# Facebook Ads Library Scraper for ClaudeCode (`dexterous_seahorse/facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode`) Actor Scrapes public ads from Meta / Facebook Ads Library from Ads Library URLs, Facebook Page URLs, or keyword/page handles. - **URL**: https://apify.com/dexterous\_seahorse/facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode.md - **Developed by:** [Dexter](https://apify.com/dexterous_seahorse) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation, Social media, AI - **Stats:** 3 total users, 1 monthly users, 96.1% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.01 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Facebook Ads Library Scraper for ClaudeCode Apify Actor for ClaudeCode workflows that accepts the same core input contract as `apify/facebook-ads-scraper` and extracts public ads from Meta / Facebook Ads Library. ### Input The actor accepts both the Apify-style `startUrls` array and a simple single-URL API payload. #### Keyword search ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&q=zara&search_type=keyword_unordered" } ], "resultsLimit": 10, "activeStatus": "active", "onlyTotal": false, "includeAboutPage": false, "isDetailsPerAd": false, "mode": "canonical" } ```` #### Simple URL payload ```json { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&q=zara&search_type=keyword_unordered", "maxItems": 10 } ``` #### Facebook Page scrape ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/zara" }], "resultsLimit": 20, "activeStatus": "active" } ``` #### Direct ad detail page ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1234567890" }], "resultsLimit": 1, "strictAdDetail": true } ``` #### Count-only mode ```json { "url": "betway", "onlyTotal": true, "strictOnlyTotal": true } ``` #### Creative/media export mode ```json { "url": "betway", "mode": "mediaOnly", "resultsLimit": 50, "dedupeByCreativeUrl": true, "preferPlayableMedia": true } ``` #### Video-first mode ```json { "url": "betway", "mode": "videoOnly", "resultsLimit": 50, "excludePreviewOnly": true } ``` Supported `startUrls` values: - Meta Ad Library search/detail URLs. - Facebook Page URLs. - Bare page handles or keywords. These are converted to Ads Library keyword searches. Useful controls: - `resultsLimit`, `maxItems`, or `maxAds`: maximum output ads. - `mode`: `canonical`, `raw`, `mediaOnly`, `metadataOnly`, `videoOnly`, or `imageOnly`. - `maxCards`: maximum cards kept per ad before creative summary selection. - `maxPages`: maximum scroll/pagination rounds. - `stopAfterFirstPage`: collect only the initial loaded page. - `onlyVideos`, `onlyImages`, `onlyCards`: mechanical result filters. - `dedupeByAdArchiveId`: enabled by default. - `dedupeByCreativeUrl`: dedupe repeated media variants. - `preferPlayableMedia`: prefer real video URLs over preview images. - `excludePreviewOnly`: remove creatives where only a video preview image was found. - `strictPageResolve`: fail if a Facebook Page URL cannot be resolved to an exact page ID. - `strictAdDetail`: fail if a direct ad detail URL does not yield the requested `adArchiveID`. - `strictOnlyTotal`: fail if Meta does not expose an explicit total count. - `includeResultsInOnlyTotal`: include sample normalized ads in count-only output. Route behavior: - Ads Library search URLs are treated as exact search routes. - Ads Library detail URLs are constrained to the requested `id` and do not expand into related ads. - Facebook Page URLs are resolved to `view_all_page_id` when possible. - If direct page resolution fails and `strictPageResolve` is false, the actor falls back to keyword search. - When fallback results expose a dominant `pageID`, the actor retries with `view_all_page_id` and marks `routeConfidence` as `inferred` or `probable`. - If no page ID can be inferred, the actor keeps keyword fallback results and marks `routeConfidence` as `fallback`. `onlyTotal` output is intentionally one compact dataset item per input: - `totalCount`: explicit Meta count when found, otherwise observed ads count. - `observedAdsCount`: ads actually seen while collecting payloads. - `isTotalCountExact`: whether `totalCount` came from an explicit Meta count. - `results`: empty by default, unless `includeResultsInOnlyTotal` is enabled. ### Output Each ad item is normalized to the target actor's shape where possible: - `inputUrl` - `pageInfo` - `sourceType`, `originalInputUrl`, `routeResolution`, `routeConfidence` - `pageID`, `pageId`, `pageName` - `adArchiveID`, `adArchiveId`, `adId` - `creativeSummary`, `creativeType`, `hasPlayableVideo`, `hasOnlyPreview` - `bestVideoUrl`, `bestImageUrl`, `previewImageUrl`, `destinationUrl` - `snapshot` with creative text, cards, images, videos, CTA, and links - `startDate`, `endDate`, `startDateFormatted`, `endDateFormatted` - `publisherPlatform`, `spend`, `currency`, `reachEstimate`, regulation and safety fields `creativeSummary` selects a deterministic representative creative: - HD video before SD video. - Real video before preview image. - Real image before preview image. - Destination-bearing cards before cards without links. - Earlier cards before later cards when scores are equal. Meta changes Ads Library internals frequently. The scraper listens to browser network responses and recursively extracts ad objects from Relay/GraphQL payloads instead of depending on a single endpoint name. # Actor input Schema ## `url` (type: `string`): Optional API-compatible shortcut. Use this for a single Meta Ads Library URL, Facebook Page URL, page handle, or keyword. If startUrls is filled, startUrls takes priority. ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): Add a Meta Ad Library URL, Facebook Page URL, page handle, or search keyword. You can add multiple URLs using Bulk edit. ## `mode` (type: `string`): canonical returns one normalized item per ad. mediaOnly returns compact creative/media fields. videoOnly and imageOnly filter and return compact media rows. metadataOnly omits heavy snapshot data. raw keeps the full normalized snapshot shape. ## `resultsLimit` (type: `integer`): If you leave this field empty, the actor will scrape until the page stops loading more ads or the run times out. ## `maxCards` (type: `integer`): Optional. Limits snapshot.cards before creative summary selection. Leave empty to keep all cards returned by Meta. ## `maxPages` (type: `integer`): Optional. Limits how many scroll/pagination rounds are attempted after the first page load. ## `stopAfterFirstPage` (type: `boolean`): If checked, the actor collects payloads from the initial page load and does not scroll for more ads. ## `onlyTotal` (type: `boolean`): If checked, the actor saves one dataset item per input with totalCount, observedAdsCount, and count confidence fields. Sample ad rows are omitted unless Include sample ads in onlyTotal is enabled. ## `includeResultsInOnlyTotal` (type: `boolean`): If checked, onlyTotal output includes normalized sample ads under results. By default onlyTotal is a compact count-only result. ## `includeAboutPage` (type: `boolean`): If checked, the actor keeps any advertiser transparency/about-page metadata returned by Meta in pageInfo. ## `isDetailsPerAd` (type: `boolean`): If checked, the actor also opens individual Ads Library detail URLs for scraped ads when possible. ## `activeStatus` (type: `string`): Select active status for ads. ## `onlyVideos` (type: `boolean`): Return only ads whose selected creative has a playable video URL. ## `onlyImages` (type: `boolean`): Return only ads whose selected creative has a real image URL and no playable video URL. ## `onlyCards` (type: `boolean`): Return only ads that contain at least one snapshot card. ## `dedupeByAdArchiveId` (type: `boolean`): If checked, keeps one output row per adArchiveID when Meta returns repeated variants. ## `dedupeByCreativeUrl` (type: `boolean`): If checked, keeps one output row per best video/image/preview URL. ## `preferPlayableMedia` (type: `boolean`): If checked, creativeSummary prefers real video URLs over previews and still images. ## `excludePreviewOnly` (type: `boolean`): If checked, removes ads where only a video preview/thumbnail was found and no playable video or real image URL was found. ## `strictPageResolve` (type: `boolean`): If checked, Facebook Page URLs must resolve to an exact page ID. The run fails instead of silently falling back to keyword search. ## `strictAdDetail` (type: `boolean`): If checked, direct Ads Library detail URLs must produce a result matching the requested ad archive ID. ## `strictOnlyTotal` (type: `boolean`): If checked, onlyTotal mode fails when Meta does not expose an explicit total count and the actor would otherwise fall back to observedAdsCount. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Optional. Meta can block datacenter traffic; residential proxy is recommended for reliable runs. