Google Ads Transparency Scraper — Ads by Domain
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Scrape Google Ads Transparency Center: all ads of an advertiser or domain with creative ID, format, preview, first/last shown. Region & date filters.
You can access the Google Ads Transparency Scraper — Ads by Domain programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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