# Product Hunt Scraper & Daily Launch Leads (Makers & Startups) (`kamerozkan/product-hunt-launches-makers-scraper`) Actor

Extract trending Product Hunt launches, makers, tech tags, upvote counts, rankings, and product URLs. Ultra-fast HTTP, zero proxy fees, $0.003/product.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kamerozkan/product-hunt-launches-makers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Kamer Ozkan](https://apify.com/kamerozkan) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$3.00 / 1,000 product extracteds

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.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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 & Daily Launch Leads (Makers & Startups)

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Ultra-fast, browserless scraper and real-time data API for **Product Hunt** (`producthunt.com`). Extract new daily product launches, trending AI tools, developer software, official product websites, descriptions, and upvote metrics without browser overhead or proxy bandwidth fees.

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### Who Buys and Uses This Actor?

- **B2B Outbound SDRs & Agency Owners**: Pitch design, development, marketing, or SEO services to newly launched startups immediately after they launch on Product Hunt.
- **Venture Capital & Angel Investors**: Track emerging software and breakout AI tools on day one. Filter by category (AI, Developer Tools, Productivity) to feed dealflow pipelines.
- **Product Managers & Founders**: Monitor competitors, analyze launch taglines, and benchmark upvote traction across your niche.
- **Lead Generation & Dealflow Aggregators**: Automatically enrich CRM databases with clean company domain names and product summaries.

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### Key Features

- **Direct Official Websites**: Automatically extracts clean, direct external product URLs (`https://lovable.dev`, `https://n8n.io`) for instant B2B outreach.
- **Category Filtering**: Extract from high-demand categories: AI, Developer Tools, Productivity, Marketing, Design Tools, Finance, or All (Homepage).
- **Sub-Second Speed**: Built with asynchronous HTTP/2 requests. Runs in seconds on low memory (128 MB to 256 MB RAM).
- **Pay-Per-Event Value**: Priced at a flat **$0.003 per extracted product** ($3.00 per 1,000 leads). No expensive monthly subscription required.
- **Zero Proxy Costs**: Direct endpoints without aggressive anti-bot captchas or browser emulation costs.

***

### Input Example

```json
{
  "category": "ai",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "enrichDetails": true
}
```

#### Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `category` | String | `"ai"` | Category: `"all"`, `"ai"`, `"developer-tools"`, `"productivity"`, `"marketing"`, `"design-tools"`, `"finance"`. |
| `maxItems` | Integer | `30` | Maximum number of products to extract (1 to 500). |
| `enrichDetails` | Boolean | `true` | When true, fetches official external website URL and extended overview. |

***

### Output Example

```json
{
  "id": "566141",
  "name": "Lovable",
  "tagline": "The world's first AI Fullstack Engineer",
  "slug": "lovable",
  "category": "ai",
  "productHuntUrl": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/lovable",
  "websiteUrl": "https://lovable.dev/?via=product-hunt",
  "cleanWebsite": "https://lovable.dev",
  "description": "The AI Fullstack Engineer that works. Ship lovable full-stack applications 20x faster than by writing code.",
  "votesCount": 39,
  "extractedAt": "2026-10-07T08:02:47.292829+00:00"
}
```

***

### Integrations & No-Code Automation

Connect your live Product Hunt stream directly into your existing business workflows:

#### 1. Google Sheets (Live Sync)

Pull extracted products and websites directly into your spreadsheet:

- **Formula**: In cell A1, paste `=IMPORTDATA("https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/{DATASET_ID}/items?format=csv&clean=1")`
- **Apify Integration**: Under the **Integrations** tab, enable **Google Sheets** to automatically append newly launched products after each run.

#### 2. Make.com (Integromat)

- Add the **Apify: Run Actor** module to your scenario.
- Route newly discovered websites directly to Airtable, Notion, Slack alerts, or your CRM.

#### 3. n8n Automation

- Use the native **Apify Node** to trigger scraping runs and send fresh product leads directly to your Postgres database or AI enrichment agent.

#### 4. Clay & Dealflow Feeds

- Import the Apify dataset directly into Clay via Webhook to enrich founder contacts, LinkedIn URLs, and company funding.

#### 5. Automated Weekly Schedule (Recurring Retention Recipe)

Never run scrapers manually. Keep your dealflow and lead pipeline updated automatically:

- **Trigger**: Every Monday at 08:00 UTC (cron: `0 8 * * 1`)
- **Apify Schedule**: Go to **Schedules** tab -> Create new schedule -> Select `product-hunt-launches-makers-scraper`
- **Destination**: Auto-append new rows to Google Sheets or send a Slack alert with the top 10 upvoted products of the week.

***

### Pricing

This Actor uses Apify's **Pay-Per-Event (PPE)** pricing model:

- **Rate**: $0.003 per extracted product.
- **1,000 Products**: $3.00.
- **Platform Usage**: Free platform compute units are included. You only pay for verified, extracted data items.

***

### Support and feedback

- Found a bug or missing a field? Open an issue on the **Issues** tab of this Actor. We reply within
  48 hours and ship most fixes within a few days.
- Have an idea for a feature? Issues are the fastest way to get it built.
- If the Actor saves you time, a short review on this page helps other users find it.

# Actor input Schema

## `category` (type: `string`):

Choose category to extract launches from. Select 'all' for homepage daily trending.

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

Maximum number of products to extract.

## `enrichDetails` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch official product website URL, extended description, and launch votes.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "category": "ai",
  "maxItems": 30,
  "enrichDetails": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Default dataset containing extracted product details and maker profiles.

# 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("kamerozkan/product-hunt-launches-makers-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("kamerozkan/product-hunt-launches-makers-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 '{}' |
apify call kamerozkan/product-hunt-launches-makers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,kamerozkan/product-hunt-launches-makers-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/v7ZXHgqyFNOSXfbgy/builds/O6dtSwJm16rR43lkx/openapi.json