Product Hunt Launches Scraper

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Product Hunt Launches Scraper extracts top Product Hunt launch listings and returns structured launch records with product metadata and engagement metrics. It scrapes Product Hunt pages without requiring login to collect product name and URL, tagline and full description, vote counts, comment and review counts, creation and featured timestamps, maker details (names, usernames, headlines), topic slugs and human-readable topic names, website links and thumbnail image URLs. The connector supports date-range and topic filtering, ordering by votes, daily ranking, newest, or featured timestamp, and can limit the number of launches retrieved, producing tabularized launch-level data for analysis.

Verified Sep 28, 3:55 AM

$0.01

per launch

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Market research — track which categories and topics are trending on Product Hunt over time
Competitive analysis — gather every launch in a niche to benchmark votes versus comments and reviews
Lead generation — collect maker identities and usernames for founder outreach after launches
Investor sourcing — surface high-traction launches appearing on Product Hunt’s Today page
Content and newsletter ideas — generate daily or topical digests of notable launches

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"product-hunt-launches-scraper","params":{"postedAfter":"","maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`postedAfter`	string	optional	Only include launches posted on or after this date. Leave empty to default to 7 days ago.
`postedBefore`	string	optional	Only include launches posted on or before this date. Leave empty to default to today.
`topic`	string	optional	Filter by topic slug - e.g. 'productivity', 'developer-tools', 'artificial-intelligence'. Leave empty for all topics.
`order`	string	optional	How to order the launches returned by Product Hunt.
`maxItems`	integer	optional	Maximum number of launches to return in this run. Capped at 100 per call.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	Id
`name`	string	Name
`slug`	string	Slug
`tagline`	string	Tagline
`description`	string	Description
`votes`	integer	Votes
`comments`	integer	Comments
`reviews`	integer	Reviews
`createdAt`	string	Created At
`featuredAt`	string	Featured At
`website`	string	Website
`productHuntUrl`	string	Product Hunt Url
`thumbnailUrl`	string	—
`makers`	array	—
`topics`	array	—
`topicNames`	array	—
`scrapedAt`	string	—

Use Product Hunt Launches Scraper from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “What has been reported about solid-state batteries in the last week? Cite sources.”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"product-hunt-launches-scraper","params":{"postedAfter":"","maxItems":5},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "product-hunt-launches-scraper",
        "params": {"postedAfter":"","maxItems":5},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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