Product Hunt API · Endpoint
Product Hunt Topic API
Get a topic, such as Artificial Intelligence, with its description, followers and the products ranked in it.
- 1 credit per call
- Failed calls are free
- Updated
- producthunt.topic
Response
completed
{ "name": "Artificial Intelligence", "description": "Artificial intelligence powers products that can write, reason, analyze data, and take action for you. These categories cover the main ways…", "id": "268", "slug": "artificial-intelligence", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/topics/artificial-intelligence", "products": [ { "name": "PostHog", "id": "126122", "slug": "posthog", "tagline": "Literally every piece of SaaS that a product engineer needs", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/posthog" }, { "name": "Granola", "id": "584337", "slug": "granola", "tagline": "The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings", "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/granola" } ]}
| # | Name | Reviews count | Reviews rating | Slug | Tagline | Id | Logo url | Url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PostHog | posthog | Literally every piece of SaaS that a product engineer needs | 126122 | https://www.producthunt.com/products/posthog | |||
| 2 | Granola | granola | The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings | 584337 | https://www.producthunt.com/products/granola | |||
| 3 | Vercel | 990 | 4.97 | vercel | The frontend cloud. Creators of Next.js. | 435808 | https://ph-files.imgix.net/593ff5e2-9d11-491c-ab63-9e929e894214… | https://www.producthunt.com/products/vercel |
Input
What you send
The input
object of the request, with every field the endpoint accepts.
| Field | Type | Required | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | yes | The topic's name as it appears in its URL, such as artificial-intelligence, or its full URL. | artificial-intelligence |
Response
Fields it returns
What each record in the response holds, with the values from the sample above.
| Field | Type | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| products[].name | string | The product's name. | PostHog |
| products[].id | string | Product Hunt's ID for the item. | 126122 |
| products[].slug | string | The name in the product's Product Hunt address. | posthog |
| products[].tagline | string | The product's one-line pitch. | Literally every piece of SaaS that a product engineer needs |
| products[].url | string | The page on Product Hunt. | https://www.producthunt.com/products/posthog |
| name | string | The product's name. | Artificial Intelligence |
| description | string | The description Product Hunt shows. | Artificial intelligence powers products that can write, reason,… |
| id | string | Product Hunt's ID for the item. | 268 |
| products | array | The products listed. | 3 records |
| slug | string | The name in the product's Product Hunt address. | artificial-intelligence |
| url | string | The page on Product Hunt. | https://www.producthunt.com/topics/artificial-intelligence |
REST API · MCP server
Call it from your code, or ask your agent
Set UPSCRAPE_API_KEY to your key and copy a working request.
curl --request POST \ --url https://data.upscrape.com/execute \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $UPSCRAPE_API_KEY" \ --header "Content-Type: application/json" \ --header "Prefer: wait=30" \ --data '{ "capability": "producthunt.topic", "input": { "url": "artificial-intelligence" }}'
import jsonimport osimport requestspayload = json.loads(r'''{ "capability": "producthunt.topic", "input": { "url": "artificial-intelligence" }}''')response = requests.post( "https://data.upscrape.com/execute", headers={ "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['UPSCRAPE_API_KEY']}", "Content-Type": "application/json", "Prefer": "wait=30", }, json=payload,)response.raise_for_status()print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2))
const response = await fetch("https://data.upscrape.com/execute", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.UPSCRAPE_API_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json", "Prefer": "wait=30", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "capability": "producthunt.topic", "input": { "url": "artificial-intelligence" }}),});if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`Upscrape request failed: ${response.status}`);}console.log(JSON.stringify(await response.json(), null, 2));
In your AI agent
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1Add the Upscrape MCP server
2Ask for the data in plain words
The agent finds the endpoint, shows you the price, and runs it with your credits.
https://data.upscrape.com/mcp
With Upscrape, get the Product Hunt topic for url "artificial-intelligence". Tell me what it costs before you run it, then show the results as a table.
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Questions
Product Hunt Topic API FAQ
The short answers. The docs have the long ones.
Still have a question?
Talk to the people who build the endpoints.
How much does the Product Hunt Topic API cost?
1 credit per successful call, shown before it runs. You buy credits once, and paid credits never expire.
What do I send?
Send url. The input fields below list every option with its type and limits.
Do I need a Product Hunt login?
No. It reads public Product Hunt data; nothing runs on your account.
Can my AI agent call it?
Yes, over MCP: the agent finds producthunt.topic, checks its price and runs it with the same credits as the REST API.
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