Product Hunt Archive List Scraper

Overview

This actor scrapes Product Hunt to retrieve structured data for all products launched on a specific date. Provide a date, and it returns a JSON array containing key metrics and details for each product featured that day.

Key Features

• Fetches comprehensive launch data with a single API call.
• Returns product details including name, tagline, and URL.
• Includes ranking data (daily, weekly, monthly).
• Provides engagement metrics: votes, scores, and comment counts.
• Lists associated categories and tags.

How to Use

Run the actor via the Apify API, Apify console, or schedule it. The primary required input is the target date.

Input

The actor requires an input object. The most important field is date (YYYY-MM-DD format).

Example input:

{
  "date": "2024-07-25"
}

Output

The output is a dataset containing a JSON array of product objects. Each object includes the following fields:

• name, slug, tagline
• avatarUrl, productURL
• featuredAt, createdAt (timestamps)
• dailyRank, weeklyRank, monthlyRank
• latestScore, launchDayScore
• votesCount, commentsCount
• categories (array)

Example output snippet:

[
  {
    "name": "Tidyread",
    "slug": "tidyread",
    "tagline": "Read more in less time",
    "avatarUrl": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/b6f40322-6783-4a78-866a-a3d7c20a01ca.png",
    "featuredAt": "2024-07-25T00:01:00-07:00",
    "createdAt": "2024-07-25T00:01:00-07:00",
    "dailyRank": 1,
    "weeklyRank": 6,
    "monthlyRank": 33,
    "categories": ["Productivity", "News", "Artificial Intelligence"],
    "latestScore": 649,
    "launchDayScore": 651,
    "votesCount": 648,
    "commentsCount": 142,
    "productURL": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/tidyread"
  }
]

Find the actor and run it here: https://apify.com/your-actor-url?fpr=python_automation (Use the actual Apify link from the original README here).