Meta Ad Transcript Scraper - Video Ads to Text
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from $19.00 / 1,000 transcripts
Meta ad transcript scraper, no login: Facebook and Instagram video ads from the Meta Ad Library turned into text in bulk, inside the Actor. Rows carry the transcript, timed segments, language, hook and confidence beside the ad copy and call to action. CSV, API, schedules; pay per transcript.
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Relevance when left out." }, "dateFrom": { "title": "Shown from", "type": "string", "description": "Only ads shown on or after this day: YYYY-MM-DD, today, yesterday or \"7 days\", \"3 months\"." }, "dateTo": { "title": "Shown until", "type": "string", "description": "Only ads shown on or before this day, in the same forms as \"Shown from\"." }, "launchedAfter": { "title": "Launched after", "type": "string", "description": "Only ads whose start date is on or after this day (YYYY-MM-DD or \"30 days\"); older ads are skipped free before any download." }, "targetedCountryOnly": { "title": "Targeted at the country only", "type": "boolean", "description": "Only ads targeted at the chosen country, not ads that merely reached it." }, "adTextContains": { "title": "Ad copy contains", "type": "array", "description": "Only ads whose copy (text, headline, caption) contains one of these words or phrases, as whole words. 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