# Product Hunt Scraper — Daily Launches, Upvotes & Makers (`intelscrape/product-hunt-scraper`) Actor

Product Hunt public launches — upvotes and maker signals. Pay per result. Demo mode.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/intelscrape/product-hunt-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [IntelScrape](https://apify.com/intelscrape) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Lead generation
- **Features:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## 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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## 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

![Actor Banner](https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/PyvJzfQg02FD3RYhd/records/product-hunt-scraper-banner.png)

Product Hunt Scraper collects public Product Hunt launches: product name, tagline, vote counts, topics, and links. Ideal for competitor intel and founder lead lists. Pay per product.

Built for IntelScrape money ops with query-first Store SEO and day-1 pay-per-event billing. Use `demoMode` for a free format sample (≥3 synthetic rows).

### Pricing (PPE)

| Event | Price |
| :--- | ---: |
| Actor start | **$0.005** |
| Result (dataset item) | **$0.001** |
| Products summary | **$0.01** |

`includeProductsSummary` defaults **ON** — one digest per run with top launches, vote totals, and Soft CTA links when ≥1 product is saved.

### Soft CTA — products-summary

Product rows and summary include SoftCTA mesh 6→14 (contact/B2B/email/phone/shopify/watson/ads/app/play/news/people). SoftCTA only — no extra SoftCTA PPE. 

### Legal

Public pages only. You are responsible for lawful use. Demo content is fictional.

Live scrape uses public Product Hunt HTML (homepage + daily leaderboard). `demoMode:false` never falls back to fixtures.

### Soft CTA deepen

Each product row and the `products-summary` carry a SoftCTA mesh 6→14 (Contact / Website Leads / B2B / Email Finder / Maps Email / Phone / Shopify / Watson / Facebook Ads / App Store / Play / Google News / TruePeopleSearch / Skip Trace PRO links-only). No extra SoftCTA PPE. SEEK untouched. 

# Actor input Schema

## `maxProducts` (type: `integer`):

Maximum Product Hunt products to push.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Optional Product Hunt homepage or topic URLs.

## `demoMode` (type: `boolean`):

Push synthetic fixtures (no live scrape).

## `includeProductsSummary` (type: `boolean`):

Push one paid products-summary digest (top launches, vote totals, SoftCTA). Default ON.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxProducts": 30,
  "demoMode": false,
  "includeProductsSummary": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

Rows pushed to the default dataset.

# 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("intelscrape/product-hunt-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("intelscrape/product-hunt-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 intelscrape/product-hunt-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,intelscrape/product-hunt-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/ajvtVejL6IXG4PYf2/builds/QvZ6EZLfjdUx3OKk8/openapi.json