Meta/Facebook Ads Library Scraper
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Scrape ads, creatives, advertisers, and landing pages from the Facebook (Meta) Ad Library by keyword or advertiser โ fast, structured JSON.
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You can access the Meta/Facebook Ads Library Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, youโll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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One search runs per term. Leave empty if you are using Advertiser page IDs or Start URLs instead.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "pageIds": { "title": "Advertiser page IDs", "type": "array", "description": "Facebook Page IDs whose entire ad portfolio you want to pull (e.g. 101265672868155). This returns every ad a specific advertiser is running โ ideal for competitor monitoring. Find the ID in the page's Ad Library URL (view_all_page_id=...).", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs (paste from the Ad Library)", "type": "array", "description": "Paste full Facebook Ad Library search URLs straight from your browser. All filters in the URL (query, country, ad type, active status, media type, advertiser page) are honoured automatically.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "country": { "title": "Country", "type": "string", "description": "Two-letter ISO country code to search ads in, e.g. US, GB, DE, IN, BR. The Ad Library is region-scoped, so this changes which ads are returned." }, "adType": { "title": "Ad category", "enum": [ "ALL", "POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS", "HOUSING_ADS", "EMPLOYMENT_ADS", "CREDIT_ADS", "FINANCIAL_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES_ADS" ], "type": "string", "description": "Which ad category to return. \"All ads\" covers regular commercial ads; the other options are the special transparency categories Facebook tracks separately.", "default": "ALL" }, "activeStatus": { "title": "Active status", "enum": [ "active", "inactive", "all" ], "type": "string", "description": "Whether to return ads that are currently running, ads that have stopped, or both.", "default": "active" }, "mediaType": { "title": "Media type", "enum": [ "all", "image", "meme", "video", "none" ], "type": "string", "description": "Restrict results to a creative format. \"All media\" returns everything.", "default": "all" }, "searchType": { "title": "Keyword match", "enum": [ "keyword_unordered", "keyword_exact_phrase" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to match the search terms. \"Match any words\" is broad; \"Exact phrase\" only returns ads containing the exact phrase.", "default": "keyword_unordered" }, "since": { "title": "Only ads started on/after (optional)", "type": "string", "description": "Optional ISO 8601 date (e.g. 2025-01-01) โ only ads whose start date is on or after this are kept. 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