Product Hunt Scraper — RSS & GraphQL

Product Hunt Scraper

Scrape Product Hunt products for startup research, product discovery, and market analysis.

Modes

Mode	Auth	Data	Max Items	Best For
RSS (default)	❌ None	Name, tagline, author, dates, URLs	50	Quick discovery, monitoring
GraphQL	✅ Token	+ votes, topics, website, makers, description	500	Deep analysis, lead gen

Use Cases

• 🚀 Startup discovery — Find trending new products daily
• 📊 Market research — Analyze product categories and trends
• 🎯 Lead generation — Find makers and their contact info
• 📈 Competitive analysis — Track competitors' launches
• 🔍 Deal sourcing — Identify promising startups for acquisition

Input Parameters

Parameter	Mode	Description
mode	All	rss (free) or graphql (requires token)
developerToken	GraphQL	Your PH developer token
maxItems	All	Max products to fetch (1-500)
topic	GraphQL	Filter by topic slug (e.g., artificial-intelligence)
postedAfter	GraphQL	Filter by date (YYYY-MM-DD)
postedBefore	GraphQL	Filter by date (YYYY-MM-DD)
sortBy	GraphQL	VOTES, NEWEST, FEATURED_AT, or RANKING

Getting a Developer Token (GraphQL mode)

1. Go to https://www.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications
2. Create a new application
3. Copy your developer token
4. Paste it in the developerToken field

Output

Each product contains:

RSS mode:

{
  "id": "1187442",
  "name": "Pennen",
  "tagline": "One quiet handwritten page a day. No feed, no AI.",
  "slug": "pennen",
  "author": "Ishaan Rawat",
  "publishedAt": "2026-07-03T14:30:43-07:00",
  "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/pennen",
  "source": "rss"
}

GraphQL mode (additional fields):

{
  "votesCount": 42,
  "commentsCount": 12,
  "reviewsCount": 3,
  "reviewsRating": 4.5,
  "website": "https://pennen.app",
  "dailyRank": 1,
  "weeklyRank": 5,
  "monthlyRank": 23,
  "yearlyRank": 156,
  "topics": [{"name": "Productivity", "slug": "productivity"}],
  "makers": [{"name": "John", "username": "john", "headline": "Builder", "twitterUsername": "john", "followersCount": 1200, "websiteUrl": "https://john.dev"}],
  "thumbnail": {"url": "...", "type": "image"},
  "description": "Full product description...",
  "source": "graphql"
}

Technical Details

• RSS mode: Uses ProductHunt's public Atom feed (no authentication required)
• GraphQL mode: Uses ProductHunt's official GraphQL API v2
• No browser automation: Direct HTTP requests, fast and reliable
• Rate limiting: Built-in delays between paginated requests

Limitations

• RSS mode: Limited to 50 latest products, no vote counts
• GraphQL mode: Requires developer token, rate-limited by ProductHunt
• ProductHunt API must not be used for commercial purposes without permission