Product Hunt API Capability

Get Leaderboard

Get Product Hunt top-ranked products for a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly period.

Capability ID producthunt.leaderboard

Cost 1 credit per request

Maximum runtime 30 seconds

# Get Leaderboard

Get Product Hunt top-ranked products for a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly period.

- Platform: [Product Hunt](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/platforms/producthunt)
- Capability ID: `producthunt.leaderboard`
- Cost: 1 credit per request
- Maximum runtime: 30 seconds
- Execute endpoint: `POST https://data.upscrape.com/execute`

## Request

Use the exact public capability ID in the shared execute envelope.

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --header "Prefer: wait=30" \
  --data '{
  "input": {
    "period": "daily"
  },
  "capability": "producthunt.leaderboard"
}'
```

## Input

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `date` | `string` | No | YYYY-MM-DD for daily, YYYY-WW for weekly, YYYY-MM for monthly, YYYY for yearly. Omit for current period. |
| `period` | `string` | Yes | Leaderboard period |

### Example input

```json
{
  "period": "daily"
}
```

## Response

Successful output is returned in `results[0].data`. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

### Illustrative sample output

This redacted fixture is an example, not a fixed response schema.

```json
{
  "date": "",
  "period": "daily",
  "products": [
    {
      "id": "111412",
      "name": "n8n",
      "slug": "n8n-io",
      "tagline": "Workflow automation for technical people",
      "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/n8n-io"
    },
    {
      "id": "126122",
      "name": "PostHog",
      "slug": "posthog",
      "tagline": "Literally every piece of SaaS that a product engineer needs",
      "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/posthog"
    },
    {
      "id": "584337",
      "name": "Granola",
      "slug": "granola",
      "tagline": "The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings",
      "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/granola"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Best of Product Hunt: July 31, 2026",
  "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/daily/2026/7/31"
}
```
### Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These fields are not a fixed response schema.

| Path | Observed type | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `date` | `string` |  |
| `period` | `string` | daily |
| `products` | `array` | 3 items |
| `products` | `array` | 3 items |
| `title` | `string` | Best of Product Hunt: July 31, 2026 |
| `url` | `string` | https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/daily/2026/7/31 |

## Execution behavior

A `200` response completed inline. A `202` response was queued; poll `GET /jobs/{id}` until the job reaches `completed` or `failed`. Use an `Idempotency-Key` when retrying must not create a duplicate logical job.

## Related documentation

- [Authentication](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/authentication)
- [Jobs and results](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/jobs)
- [Errors and retries](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/errors)
- [Idempotency](https://docs.upscrape.com/docs/api/idempotency)

POST /execute Shared execution endpoint

Input parameters

date string optional

YYYY-MM-DD for daily, YYYY-WW for weekly, YYYY-MM for monthly, YYYY for yearly. Omit for current period.

period string required

Leaderboard period

Example daily

Available values dailyweeklymonthlyyearly

Response

Successful output is returned in results[0].data. Raw platform output is intentionally open-ended and may evolve with the upstream source.

Illustrative sample The full redacted fixture is shown in the response panel.

Illustrative output fields

Derived from the sample above for orientation only. These observed fields are not a fixed response schema.

Path	Observed type	Example
`date`	`string`
`period`	`string`	daily
`products`	`array`	3 items
`products`	`array`	3 items
`title`	`string`	Best of Product Hunt: July 31, 2026
`url`	`string`	https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/daily/2026/7/31

Execution behavior

A 200 response completed inline. A 202 response was queued; poll GET /jobs/:id until the job reaches completed or failed.

curl --request POST \ --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --header "Prefer: wait=30" \ --data '{ "input": { "period": "daily" }, "capability": "producthunt.leaderboard" }'

import json import requests payload = json.loads(r'''{ "input": { "period": "daily" }, "capability": "producthunt.leaderboard" }''') response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json", "Prefer": "wait=30", }, json=payload, ) response.raise_for_status() print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))

{ "date": "", "period": "daily", "products": [ { "id": "111412", "name": "n8n", "slug": "n8n-io", "tagline": "Workflow automation for technical people", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/n8n-io" }, { "id": "126122", "name": "PostHog", "slug": "posthog", "tagline": "Literally every piece of SaaS that a product engineer needs", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/posthog" }, { "id": "584337", "name": "Granola", "slug": "granola", "tagline": "The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/granola" } ], "title": "Best of Product Hunt: July 31, 2026", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/daily/2026/7/31" }