Product Hunt Scraper

Scrape trending products from Product Hunt using the Apify maximedupre/product-hunt-scraper actor.

Output fields: Each product has name, tagline, description, url (Product Hunt URL), and additional fields depending on the actor's output.

Quick Start

Requires APIFY_API_TOKEN env var (or --token flag).

# Today's top products
python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
  --time-period daily --max-products 10 --output summary

# This week's products filtered by keyword
python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
  --time-period weekly --keywords "AI,marketing" --output summary

# Monthly top products as JSON
python3 skills/product-hunt-scraper/scripts/scrape_producthunt.py \
  --time-period monthly --max-products 50

CLI Reference

Flag	Default	Description
--time-period	weekly	daily, weekly, or monthly
--max-products	50	Max products to scrape
--keywords	none	Keywords to filter (comma-separated, OR logic)
--output	json	Output format: json or summary
--token	env var	Apify token (prefer APIFY_API_TOKEN env var)
--timeout	300	Max seconds to wait for the Apify run

Notes

• Keyword filtering is client-side on product name + tagline + description
• Results are sorted by upvote count (descending)