Product Hunt Scraper

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

Quick Start

Requires APIFY_API_TOKEN env var (or --token flag). Install dependency: pip install requests.

# 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)