ProductHunt API endpoint

Retrieve Product Hunt category details

Returns the category page payload for a Product Hunt category slug.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestproducthunt.categoryResponseDoc/producthunt/category/{slug}

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Enum	Example	Description
slug	path	string	Yes		"vibe-coding"	Product Hunt category slug
x-api-key	header	string	Yes			API key required

Authentication

Send your scraping API key in the x-api-key header. Use the console API Keys page to rotate or select the active key.

Billing

Endpoint usage is metered in credits. The plan prices, included credits, limits, and overage rates below match the active backend billing configuration.

Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Charged response: Successful 2xx responses

Plan	Price	Included credits	Daily cap	Rate limit	Overage
Free	$0/mo	2,000	500 daily credits	5/min	No overage
Starter	$9/mo	20,000	5,000 daily credits	15/min	$0.75/1,000 overage credits when enabled
Growth	$29/mo	100,000	25,000 daily credits	45/min	$0.45/1,000 overage credits when enabled
Pro	$79/mo	400,000	No daily cap	120/min	$0.30/1,000 overage credits
Business	$199/mo	1,200,000	No daily cap	300/min	$0.20/1,000 overage credits
Enterprise	$499/mo	5,000,000	No daily cap	1,000/min	$0.12/1,000 overage credits

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Missing or invalid parameters	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Category not found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Rate limit exceeded	#/definitions/app.Response
500	Internal server error	#/definitions/app.Response

