jackwener/OpenCLI · error · CliError

NO_DATA

NO_DATA

Error message

No products found for category "${slug}"

What it means

A CliError with code NO_DATA thrown by the producthunt browse command when, after navigating to https://www.producthunt.com/categories/<slug> and running the interceptor + DOM extraction, zero product cards were found. The error message includes the offending category slug and a hint listing valid category slugs, so it signals either a bad/typo'd slug or that the page rendered no product cards for that category.

Source

Thrown at clis/producthunt/browse.js:90

            }
            container = container.parentElement;
          }

          seen.add(href);
          results.push({
            name,
            tagline: tagline.slice(0, 120),
            reviews: reviews || '0',
            url: 'https://www.producthunt.com' + href,
          });
        }

        return results;
      })()
    `);
        const items = Array.isArray(domItems) ? domItems : [];
        if (items.length === 0) {
            throw new CliError('NO_DATA', `No products found for category "${slug}"`, 'Check the category slug or try: ' + PRODUCTHUNT_CATEGORY_SLUGS.slice(0, 5).join(', '));
        }
        return items.slice(0, count).map((item, i) => ({
            rank: i + 1,
            name: item.name,
            tagline: item.tagline,
            reviews: item.reviews,
            url: item.url,
        }));
    },
});

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Solutions

1. Use a valid slug from PRODUCTHUNT_CATEGORY_SLUGS (the error hint lists the first five) — e.g. developer-tools, ai-agents.
2. Verify the slug against https://www.producthunt.com/categories in a browser to confirm the category page exists and lists products.
3. Re-run later or increase the capture wait if it was a transient network/render timeout.
4. If the page renders but extraction is empty, update the DOM selector (a[href^="/products/"] + flex-col class) to match Product Hunt's current markup.

Example fix

// before
await cli browse producthunt "artifical-intelligence"
// CliError NO_DATA: No products found for category "artifical-intelligence"
// after
await cli browse producthunt "artificial-intelligence"

import { PRODUCTHUNT_CATEGORY_SLUGS } from './utils.js';
function validateCategorySlug(slug) {
  const s = String(slug || '').trim().toLowerCase();
  if (!PRODUCTHUNT_CATEGORY_SLUGS.includes(s)) {
    throw new Error(`Invalid category slug "${s}". Valid: ${PRODUCTHUNT_CATEGORY_SLUGS.join(', ')}`);
  }
  return s;
}

function isValidCategorySlug(slug) {
  return typeof slug === 'string' && PRODUCTHUNT_CATEGORY_SLUGS.includes(slug.trim().toLowerCase());
}

try {
  products = await browseProducthunt(slug, { limit });
} catch (err) {
  if (err?.code === 'NO_DATA') {
    console.error(`No products for "${slug}" — try a valid slug e.g. developer-tools`);
    products = [];
  } else throw err;
}

When it happens

Trigger: Calling producthunt browse with a category positional arg that is not one of PRODUCTHUNT_CATEGORY_SLUGS (typo, spacing, wrong casing handled only by toLowerCase), or a slug page that loads but yields no a[href^="/products/"] cards matching the flex-col filter (layout change, empty category, or capture timeout within waitForCapture(5)).

Common situations: Typo'd or invented slug like 'ai' instead of a real Product Hunt category; Product Hunt renamed/removed a category slug; page needs login or shows an interstitial so no product cards render; Product Hunt DOM/class-name change breaking the card-link selector; slow network exceeding the 5s capture window.

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AI-assisted analysis of jackwener/OpenCLI@49907e53dc (2026-08-29). Data as JSON: /api/errors/38242a60a0741e0b. Report an issue: GitHub.