Indie Hackers API

Pull Indie Hackers posts, comments and products with their monthly revenue as clean JSON.

The API.SH Indie Hackers API returns public data from the Indie Hackers founder community as structured JSON. Read the newest forum posts or the top posts of a week or month, open a post for its full text and every comment thread, and query the product database by category, business model and monthly revenue range. Each product shows its tagline, website, monthly revenue and whether that revenue is Stripe verified, plus its posts.

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4 endpoints
from $1 / 1,000 calls
1,000 free credits / month
failed calls free

Indie Hackers product page

GET https://api.api.sh/indiehackers/v1/product

{ "success": true }

1 credit · $1 per 1,000 calls

What you can build with the Indie Hackers API

Startup idea and market research

Filter the product database by category, business model and revenue range to see which kinds of products earn money.

/products /product

Community trend tracking

Collect the top posts of each week or month with upvotes and comment counts to see what founders are discussing.

/posts

Discussion and feedback mining

Pull a post's full text and comment threads to study questions, objections and advice around a topic.

/post

Founder and product lists

Build a list of products with revenue, websites and X links for outreach, investing or a newsletter.

/products /product

Indie Hackers data you get

Field names from real responses. Numbers come parsed, URLs absolute, dates in ISO 8601.

Indie Hackers API endpoints and prices

Every Indie Hackers endpoint costs 1 credit per call: credits are $1 per 1,000 on a monthly plan, $2 pay-as-you-go. Pricing

Profiles and accounts1

Indie Hackers product page

/indiehackers/v1/product

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Posts and media2

Indie Hackers post /indiehackers/v1/post	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit
Indie Hackers posts /indiehackers/v1/posts	$1 · $2 PAYG 1 credit

Products, listings and places1

Indie Hackers product database

/indiehackers/v1/products

$1 · $2 PAYG

1 credit

Call the Indie Hackers API

Indie Hackers product page: GET https://api.api.sh/indiehackers/v1/product

curl "https://api.api.sh/indiehackers/v1/product?slug=ghost" \
  -H "x-api-key: $APISH_KEY"

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.api.sh/indiehackers/v1/product",
    params={"slug": "ghost"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["APISH_KEY"]},
    timeout=120,
)
res.raise_for_status()
data = res.json()

const url = new URL("https://api.api.sh/indiehackers/v1/product");
url.searchParams.set("slug", "ghost");

const res = await fetch(url, { headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.APISH_KEY } });
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);
const data = await res.json();

# Google Sheets (API.SH add-on)
=APISH("/indiehackers/v1/product", "slug", "ghost")

# Zapier, Make, n8n (verified node): pick the API.SH app,
# choose "Indie Hackers" and "Indie Hackers product page".

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Why API.SH for Indie Hackers data

Public data only: no Indie Hackers login, cookies or account needed
One key and one response shape for Indie Hackers and 481 other platforms
Built and maintained by API.SH, not third-party publishers
Pay per call; errors on our side cost nothing
Live status for every endpoint

API.SH vs the official Indie Hackers API

Indie Hackers does not offer a public API. API.SH reads its public pages and returns posts, comments and products as JSON.

Instead of writing your own Indie Hackers scraper or running an Apify actor, use API.SH: one key for posts, comments and the product database at a fixed price per call.

Indie Hackers API questions

What Indie Hackers data can I get?+

Forum feeds of newest and top posts (/indiehackers/v1/posts), one post with full text and comment threads (/indiehackers/v1/post), the product database with revenue filters (/indiehackers/v1/products) and one product page with revenue and posts (/indiehackers/v1/product).

How much does the Indie Hackers API cost?+

Every Indie Hackers endpoint costs 1 credit per call. On a monthly plan 1,000 credits cost $1 (Starter is $50/month for 50,000 credits). Pay-as-you-go is $2 per 1,000 credits, with top-ups from $15 that never expire.

Is there a free trial?+

Yes. Every account gets 1,000 free credits every month. That is 1,000 calls to /indiehackers/v1/post at 1 credit each.

Is there an official Indie Hackers API?+

No. Indie Hackers has no public developer API. API.SH reads the public website and returns its data as JSON.

Do I need an Indie Hackers account or login?+

No. API.SH reads public pages only. Members-only articles return just their public part and are flagged members_only, and the product database returns the matches the site shows to visitors without an account.

How much money do Indie Hackers products make?+

Each product lists the monthly revenue its founder shares and whether it is Stripe verified. Use /indiehackers/v1/products with min_revenue and max_revenue to filter by revenue band.

Can I get the comments on a post?+

Yes. /indiehackers/v1/post returns every comment thread with author, text, upvotes, date, depth and parent comment; comments_limit caps how many you get.

How do I get started?+

1. Sign up at api.sh. 2. Copy your API key. 3. Call /indiehackers/v1/posts for this week's top posts, or /indiehackers/v1/products with a category. Request examples and every parameter are in the docs at https://api.sh/docs. You can also use the JS or Python SDK, Google Sheets, Zapier, Make, n8n or the MCP server at https://api.sh/mcp.