# Product Hunt Scraper (Free, Daily Launches) (`transparent_locket/product-hunt-daily-launches`) Actor Daily Product Hunt launches as a clean feed. Two modes: RSS (default, zero-auth, headline schema) and GraphQL (richer — votes, comments, topics, makers; needs a free PH dev token). Use source=auto to pick GraphQL when a token is supplied. - **URL**: https://apify.com/transparent\_locket/product-hunt-daily-launches.md - **Developed by:** [casper smartwater](https://apify.com/transparent_locket) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, News - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 Daily Launches Scraper — Free **Today's (and yesterday's, and last week's) Product Hunt launches as a feed.** Two modes: free RSS (zero-auth, name + tagline + thumbnail) and richer GraphQL (votes, comments, topics, makers — needs a free PH dev token). ### ✨ Why this Actor - **Free + zero-auth by default** — RSS mode requires no API key, no login - **Full GraphQL upgrade path** — if you want votes / topics / makers, plug in a free Product Hunt developer token - **Historical backfill** — GraphQL mode lets you sweep any date range, not just today - **Cloudflare-bypass-free** — Product Hunt fronts their HTML with Cloudflare (which blocks plain scrapers); the RSS feed and GraphQL endpoint are open ### 🚀 Quick start **Latest launches via RSS (no token needed):** ```json { "source": "rss", "maxPerDay": 50 } ```` **Last week's launches with full schema (needs PH dev token):** ```json { "source": "graphql", "developerToken": "YOUR_PH_TOKEN", "date": "2026-06-01", "daysBack": 7, "maxPerDay": 100 } ``` **Auto-detect: use GraphQL if token supplied, else RSS:** ```json { "source": "auto", "developerToken": "YOUR_PH_TOKEN" } ``` ### 📦 Output schema | Field | Type | Notes | |---|---|---| | `ph_id`, `slug` | str | Stable Product Hunt id + URL slug | | `name` | str | Product name | | `tagline` | str | (GraphQL only) one-line pitch | | `description` | str | Plain-text body | | `url` | str | `https://www.producthunt.com/posts/` | | `website` | str | (GraphQL only) the product's own URL | | `thumbnail_url` | str | Logo / preview image | | `votes` | int | (GraphQL only) upvote count | | `comments` | int | (GraphQL only) comment count | | `topics` | array | (GraphQL only) topic / tag names | | `makers` | array<{username, name}> | (GraphQL only) maker handles | | `featured_at`, `created_at` | iso8601 | | | `leaderboard_date` | YYYY-MM-DD | The leaderboard date this row appears on | | `source` | str | `rss` or `graphql` | ### 🎯 Use cases - **Launch-day newsletter** — daily digest of new PH launches in your niche - **Auto-tweet trending products** — schedule daily, post top 5 to Twitter - **Competitive intelligence** — track competitor launches + their vote velocity - **Year-in-review content** — pull every launch from a year, write the "Best of 2026" roundup - **Investor signal** — products hitting #1 on launch day = potential breakout - **Outreach lists** — `makers` array gives you direct DM targets (founder personas) - **Trend analysis** — sweep monthly, see which topics keep showing up in top 10 ### ⚙️ Input parameters | Parameter | Type | Default | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | `source` | str | `auto` | `auto` / `rss` / `graphql`. `auto` = graphql if token supplied, else rss | | `developerToken` | str (secret) | — | Free at [producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications](https://www.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications) | | `date` | YYYY-MM-DD | yesterday UTC | (GraphQL only) anchor date | | `daysBack` | int | 1 | (GraphQL only) number of days back from anchor | | `maxPerDay` | int | 100 | Per-day cap | ### 🛠️ How it works **RSS path** (default, free): 1. Hit `https://www.producthunt.com/feed` 2. Parse Atom entries 3. Normalise to the schema (thinner fields — no votes/topics/makers) **GraphQL path** (richer, needs token): 1. Sign up at [producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications](https://www.