Product Hunt

Product Hunt is a platform for discovering new tech products, connecting makers with early adopters and enthusiasts. Each day, Product Hunt surfaces the best new products in technology including apps, websites, hardware projects, and developer tools, allowing the community to vote, comment, and discuss. It is widely used by founders to launch products and by developers and tech enthusiasts to stay current with the latest innovations in the startup and tech product ecosystem.

Product Hunt publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Product Discovery, Startups, Tech Products, and Maker Community.

10.1/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
Product DiscoveryStartupsTech ProductsMaker Community

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0
Composite quality — 10.1/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Access Clarity 3.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13
Contract Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

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Product Hunt API

The Product Hunt API provides programmatic access to Product Hunt's platform data via GraphQL. Developers can query and retrieve information about products, posts, topics, colle...

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Product Hunt GraphQL API

The Product Hunt API provides programmatic access to Product Hunt's platform data via GraphQL. Developers can query and retrieve information about products, posts, topics, colle...

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

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Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Product Hunt Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Security Posture 1

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Product Hunt Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: product-hunt
name: Product Hunt
description: Product Hunt is a platform for discovering new tech products, connecting makers with early adopters and enthusiasts.
  Each day, Product Hunt surfaces the best new products in technology including apps, websites, hardware projects, and developer
  tools, allowing the community to vote, comment, and discuss. It is widely used by founders to launch products and by developers
  and tech enthusiasts to stay current with the latest innovations in the startup and tech product ecosystem.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/product-hunt.png
tags:
- Product Discovery
- Startups
- Tech Products
- Maker Community
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/product-hunt/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: product-hunt:product-hunt-api
  name: Product Hunt API
  description: The Product Hunt API provides programmatic access to Product Hunt's platform data via GraphQL. Developers can
    query and retrieve information about products, posts, topics, collections, users, votes, and comments. The API supports
    OAuth 2.0 authentication with three scopes (Public, Private, Write), client-only authentication for public data, and developer
    tokens for simple scripts. It allows applications to interact with the Product Hunt community, fetch daily product launches,
    explore trending tech products, and integrate Product Hunt data into third-party applications.
  humanURL: https://api.producthunt.com/v2/docs
  baseURL: https://api.producthunt.com/v2/api/graphql
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  tags:
  - Product Discovery
  - Startups
  - Tech Products
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.producthunt.com/v2/docs
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://api-v2-docs.producthunt.com
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications
  - type: GraphQLExplorer
    url: https://ph-graph-api-explorer.herokuapp.com/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/producthunt/producthunt-api
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://api.producthunt.com/v2/docs#section/Getting-Started/Rate-Limiting
  - type: Support
    url: mailto:hello@producthunt.com
  - url: graphql/product-hunt-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
commonProperties:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.producthunt.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.producthunt.com/v2/docs
- type: Signup
  url: https://www.producthunt.com/join
- type: Login
  url: https://www.producthunt.com/login
- type: Authentication
  url: https://www.producthunt.com/v2/oauth/applications
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://api.producthunt.com/v2/docs#section/Getting-Started/Rate-Limiting
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.producthunt.com/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.producthunt.com/privacy
- type: Forums
  url: https://www.producthunt.com/discussions
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.producthunt.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/producthunt
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/producthunt
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/producthunt
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/producthunt
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  email: info@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/product-hunt-domain-security.yml

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