get_topic
Retrieve detailed information about a specific Product Hunt topic using its ID or slug, including name, description, follower count, and related posts.
Instructions
Retrieve detailed information about a specific topic by ID or slug.
Parameters:
- id (str, optional): The topic's unique ID.
- slug (str, optional): The topic's slug (e.g., "artificial-intelligence").
At least one of `id` or `slug` must be provided.
Returns:
- success (bool)
- data (dict): If successful, contains topic details:
- id, name, description, follower_count, posts, etc.
- error (dict, optional)
- rate_limits (dict)
Notes:
- Returns an error if neither `id` nor `slug` is provided, or if the topic is not found.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | No | ||
| slug | No |
Implementation Reference
- The handler function that executes the get_topic tool logic, decorated with @mcp.tool(), @require_token, @handle_errors, and @validate_with_schema. It fetches topic details using a GraphQL query.
def get_topic(id: str = None, slug: str = None) -> Dict[str, Any]: """ Retrieve detailed information about a specific topic by ID or slug. Parameters: - id (str, optional): The topic's unique ID. - slug (str, optional): The topic's slug (e.g., "artificial-intelligence"). At least one of `id` or `slug` must be provided. Returns: - success (bool) - data (dict): If successful, contains topic details: - id, name, description, follower_count, posts, etc. - error (dict, optional) - rate_limits (dict) Notes: - Returns an error if neither `id` nor `slug` is provided, or if the topic is not found. """ params = {k: v for k, v in {"id": id, "slug": slug}.items() if v is not None} logger.info("topics.get_topic called", extra=params) variables = {} add_id_or_slug(variables, id, slug) # Execute the query and check if topic exists id_or_slug = id or slug topic_data, rate_limits, error = execute_and_check_query( TOPIC_QUERY, variables, "topic", id_or_slug ) if error: return format_response(False, error=error, rate_limits=rate_limits) return format_response(True, data=topic_data, rate_limits=rate_limits) - Input validation schema for the get_topic tool, requiring at least one of 'id' or 'slug' as string.
TOPIC_SCHEMA = {"requires_one_of": [["id", "slug"]], "id": {"type": str}, "slug": {"type": str}} - src/product_hunt_mcp/cli.py:38-38 (registration)Invocation of register_topic_tools(mcp) which registers the get_topic tool via @mcp.tool() decorator inside it.
register_topic_tools(mcp) - src/product_hunt_mcp/tools/topics.py:27-27 (registration)The @mcp.tool() decorator that registers the get_topic function as an MCP tool.
@mcp.tool()