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications), create an app, copy your developer token (free, takes 30 seconds) 2. Pass it as `developerToken` (stored encrypted by Apify as a secret) 3. Actor uses PH's official GraphQL API at `api.producthunt.com/v2/api/graphql` ### ⚠️ Tips & caveats - **Today's leaderboard is still moving** — PH's daily ranking resets at midnight PT and votes pour in for the next 24 hours. The default anchor (yesterday UTC) gives you stable data. - **RSS schema is thin** — no vote counts, no makers, no topics. Get a free dev token for the full schema. - **Cloudflare blocks plain HTTP scrapers** — that's why this Actor uses RSS / GraphQL, not HTML parsing. If PH changes either, the Actor will be updated. ### 🔗 Related Actors Launch + startup intelligence: - **[Y Combinator Companies](https://apify.com/transparent_locket/y-combinator-companies)** — many PH launches are YC companies - **[Hacker News "Who is Hiring?"](https://apify.com/transparent_locket/hacker-news-hiring-jobs)** — products that hit PH often appear on HN within days - **[Reddit Subreddit + Search](https://apify.com/transparent_locket/reddit-subreddit-search-scraper)** — search `r/SaaS`, `r/Entrepreneur` for PH-launch discussion - **[GitHub Trending](https://apify.com/transparent_locket/github-trending-repositories)** — open-source PH launches usually go trending the same week ### 💬 Support Need a custom PH scraper (collections, makers' profiles, historical analytics)? Email **caspersmartwater@gmail.com**. ⭐ Star this Actor. # Actor input Schema ## `source` (type: `string`): rss = zero-auth, thinner schema (no votes/topics/makers). graphql = full schema, requires developer token. auto = graphql if token present, else rss. ## `developerToken` (type: `string`): Required for graphql source. Get one at https://www.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications (free). ## `date` (type: `string`): YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to yesterday UTC if empty. Ignored in rss source. ## `daysBack` (type: `integer`): Number of consecutive daily leaderboards to scrape. Ignored in rss source. ## `maxPerDay` (type: `integer`): Max per day ## Actor input object example ```json { "source": "auto", "daysBack": 1, "maxPerDay": 100 } ``` # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("transparent_locket/product-hunt-daily-launches").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("transparent_locket/product-hunt-daily-launches").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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 transparent_locket/product-hunt-daily-launches --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=transparent_locket/product-hunt-daily-launches", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Product Hunt Scraper (Free, Daily Launches)", "description": "Daily Product Hunt launches as a clean feed. Two modes: RSS (default, zero-auth, headline schema) and GraphQL (richer — votes, comments, topics, makers; needs a free PH dev token). Use source=auto to pick GraphQL when a token is supplied.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "dIrZUAzQ9bC21xQ4M" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/transparent_locket~product-hunt-daily-launches/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-transparent_locket-product-hunt-daily-launches", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/transparent_locket~product-hunt-daily-launches/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-transparent_locket-product-hunt-daily-launches", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/transparent_locket~product-hunt-daily-launches/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-transparent_locket-product-hunt-daily-launches", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "source": { "title": "Source", "enum": [ "auto", "rss", "graphql" ], "type": "string", "description": "rss = zero-auth, thinner schema (no votes/topics/makers). graphql = full schema, requires developer token. auto = graphql if token present, else rss.", "default": "auto" }, "developerToken": { "title": "Product Hunt developer token", "type": "string", "description": "Required for graphql source. Get one at https://www.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications (free)." }, "date": { "title": "Anchor date", "type": "string", "description": "YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to yesterday UTC if empty. Ignored in rss source." }, "daysBack": { "title": "Days back", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 90, "type": "integer", "description": "Number of consecutive daily leaderboards to scrape. Ignored in rss source.", "default": 1 }, "maxPerDay": { "title": "Max per day", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 1000, "type": "integer", "description": "Max per day", "default": 100 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```