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🚀 Product Hunt Launches Tracker — Marketing Intel (BYOC)

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Track new product launches on Product Hunt via the official GraphQL API v2. BYOC (Bring Your Own Credentials) — your free developer token, our actor, 98% margin. Anti-bot immune, ToS-compliant, predictable cost.

✨ Features

• Official PH GraphQL API v2 — no HTML scraping, no anti-bot blocks
• 4 query modes — topVoted (default), daily, date, topic
• Topic filtering — artificial-intelligence, developer-tools, productivity, etc.
• Rich output — name, tagline, votes, comments, reviews, makers, topics, thumbnail, websites
• Auto rate-limit aware — built-in error surface for 429 + complexity remaining
• NEVER 0 ITEMS guard — fails loud with 4 causes diagnose, never silent SUCCEEDED with 0
• Owner-skip pattern — internal runs bypass PPE charge

🔑 BYOC setup (one-time, free, instant)

1. Sign in at https://www.producthunt.com (or sign up — instant)
2. Visit https://api.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications
3. Add an application → name it whatever (e.g. "MyApifyTrack") → submit
4. On the created app page, scroll down — your developer_token is shown (~64-char hex)
5. Copy that token → paste in actor input accessToken

Limits: free tier = 6250 complexity points per 15 minutes. Each post fetched costs ~10-25 points (depends on includeMakers/includeTopics). Plenty for daily/weekly aggregation workflows.

📥 Input

Example input — top voted AI launches

{
"accessToken":"your-ph-developer-token",
"mode":"topic",
"topicSlug":"artificial-intelligence",
"maxResults":25,
"includeMakers":true,
"includeTopics":true
}

Example input — today's launches

{
"accessToken":"your-ph-developer-token",
"mode":"daily",
"maxResults":50
}

📤 Output

{
"id":"12345",
"name":"Awesome AI Tool",
"tagline":"Generate marketing copy 10x faster with AI",
"slug":"awesome-ai-tool",
"phUrl":"https://www.producthunt.com/posts/awesome-ai-tool",
"website":"https://awesomeaitool.com",
"description":"Our AI assistant helps marketers...",
"thumbnail":"https://ph-files.imgix.net/...",
"votesCount":521,
"commentsCount":38,
"reviewsCount":12,
"reviewsRating":4.8,
"featuredAt":"2026-05-15T08:00:00.000Z",
"createdAt":"2026-05-15T07:01:00.000Z",
"topics":[
{"id":"44","name":"Artificial Intelligence","slug":"artificial-intelligence"},
{"id":"267","name":"Marketing automation","slug":"marketing-automation"}
],
"makers":[
{"id":"98765","username":"janedoe","name":"Jane Doe","url":"https://www.producthunt.com/@janedoe"}
],
"source":"producthunt-graphql-v2"
}

💰 Pricing

Pay-per-event (PPE): only charged per real post returned. Zero results → zero charge. Anti-bot impossible (official API).

🚀 Use cases

• Marketing intel — surface new SaaS/AI launches before they trend
• Competitive research — track competitor launches and their reception (votes/reviews)
• Affiliate discovery — find emerging tools with active affiliate programs (cross-reference makers' websites)
• Content marketing — feed weekly "what's new on PH" newsletters automatically
• Trend detection — sort top-voted in artificial-intelligence topic = pulse of AI tooling

⚠️ Common errors

🔒 Privacy

Your accessToken is passed directly to api.producthunt.com over HTTPS. We never store, log, or proxy it. Apify Console masks it with isSecret: true.

📚 Related actors

• Facebook Ad Library Intelligence — Meta ads competitive intel
• Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper — Google ads compliance
• HackerNews Intelligence — companion: trending tech discussions
• GitHub Trending Scraper — companion: trending open-source

🆕 Changelog

• v1.0 (2026-05-15): Initial release. GraphQL API v2 (4 modes), BYOC token, NEVER 0 ITEMS guard, owner-skip, optional makers/topics.

Português

🚀 Product Hunt Launches Tracker — Marketing Intel (BYOC)

Rastreia novos lançamentos no Product Hunt via a API oficial GraphQL v2. BYOC (Bring Your Own Credentials) — você traz seu token developer grátis, nosso actor faz o resto, margem 98%. Anti-bot impossível (API oficial), ToS-compliant, custo previsível.

