> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one page from the Social Fetch docs (markdown export). For curated orientation and workflow guidance, start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for agent onboarding and crawl rules, use [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt); for the full endpoint list with links to pages like this one, use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt); for one platform's parameters and curls, use [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt); use [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) when you need structured JSON for tool registration.

## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/product-hunt/users/username/get>
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/product-hunt/users/username/get.mdx>

## API base URL and authentication

- **API origin (from OpenAPI `servers`):** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`
- **Authentication:** send `x-api-key: sfk_...` on `/v1/**` and `/v2/**` routes unless the operation is explicitly anonymous (check OpenAPI `security`, the [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx), [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt), or [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) for each route).
- **OpenAPI JSON:** <https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json>

## Recommended docs entrypoints (this site)

- [Documentation overview](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs.mdx) — top-level orientation (markdown).
- [Quickstart](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart.mdx) — authenticate with `x-api-key`, validate auth with `whoami`, and understand the JSON envelope.
- [SDK](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk.mdx) — official TypeScript SDK guide, including `SocialFetchClient`, `Result`, and `unwrap()`.
- [Capability matrix](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/capability-matrix.mdx) — every operation with identifiers, pagination, outcomes, media download, credits, and its SDK method. Generated from OpenAPI, so use it for route selection instead of scanning individual pages.
- [Recipes](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/recipes.mdx) — copyable workflows (brand monitoring, transcripts, Ad Library, creator scoring, Reddit research) with credit callouts and SDK examples.
- [Integrations](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations.mdx) — MCP for AI clients, n8n verified node, Apify Store Actors, Make custom app, SDK, and REST API connection paths.
- [MCP product page](https://www.socialfetch.dev/mcp) — hosted MCP overview, OAuth, Skills install.
- [MCP integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/mcp.mdx) — hosted `/mcp` server, OAuth, Cursor/VS Code/Claude install snippets, 910 endpoint tools, plus docs_search/docs_read for implementation help.
- [n8n integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/n8n.mdx) — install `n8n-nodes-socialfetch`, credentials, and workflow examples.
- [Apify integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/apify.mdx) — Store Actors under @social-fetch, PPE billing, dataset export, and quick start.
- [Make integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/make.mdx) — custom app modules for Make scenarios, API key credentials, and module catalog.
- [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt) — every documented operation with a direct link to that route's agent-readable markdown page (prefer this over parsing OpenAPI).
- [`/llms-{platform}.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-tiktok.txt) — per-platform endpoint files generated from OpenAPI (parameters, credits, curls).
- [`/agents.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/agents.txt) — agent crawl/onboarding file with capabilities, auth rules, and allowlist.
- [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) — structured machine-readable operation inventory with parameter names, pagination, outcomes, credits, and SDK mapping.
- [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx) — human-friendly index of operations with links into generated pages.
- [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) — shared error envelope and HTTP status guidance.
- [Credits](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/credits.mdx) — metering, `402`, and planning batch jobs.
- Outcome semantics such as `found`, `not_found`, and `private` are documented in [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) and on operation pages when present in the OpenAPI contract.

## Markdown docs convention

- Every docs page has a markdown twin: append **`.mdx`** to the docs pathname (for example `/docs/quickstart` → `/docs/quickstart.mdx`).
- Agents that send `Accept: text/markdown` on `/docs/**` HTML URLs may receive markdown directly (same URL, `Vary: Accept`).
- Published blog posts use the same convention: `/blog/{slug}` → `/blog/{slug}.mdx`, or `Accept: text/markdown` on the HTML URL (`Vary: Accept`).

---
# Get Product Hunt user (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/product-hunt/users/username/get)

## Summary

Get one Product Hunt user: bio, social links, counts and the first 20 posts in each list.

**Tags:** `Product Hunt`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/product-hunt/users/{username}`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.productHunt.getUser({ username: "rrhoover" })`
- **Accepted identifiers:** `username` (path)
- **Pagination:** none
- **Business outcome field:** `data.lookupStatus` with values `found`, `not_found`

## Credits

- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Failed requests (`lookup_failed`, `503`):** not charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.

## Authentication

- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)

## Parameters

### `username` (path)

- **Required:** yes
- **Constraints:** type `string`
- **Description:** Product Hunt username, e.g. `rrhoover`.

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: A Product Hunt user.
- **400**: Invalid request
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.

## Response body (200)

A Product Hunt user.

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **lookupStatus** (required) — type `string`; enum: found, not_found. Whether the item was found. `not_found` means the item is not on Product Hunt, for example a topic that does not exist; it is still a completed lookup.
  - **user** (required) — type `object`; nullable. The user when found; otherwise null.
    - **id** (required) — type `string`. User id.
    - **username** (required) — type `string`. Username.
    - **name** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Display name.
    - **headline** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Profile headline.
    - **about** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Profile bio, as plain text; links are kept as `text (url)`.
    - **createdAt** (required) — type `string`; nullable. When the account was created.
    - **avatarUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Profile picture.
    - **followersCount** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Followers.
    - **followingsCount** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Accounts the user follows.
    - **votesCount** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Votes the user cast.
    - **twitterUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. X profile the user lists.
    - **linkedInUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. LinkedIn profile the user lists.
    - **isAccountVerified** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether Product Hunt marks the account verified.
    - **canCrawl** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether the profile allows indexing. Returned as data; it does not affect what this endpoint returns.
    - **madePosts** (required) — type `object`. One of a user's post lists.
      - **totalCount** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. How many there are.
      - **posts** (required) — type `array`. The first 20 posts in this list.
        - _items:_
      - **hasMore** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether the list has more posts than the 20 returned.
      - **nextCursor** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Cursor for the next page of this list; pass it to `/v1/product-hunt/users/{username}/posts` with the same `kind`.
    - **submittedPosts** (required) — type `object`. One of a user's post lists.
      - **totalCount** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. How many there are.
      - **posts** (required) — type `array`. The first 20 posts in this list.
        - _items:_
      - **hasMore** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether the list has more posts than the 20 returned.
      - **nextCursor** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Cursor for the next page of this list; pass it to `/v1/product-hunt/users/{username}/posts` with the same `kind`.
    - **votedPosts** (required) — type `object`. One of a user's post lists.
      - **totalCount** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. How many there are.
      - **posts** (required) — type `array`. The first 20 posts in this list.
        - _items:_
      - **hasMore** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether the list has more posts than the 20 returned.
      - **nextCursor** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Cursor for the next page of this list; pass it to `/v1/product-hunt/users/{username}/posts` with the same `kind`.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
  - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
  - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
  - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.

