- Welcome to the API
- OAuth User Authentication
- OAuth Client Only Authentication
- Posts
- Users
- Collections
- Comments and Comment Threads
- Notifications
- Voting for posts
- Settings
- Followers & Followings
- Current user
- Subscribe to collections
- Shareable Images
- Topics
- Rate Limits
API V1 is deprecated, Check out new API V2 here
Welcome to the Product Hunt API
The goal of this API is to be RESTful and as simple as needed.
If you have any ideas for improvements or just wanna chat about JSON and HTTP verbs
let us know on GitHub.
"Beta"
We try to have no breaking changes, but please don't expect this API to be completely frozen.
Privileges
- By default all apps are read-only.
- Please understand that we currently do not provide write access (e.g. creating upvotes for a user) to third party developers.
- The Product Hunt API must not be used for commercial purposes. If you would like to use it for your business, please contact us at hello@producthunt.com.
Accessing Endpoints
- The API is reachable at https://api.producthunt.com/v1/<ENDPOINT>
- Currently the API is only accessible with a provided access_token.
- We reserve the right to rate-limit any application if we feel you are not following fair-use.
- If you require faster access without rate limit please contact us.
Get started: Getting an OAuth2 token
Get a token on behalf of a user:
- Follow the steps in OAuth User Authentication oauth#authorize to receive an access_grant
- Use the access_grant in oauth#token
- Add the Authentication http header with the token to all requests
- Test this and troubleshoot according to the examples in oauth#test
Get a token without user context. (eg before a user logs in)
- Follow the steps explained in OAuth Client Only Authentication oauth#token
- Please remember that this tokens limit you to public endpoints that don't require user context.
But… i just wanted to run a simple script?
- The oauth2 flow is a bit of a overkill if you just want to run a few scripts
- We provide a developer_token (does not expire, linked to your account) in the app dashboard
May I use the API for my business?
By default the Product Hunt API must not be used for commercial purposes. If you would like to use it for your business, please contact us at hello@producthunt.com.
Done building? Get featured!
We’re excited to see what all you creative folks build and happy to feature your product on the site. Contact us at hello@producthunt.com with its name, a couple sentence description, and link to the project.
Do I have to attribute Product Hunt?
We kindly ask that you include attribution in your project, linking back to Product Hunt. We’d also appreciate those that include a Product Hunt logo (it’s helpful for us!).
You can download the goodies here.
Are there any other ways to do Product Hunt Integrations?
Yes! There is quite a bunch of third party APIs. Blazin' fast fulltext search, SDKs with callbacks for real-time like interaction, web-hooks, etc etc. Go here for the full list.
Btw there is also a lot of Open Source software out there. Take a look. Maybe there is something you can reuse.
But…?
If you have any more questions, feedback, ideas or problems don’t hesitate to contact us! Also, let us know what you’re working on! Drop us a line at hello@producthunt.com.
Happy Hacking!
PS: Shout out to @albertoperdomo who helped with the API design.