Setup BYOC (uma vez, grátis, instantâneo)

1. Entre em https://www.producthunt.com (ou cadastre-se — é grátis e instantâneo)
2. Vá em https://api.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications
3. Add an application → nome qualquer (ex: "MyApifyTrack") → submit
4. Na página do app criado, role para baixo — o developer_token aparece (~64 chars)
5. Copie e cole no campo accessToken do actor

Limite: 6250 complexity points / 15min. Cada post ~10-25 pontos. Suficiente para análise diária/semanal.

✨ Funcionalidades

• API oficial PH GraphQL v2 — sem scraping de HTML, sem bloqueios anti-bot
• 4 modos de query — topVoted (padrão), daily, date, topic
• Filtragem por topic — artificial-intelligence, developer-tools, productivity, etc.
• Output rico — nome, tagline, votos, comentários, reviews, makers, topics, thumbnail, websites
• Consciente de rate-limit automaticamente — exibe erros para 429 + complexity remaining
• Guard NEVER 0 ITEMS — falha de forma explícita com diagnóstico de 4 causas, nunca SUCCEEDED silencioso com 0
• Padrão owner-skip — runs internos não geram cobrança PPE

📥 Entrada

Exemplo de entrada — lançamentos de IA mais votados

{
"accessToken":"your-ph-developer-token",
"mode":"topic",
"topicSlug":"artificial-intelligence",
"maxResults":25,
"includeMakers":true,
"includeTopics":true
}

Exemplo de entrada — lançamentos de hoje

{
"accessToken":"your-ph-developer-token",
"mode":"daily",
"maxResults":50
}

📤 Saída

{
"id":"12345",
"name":"Awesome AI Tool",
"tagline":"Generate marketing copy 10x faster with AI",
"slug":"awesome-ai-tool",
"phUrl":"https://www.producthunt.com/posts/awesome-ai-tool",
"website":"https://awesomeaitool.com",
"description":"Our AI assistant helps marketers...",
"thumbnail":"https://ph-files.imgix.net/...",
"votesCount":521,
"commentsCount":38,
"reviewsCount":12,
"reviewsRating":4.8,
"featuredAt":"2026-05-15T08:00:00.000Z",
"createdAt":"2026-05-15T07:01:00.000Z",
"topics":[
{"id":"44","name":"Artificial Intelligence","slug":"artificial-intelligence"},
{"id":"267","name":"Marketing automation","slug":"marketing-automation"}
],
"makers":[
{"id":"98765","username":"janedoe","name":"Jane Doe","url":"https://www.producthunt.com/@janedoe"}
],
"source":"producthunt-graphql-v2"
}

🚀 Casos de Uso

• Inteligência de marketing — identificar novos lançamentos SaaS/AI antes de virarem tendência
• Pesquisa competitiva — acompanhar lançamentos de concorrentes e sua recepção (votos/reviews)
• Descoberta de afiliação — encontrar ferramentas emergentes com programas de afiliado ativos (cruzar com os websites dos makers)
• Marketing de conteúdo — alimentar automaticamente newsletters semanais "novidades no PH"
• Detecção de tendências — ordenar os mais votados no topic artificial-intelligence = pulso do tooling de IA

⚠️ Erros Comuns

💰 Preços

Pay-per-event (PPE): você só é cobrado por post real retornado. Zero resultados → zero cobrança. Anti-bot impossível (API oficial).

🔒 Privacidade

Seu accessToken é enviado diretamente para api.producthunt.com via HTTPS. Nós nunca armazenamos, registramos em log ou intermediamos. O Apify Console o mascara com isSecret: true.

📚 Actors Relacionados

• Facebook Ad Library Intelligence — inteligência competitiva de ads da Meta
• Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper — compliance de ads do Google
• HackerNews Intelligence — complementar: discussões tech em alta
• GitHub Trending Scraper — complementar: open-source em alta

🆕 Histórico de Versões

• v1.0 (2026-05-15): Release inicial. API GraphQL v2 (4 modos), token BYOC, guard NEVER 0 ITEMS, owner-skip, makers/topics opcionais.

Casos de uso BR/LATAM

• Marketing/Growth: rastrear lançamentos de concorrentes SaaS/AI globais antes do hype
• Afiliados: descobrir ferramentas emergentes com programas de afiliado ativos
• Conteúdo: alimentar newsletters semanais "novidades PH" automaticamente
• Vendas B2B: lista de leads (makers que lançaram produtos = founders contactáveis)

Modos de query

• topVoted (default): top votados recentes — uso geral
• daily: lançamentos de HOJE — para newsletters diárias
• date: data específica YYYY-MM-DD — análise retrospectiva
• topic: filtra por topic slug (ex: artificial-intelligence, developer-tools)