# Monitor Competitor Ads: New, Changed and Stopped

**Use case:** 

Run it on a schedule and get only what changed since the last run: new ads, ads whose text or landing page changed, and ads that stopped. Example: Nike's active ads in the US. Add a Slack webhook to hear about every change.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/nike"
    }
  ],
  "country": "US",
  "activeStatus": "active",
  "mediaType": "all",
  "adType": "all",
  "exactPhrase": false,
  "sortBy": "default",
  "minDaysRunning": 0,
  "maxAdsPerSource": 300,
  "maxItems": 0,
  "countOnly": false,
  "deepSearch": true,
  "includeAdDetails": false,
  "includePageInfo": false,
  "saveMedia": "none",
  "longRunningDays": 30,
  "includeRaw": false,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "monitoringName": "nike-us",
  "resetMonitoring": false,
  "trackChanges": true,
  "notifyWhen": "newAds",
  "diagnosticRows": true,
  "deduplicate": true,
  "pageNameMatch": "top",
  "strictInput": true,
  "failIfAllInputsFail": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "pageName": {
    "label": "Advertiser",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "bodyText": {
    "label": "Text",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Headline",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ctaText": {
    "label": "Button",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "linkUrl": {
    "label": "Landing page",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "displayFormat": {
    "label": "Format",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isActive": {
    "label": "Active",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "startDate": {
    "label": "Started",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "daysRunning": {
    "label": "Days running",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "winnerScore": {
    "label": "Winner score",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "platforms": {
    "label": "Platforms",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "versionCount": {
    "label": "Versions",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "change": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "adLibraryUrl": {
    "label": "Ad Library",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "inputLabel": {
    "label": "Input",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Facebook Ads Library Scraper — Meta Ad Library, No Login Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Monitor Competitor Ads: New, Changed and Stopped". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/X4l7KxPEMX1aLilfc) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Monitor Competitor Ads: New, Changed and Stopped" task

The Facebook Ads Library Scraper — Meta Ad Library, No Login Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like links: ad library search, facebook page, instagram account, or one ad, country, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Monitor Competitor Ads: New, Changed and Stopped" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as type, advertiser, text, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Monitor Competitor Ads: New, Changed and Stopped" task via API](https://apify.com/anuarbakty/facebook-ads-library-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Facebook Ads Library Scraper — Meta Ad Library, No Login](https://apify.com/anuarbakty/facebook-ads-library-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/anuarbakty/facebook-ads-library-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/anuarbakty/facebook-ads-library-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).