product-hunt-scraper

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)