Get Product Hunt launch comments
Input
launch requiredFull launch URL (e.g. "https://www.producthunt.com/products/notion/launches/notion-mail") or a "product/launch" slug pair (e.g. "notion/notion-mail").
Output
comments requiredreturned requiredHow many comments this read actually returned.
launchUrl requiredlaunchSlug requiredproductSlug requiredreportedTotal requiredThe comment tally Product Hunt prints for the launch. It counts more than the thread renders, so it is normally HIGHER than `returned` — that difference is expected, not a failed read. Null when the page prints no tally.
sortApplied optionalWhich ordering the thread was showing, as labelled on the page. Product Hunt defaults to its own "best" ordering; this script does not change it. Null when the launch has no thread yet.
FAQ
Get Product Hunt product
Read a Product Hunt product page and return its profile: name, tagline, full description, the outbound website link, the categories it is listed under, its review rating and review count, how many times it has launched, its makers with their Product Hunt profiles, and any Top Product or Golden Kitty awards. Accepts either the product slug or a full Product Hunt product URL. Follower counts are returned exactly as the page displays them (Product Hunt rounds them, e.g. "18K") alongside a numeric approximation. An unknown product is reported as such rather than returned as an empty record.
Remove a Product Hunt launch upvote
Withdraw the signed-in account's upvote from a Product Hunt launch. This is the inverse of upvoting one, and it is written the same careful way: because Product Hunt's vote control is a toggle, the script first checks whether an upvote actually exists and does nothing if it does not, instead of pressing the control and accidentally adding one. The result reports the account used, whether there was no vote to remove, the score afterwards, and confirmation read back from Product Hunt's own response rather than from the button. Accepts a full launch URL or a "product/launch" slug pair.
Upvote a Product Hunt launch
Upvote a launch on Product Hunt as the signed-in account. Product Hunt's vote control is a toggle, so this script checks whether the account has already upvoted the launch and leaves it alone if so, rather than pressing the control and silently removing an existing vote. The result reports the account that voted, whether the vote was already there, the launch's score afterwards, and confirmation read back from Product Hunt's own response rather than from the button. Accepts a full launch URL or a "product/launch" slug pair. Pair it with the remove-upvote script to undo. Note that Product Hunt votes on a launch, not on a product as a whole: a product with several launches is upvoted one launch at a time.