### Example JSON (found)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "lookupStatus": "found",
    "user": {
      "id": "2",
      "username": "rrhoover",
      "name": "Ryan Hoover",
      "headline": "Founder of Product Hunt & Weekend Fund",
      "about": "It's always slightly awkward to write your own bio. ;)\r\n\r\nI grew up in Oregon with entrepreneurial parents. I started my career in gaming and fell into product management shortly after college. That led me to San Francisco where I worked in gaming for the first few years of my career before starting Product Hunt.\r\n\r\nF…",
      "createdAt": "2013-11-22T07:28:43.000Z",
      "avatarUrl": "https://ph-avatars.imgix.net/2/original.jpeg",
      "followersCount": 178628,
      "followingsCount": 2250,
      "votesCount": 19795,
      "twitterUrl": "https://twitter.com/rrhoover",
      "linkedInUrl": null,
      "isAccountVerified": true,
      "canCrawl": false,
      "madePosts": {
        "totalCount": 76,
        "posts": [
          {
            "id": "374583",
            "slug": "signature-block",
            "name": "Signature Block"
          }
        ],
        "hasMore": true,
        "nextCursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJmIjoiMGM2NmMzZGI2NGE2Y2FkNiIsImMiOiJNakEiLCJzIjpbIjM3NDU4MyIsIjMwNTE5NyIsIjIyODY0NSIsIjIxNDI4OSIsIjE4ODY4OSIsIjE4MjQzNyIsIjE0OTU5NCIsIjE0NzYzMSIsIjEzNDY2NiIsIjEzMjkwMiIsIjEzMTU3NCIsIjEzMDUxMSIsIjEyMTA0NCIsIjEyMDY4OSIsIjExODM2MCIsIjEwODUwOSIsIjEwNzIyMCIsIjk1MTYxIiwiOTQ5NTEiLCI4NjU1OCJdfQ"
      },
      "submittedPosts": {
        "totalCount": 854,
        "posts": [
          {
            "id": "1237159",
            "slug": "monid-3",
            "name": "Monid"
          }
        ],
        "hasMore": true,
        "nextCursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJmIjoiMGFmYzA0YzAxYTFkYzJlOCIsImMiOiJNakEiLCJzIjpbIjEyMzcxNTkiLCIxMjIxMzg4IiwiMTEzNDY0NiIsIjExMjI3MjIiLCIxMTAyNzM0IiwiMTAyMzc0MCIsIjEwMTkwMDYiLCI5OTAxODgiLCI1Mzg2MzUiLCI0NjgwNDciLCI0NjA3NDkiLCI0NTQ5NzEiLCI0NDg1NDMiLCI0MjgyODIiLCI0MTU3MjciLCI0MDc2MDYiLCIzNzQ1ODMiLCIzMjI4NTUiLCIzMjIyNTciLCIzMTE2MTkiXX0"
      },
      "votedPosts": {
        "totalCount": 194,
        "posts": [
          {
            "id": "1289239",
            "slug": "monish",
            "name": "Monish"
          }
        ],
        "hasMore": true,
        "nextCursor": "eyJ2IjoxLCJmIjoiMDU3NTc2ZDI2N2Q4NjE4NCIsImMiOiJNakEiLCJzIjpbIjEyODkyMzkiLCIxMjg4MzUwIiwiMTI4NDYxMSIsIjEyNzIzMjMiLCIxMjY4MTYwIiwiMTI2NDk4NyIsIjEyNjUyNzQiLCIxMjU2NjgyIiwiMTI0NjEyNCIsIjEyMzYwMjIiLCIxMjM4OTk3IiwiMTIzNzE1OSIsIjEyMzc4MDEiLCIxMjM0MDg4IiwiMTIyMDk2MiIsIjEyMjEzODgiLCIxMjIwMjg3IiwiMTIxNjU2NyIsIjEyMTk5OTkiLCIxMTk…"
      }
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_e845ebdd-776c-4065-a103-8d88f7c4b7b6",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "version": "v1"
  }
}
```

### Machine-readable error codes

When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):

- `bad_request`

## Error handling & retries

Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.

- **400**: Invalid request **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed. **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.

### Suggested client defaults

- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.

## Examples

### TypeScript SDK

```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";

const client = new SocialFetchClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});

const result = await client.productHunt.getUser({
  username: "rrhoover",
});

if (!result.ok) {
  console.error(result.error);
} else {
  console.log(result.value.data);
}
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/product-hunt/users/rrhoover",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/product-hunt/users/rrhoover" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/product-hunt/users/rrhoover",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```