "hunter": {
    "name": "Sarah Hunter",
    "username": "sarah"
  },
  "media": [
    {
      "id": "3538114",
      "type": "video",
      "imageUrl": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/db512423-8abc-4b5e-95a4-e4e9d763bced.jpeg?auto=format&fit=crop",
      "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpod8k46LLc",
      "platform": "youtube"
    }
  ],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-09-19T08:00:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### 🛠️ Local Development & Testing

```bash
## 1. Install dependencies
npm install

## 2. Run locally
apify run
## or
npm start
```

### 🚀 Deploy to Apify

```bash
apify push
```

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Select whether to scrape today's featured launches, past leaderboard, or custom URLs.

## `date` (type: `string`):

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format (used when Mode is 'Daily Leaderboard'). Leave blank for yesterday.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Direct Product Hunt URLs to scrape (used when Mode is 'Custom URLs'). E.g., https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bolt-forge-2

## `scrapeDetails` (type: `boolean`):

If enabled, visits each product page to extract full descriptions, high-res screenshots, maker profiles, and direct external website links.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to save to the dataset.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify Proxy configuration. By default, uses Apify Proxy (Residential or Auto) to prevent Cloudflare 403 blocks on datacenter IPs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "today",
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bolt-forge-2"
    }
  ],
  "scrapeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 30,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bolt-forge-2"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("datablow/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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bolt-forge-2" }] }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bolt-forge-2"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call datablow/product-hunt-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,datablow/product-hunt-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/yknlaXB3hDjYBLtQ8/builds/Ubz2yGqavc2uMF7GV/openapi.json