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Show HN Founder & SaaS Startup Lead Finder

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Find fresh Show HN founders and startup launches, enrich product websites with public emails, contact pages, social profiles, traction signals, and lead scores. Built for agencies, SaaS sales, investors, and developer-tool prospecting.

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from $10.00 / 1,000 startup leads

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Matias Lencina

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You can access the Show HN Founder & SaaS Startup Lead Finder programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {};
11
12// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
13const run = await client.actor("matiaslencina/show-hn-startup-lead-finder").call(input);
14
15// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
16console.log('Results from dataset');
17console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
18const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
19items.forEach((item) => {
20    console.dir(item);
21});
22
23// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

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The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Show HN Founder & SaaS Startup Lead Finder API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

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