Product Hunt Daily Launch Scraper

This actor scrapes daily launched products from Product Hunt with clean, normalized output perfect for marketing, lead generation, competitor tracking, and startup discovery.

Key Features

• Daily Launch Scraping: Get today's, yesterday's, or any custom date's Product Hunt launches
• Smart Filtering: Filter by categories, keywords, minimum upvotes, and more
• Deduplication: Automatic duplicate detection and incremental monitoring
• Maker Information: Optional extraction of maker profiles and social links
• Webhook Integration: Real-time notifications for new launches
• Clean Output: Normalized, structured data ready for analysis

Input Schema

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

• mode: "today" (default), "yesterday", or "date"
• date: ISO date when mode="date"
• categories: Array of categories to filter by
• excludeKeywords: Array of keywords to exclude
• minUpvotes: Minimum upvotes threshold (default: 0)
• maxProducts: Maximum products to scrape (default: 100)
• maxPages: Maximum pages to fetch (default: 5)
• outputMode: "products" or "products_with_makers" (default: "products")
• notifyOnlyNew: Only webhook new products (default: true)
• webhookUrl: URL for webhook notifications
• webhookSecret: Secret for webhook authentication
• useProxy: Use Apify proxy (default: false)
• maxConcurrency: Concurrent requests (default: 5)
• requestRetries: Retry failed requests (default: 3)
• timeoutSecs: Request timeout in seconds (default: 30)

Output Schema

Each product record includes:

• source: "product_hunt"
• productId: Unique Product Hunt identifier
• name: Product name
• tagline: Product tagline
• productUrl: Product Hunt URL
• websiteUrl: External website URL
• launchDate: ISO date of launch
• upvotes: Number of upvotes
• commentsCount: Number of comments
• rank: Position in daily ranking
• scrapedAt: Timestamp when scraped
• hash: MD5 hash for deduplication
• description: Full product description
• categories: Product categories array
• topics: Product topics array
• thumbnailUrl: Product thumbnail image
• isAI: Boolean flag for AI products
• pricingType: "free", "freemium", "paid", or "unknown"
• makers: Array of maker objects
• raw: Raw response data

Usage Examples

Today's launches

{
  "mode": "today",
  "maxProducts": 50
}

AI launches with traction

{
  "mode": "today",
  "categories": ["AI"],
  "minUpvotes": 50
}

Daily monitor with webhook

{
  "mode": "today",
  "notifyOnlyNew": true,
  "webhookUrl": "https://yourapp.com/ph-hook"
}