Example response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "id": "1585",
    "name": "Vibe Coding Tools",
    "description": "Vibe Coding Tools bundle AI-first editors, app builders, proxies, and Python/web stacks to speed building...",
    "slug": "vibe-coding",
    "path": "/categories/vibe-coding",
    "last_updated_at": "2026-04-27T23:10:55-07:00",
    "reviews_count": 1650,
    "meta_title": "The best vibe coding tools in 2026",
    "hero_products": [
      {
        "id": "597151",
        "name": "Cursor",
        "logo_uuid": "d2edfb12-0064-4ea2-af46-12b43bbb2842.png",
        "is_no_longer_online": false
      }
    ],
    "hero_products_count": 79,
    "parent": {
      "id": "72",
      "name": "Engineering & Development",
      "path": "/categories/engineering-development"
    },
    "recent_summary": {
      "summary": "Recent launches cluster around fast app creation, agent orchestration, and workflow glue...",
      "products": [
        {
          "id": "566141",
          "slug": "lovable",
          "name": "Lovable",
          "tagline": "The world's first AI Fullstack Engineer",
          "reviews_rating": 4.67,
          "reviews_count": 178
        }
      ]
    },
    "recent_launches_count": 79
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/producthunt.categoryResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example
code	integer	No	200
data	producthunt.ProductCategoryPage	No
data.description	string	No
data.discussions	array	No
data.discussions[].comments_count	integer	No
data.discussions[].created_at	string	No
data.discussions[].description_preview	string	No
data.discussions[].has_voted	boolean	No
data.discussions[].id	string	No
data.discussions[].path	string	No
data.discussions[].pinned	boolean	No
data.discussions[].primary_forum	producthunt.ProductAlternativeDiscussionForum	No
data.discussions[].primary_forum.id	string	No
data.discussions[].primary_forum.slug	string	No
data.discussions[].primary_forum.subject_id	string	No
data.discussions[].primary_forum.subject_name	string	No
data.discussions[].slug	string	No
data.discussions[].title	string	No
data.discussions[].user	producthunt.ProductAlternativeDiscussionUser	No
data.discussions[].user.avatar_url	string	No
data.discussions[].user.id	string	No
data.discussions[].user.name	string	No
data.discussions[].user.username	string	No
data.discussions[].votes_count	integer	No
data.discussions_has_next_page	boolean	No
data.expandable_html	string	No
data.hero_products	array	No
data.hero_products[].id	string	No
data.hero_products[].is_no_longer_online	boolean	No
data.hero_products[].logo_uuid	string	No
data.hero_products[].name	string	No
data.hero_products_count	integer	No
data.id	string	No
data.last_updated_at	string	No
data.meta_title	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.parent	producthunt.ProductCategoryParent	No
data.parent.id	string	No
data.parent.name	string	No
data.parent.path	string	No
data.parent.sub_categories	array	No
data.parent.sub_categories[].id	string	No
data.parent.sub_categories[].name	string	No
data.parent.sub_categories[].path	string	No
data.parent.sub_categories[].slug	string	No
data.path	string	No	/categories/vibe-coding
data.questions	array	No
data.questions[].body	producthunt.ProductCategoryMarkdown	No
data.questions[].body.markdown	string	No
data.questions[].body.text	string	No
data.questions[].id	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer	producthunt.ProductCategoryAnswer	No
data.questions[].top_answer.body	producthunt.ProductCategoryMarkdown	No
data.questions[].top_answer.body.markdown	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.body.text	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.id	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources	array	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].badges	array	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].id	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].path	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].subject_id	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].type	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].user	producthunt.ProductCategoryUser	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].user.avatar_url	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].user.id	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].user.name	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].user.username	string	No
data.questions[].top_answer.sources[].visible_at	string	No
data.raw_relevant_reviews	array	No
data.recent_launches_count	integer	No
data.recent_summary	producthunt.ProductCategoryRecentSummary	No
data.recent_summary.products	array	No
data.recent_summary.products[].badges	array	No
data.recent_summary.products[].badges[].date	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].badges[].id	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].badges[].period	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].badges[].position	integer	No
data.recent_summary.products[].badges[].post_name	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].badges[].post_slug	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].categories	array	No
data.recent_summary.products[].categories[].id	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].categories[].name	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].categories[].path	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].categories[].slug	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].followers_count	integer	No
data.recent_summary.products[].id	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].is_no_longer_online	boolean	No
data.recent_summary.products[].is_subscribed	boolean	No
data.recent_summary.products[].is_top_product	boolean	No
data.recent_summary.products[].latest_launch	producthunt.ProductCategoryLatestLaunch	No
data.recent_summary.products[].latest_launch.id	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].latest_launch.scheduled_at	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].logo_uuid	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].name	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].reviews_count	integer	No
data.recent_summary.products[].reviews_rating	number	No
data.recent_summary.products[].slug	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].tagline	string	No
data.recent_summary.products[].tags	array	No
data.recent_summary.summary	string	No
data.reviews_count	integer	No
data.slug	string	No	vibe-coding
data.sub_categories	array	No
data.sub_categories[].id	string	No
data.sub_categories[].name	string	No
data.sub_categories[].path	string	No
data.sub_categories[].slug	string	No
data.targeted_ad	producthunt.ProductCategoryAd	No
data.targeted_ad.channel_kind	string	No
data.targeted_ad.id	string	No
data.targeted_ad.large_asset_uuid	string	No
data.targeted_ad.name	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post	producthunt.ProductCategoryAdPost	No
data.targeted_ad.post.comments_count	integer	No
data.targeted_ad.post.created_at	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.disabled_when_scheduled	boolean	No
data.targeted_ad.post.embargo_preview_at	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_at	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment	producthunt.ProductCategoryAdComment	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.body_text	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.id	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.is_pinned	boolean	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.path	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.subject_id	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.user	producthunt.ProductCategoryUser	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.user.avatar_url	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.user.id	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.user.name	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.featured_comment.user.username	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.has_voted	boolean	No
data.targeted_ad.post.hide_votes_count	boolean	No
data.targeted_ad.post.id	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.latest_score	integer	No
data.targeted_ad.post.launch_day_score	integer	No
data.targeted_ad.post.name	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.product_id	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.product_slug	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.product_subscribed	boolean	No
data.targeted_ad.post.randomization_status	producthunt.ProductCategoryRandomizationStatus	No
data.targeted_ad.post.randomization_status.active	boolean	No
data.targeted_ad.post.randomization_status.next_transition_at	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.randomization_status.random_day	boolean	No
data.targeted_ad.post.slug	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.topics	array	No
data.targeted_ad.post.topics[].id	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.topics[].name	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.topics[].slug	string	No
data.targeted_ad.post.updated_at	string	No
data.targeted_ad.small_asset_uuid	string	No
data.targeted_ad.subject	string	No
data.targeted_ad.tagline	string	No
data.targeted_ad.thumbnail_uuid	string	No
data.targeted_ad.url	string	No
data.targeted_ad.variation_id	string	No
msg	string	No	OK

Example request

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/producthunt/category/%22vibe-coding%22" -H "x-api-key: <api-key>"

TypeScript fetch

const url = new URL("https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/producthunt/category/%22vibe-coding%22");
const headers = new Headers();
headers.set("x-api-key", "<api-key>");
const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: "GET",
  headers,
});
const payload = await response.json();

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