ProductHunt Scraper

Overview

This Python script scrapes product details from ProductHunt and utilizes the Perplexity API to gather thoughts on the product. The information is then sent to a Telegram channel. (t.me/newappidea)

Dependencies

• Python
• Requests library (pip install requests)
• BeautifulSoup (pip install beautifulsoup4)
• python-dotenv (pip install python-dotenv)

Configuration

1. Create a .env file in the project directory with the following variables:

   BOT_TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token
   CHAT_ID=your_telegram_chat_id
   PPX_TOKEN=your_perplexity_api_token
   

Script Components

TelegramRequest: Handles communication with the Telegram bot API for sending messages and photos.

PerplexityRequest: Utilizes the Perplexity API for generating thoughts on a given product.

ProductHuntScraper: Scrapes product details from ProductHunt and invokes the PerplexityRequest to gather thoughts.