# Product Hunt Startup & AI Launches Scraper \[Leads & Upvotes] (`pagerka/producthunt-leads-scraper`) Actor

Lightning-fast Product Hunt scraper. Extract daily top startup launches, AI tools, upvotes, rankings, categories, direct website URLs, and maker information for sales and VC deal flow.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pagerka/producthunt-leads-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Stepan Pagerka](https://apify.com/pagerka) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## 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.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 🚀 Product Hunt Startup & AI Launches Scraper \[Leads & Upvotes]

Lightning-fast scraper for newly launched startups, AI tools, developer software, and SaaS products on Product Hunt. Extract upvotes, rankings, categories, direct website links, and maker details.

***

### ⚡ Key Features

- **🚀 Daily Launches & Leaderboard**: Captures newly launched startups and top trending tools of the day.
- **🏷️ Topic & Category Filtering**: Filter by specific topics (`artificial-intelligence`, `developer-tools`, `saas`, `productivity`, `marketing`).
- **🔗 Direct Links & Socials**: Extracts official website URLs and Product Hunt post links.
- **⚡ Super Fast HTTP Architecture**: Extracts dozens of launches in seconds with minimal Compute Units (CU).
- **📊 Clean JSON/CSV Export**: Ready to integrate with Google Sheets, Airtable, HubSpot, Slack alerts, Zapier, Make, and webhook workflows.

***

### 📥 Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| `topic` | String | `"artificial-intelligence"` | Category or topic slug (e.g. `artificial-intelligence`, `saas`, `developer-tools`). |
| `maxResults` | Integer | `50` | Maximum number of products to scrape. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Object | `{ "useApifyProxy": false }` | Optional proxy settings. |

***

### 📤 Sample Output (JSON)

```json
{
  "id": "antigravity-ai",
  "name": "Antigravity AI",
  "tagline": "The next-generation autonomous pair-programming agent",
  "descriptionSnippet": "Antigravity AI builds full-stack applications, automates scrapers, and fixes bugs autonomously...",
  "upvotes": 482,
  "commentsCount": 89,
  "productHuntUrl": "https://www.producthunt.com/posts/antigravity-ai",
  "websiteUrl": "https://antigravity.google.com",
  "category": "artificial-intelligence",
  "topics": ["Artificial Intelligence", "Developer Tools", "Productivity"],
  "launchedAt": "2026-08-17T07:01:00.000Z",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-17T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

***

### 🚀 Use Cases

- **B2B Sales Prospecting**: Find newly funded and high-momentum startups before competitors do.
- **VC & Angel Deal Flow**: Monitor emerging tech trends and standout founders.
- **Competitor & Market Research**: Track daily innovations across AI and SaaS sectors.

# Actor input Schema

## `topic` (type: `string`):

Topic or category slug (e.g. 'artificial-intelligence', 'developer-tools', 'saas', 'productivity', 'marketing'). Leave empty for overall daily top launches.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of launched products to scrape.

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

Proxy settings (optional).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "topic": "artificial-intelligence",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Access extracted Product Hunt startups, AI tools, upvote counts, rankings, categories, website URLs, and maker details in JSON, CSV, or Excel format.

# 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 = {
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pagerka/producthunt-leads-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 = { "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False } }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pagerka/producthunt-leads-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 '{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call pagerka/producthunt-leads-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pagerka/producthunt-leads-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/Yvx75BxhofbegbHy8/builds/16EFRc9P80fWmyxdG/openapi.json