# Product Hunt Data API (https://www.socialcrawl.dev/platforms/producthunt)

> Product Hunt API with 1 endpoint: GET /v1/producthunt/launches returns the current launches feed, about 50 products with name, tagline, URL and maker, filterable by topic. Each call costs 1 credit, and a new account gets 100 free credits with no card.

TL;DR: SocialCrawl's Product Hunt API exposes 1 endpoints, 1 credit per call, all returning one unified JSON schema with computed fields such as engagement rate, language and content category. Single x-api-key auth, 100 free credits on signup.

## Endpoints

| Endpoint | Method | Path | Credits | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Launches | GET | `/v1/producthunt/launches` | 1 | List current Product Hunt launches |

## Code example

```bash
curl "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/producthunt/launches" \
  -H "x-api-key: sc_YOUR_API_KEY"
```

Every response shares one JSON envelope: `{ success, platform, endpoint, data, credits_used, credits_remaining }`.

## FAQ

### What does the SocialCrawl Product Hunt API cover?

It covers 1 endpoint, GET /v1/producthunt/launches, which lists the launches Product Hunt is currently featuring, roughly 50 at a time. It returns each product's name, tagline, URL, maker and publish times in the same unified JSON as the other 68 platforms.

### Where does the Product Hunt launch data come from?

It comes from Product Hunt's public launches feed, which holds about 50 entries with no pagination. Every entry the feed holds is returned in one call, and responses are cached for a short time because the feed changes through the day.

### Why are votes and comments missing from Product Hunt responses?

The public feed does not carry votes, comments, ranks or topics per launch, so SocialCrawl returns those fields as null instead of guessing. The product name, tagline, product URL, maker display name and timestamps are all present.

### What does post.published_at mean for a Product Hunt launch?

It is when the post was created, which can be weeks before its launch day. post.ext.updated_at shows the last edit. Sort on these fields yourself if you need your own ordering, since the feed's order is not the vote ranking.

### Can I use the Product Hunt API for a launch-tracking alert?

Yes. Poll the endpoint with topic set to a topic slug and compare post IDs between calls to spot new launches. Each call returns the whole current feed in a single response.

### How do I narrow Product Hunt results?

Use topic with a Product Hunt topic slug such as artificial-intelligence or developer-tools, and query to match text in the product name and tagline. query filters the current feed and does not search Product Hunt's archive.

## Pricing

- Standard endpoints: 1 credit per call
- Advanced endpoints: 5 credits per call
- Premium endpoints: 10 credits per call
- 100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Cached responses cost 0 credits. Credit packs never expire.
- Full pricing: https://www.socialcrawl.dev/pricing

## Explore with AI

Questions this API answers, phrased for an AI assistant:

- What is the SocialCrawl Product Hunt API?
- How do I get a list of new Product Hunt launches with an API?
- Is there a Product Hunt scraper API that returns JSON?