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&q=zara&search_type=keyword_unordered" } ], "mode": "canonical", "resultsLimit": 10, "stopAfterFirstPage": false, "onlyTotal": false, "includeResultsInOnlyTotal": false, "includeAboutPage": false, "isDetailsPerAd": false, "activeStatus": "", "onlyVideos": false, "onlyImages": false, "onlyCards": false, "dedupeByAdArchiveId": true, "dedupeByCreativeUrl": false, "preferPlayableMedia": true, "excludePreviewOnly": false, "strictPageResolve": false, "strictAdDetail": false, "strictOnlyTotal": false, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&q=zara&search_type=keyword_unordered" } ], "resultsLimit": 10 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("dexterous_seahorse/facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&q=zara&search_type=keyword_unordered" }], "resultsLimit": 10, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("dexterous_seahorse/facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=ALL&q=zara&search_type=keyword_unordered" } ], "resultsLimit": 10 }' | apify call dexterous_seahorse/facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=dexterous_seahorse/facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Facebook Ads Library Scraper for ClaudeCode", "description": "Scrapes public ads from Meta / Facebook Ads Library from Ads Library URLs, Facebook Page URLs, or keyword/page handles.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "OVrVdwrHGR9n5ixHi" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/dexterous_seahorse~facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-dexterous_seahorse-facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/dexterous_seahorse~facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-dexterous_seahorse-facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/dexterous_seahorse~facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-dexterous_seahorse-facebook-ads-library-scraper-for-claudecode", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "url": { "title": "Single URL or keyword", "type": "string", "description": "Optional API-compatible shortcut. Use this for a single Meta Ads Library URL, Facebook Page URL, page handle, or keyword. If startUrls is filled, startUrls takes priority." }, "startUrls": { "title": "Meta Ad Library URL or Facebook Page URL", "type": "array", "description": "Add a Meta Ad Library URL, Facebook Page URL, page handle, or search keyword. You can add multiple URLs using Bulk edit.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "description": "Meta Ads Library URL, Facebook Page URL, page handle, or keyword to search in Meta Ads Library." } } } }, "mode": { "title": "Output mode", "enum": [ "canonical", "raw", "mediaOnly", "metadataOnly", "videoOnly", "imageOnly" ], "type": "string", "description": "canonical returns one normalized item per ad. mediaOnly returns compact creative/media fields. videoOnly and imageOnly filter and return compact media rows. metadataOnly omits heavy snapshot data. raw keeps the full normalized snapshot shape.", "default": "canonical" }, "resultsLimit": { "title": "Maximum ads", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "If you leave this field empty, the actor will scrape until the page stops loading more ads or the run times out." }, "maxCards": { "title": "Maximum cards per ad", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional. Limits snapshot.cards before creative summary selection. Leave empty to keep all cards returned by Meta." }, "maxPages": { "title": "Maximum scroll pages", "minimum": 1, "type": "integer", "description": "Optional. Limits how many scroll/pagination rounds are attempted after the first page load." }, "stopAfterFirstPage": { "title": "Stop after first loaded page", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, the actor collects payloads from the initial page load and does not scroll for more ads.", "default": false }, "onlyTotal": { "title": "I want only the total count of ads per page", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, the actor saves one dataset item per input with totalCount, observedAdsCount, and count confidence fields. Sample ad rows are omitted unless Include sample ads in onlyTotal is enabled.", "default": false }, "includeResultsInOnlyTotal": { "title": "Include sample ads in onlyTotal", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, onlyTotal output includes normalized sample ads under results. By default onlyTotal is a compact count-only result.", "default": false }, "includeAboutPage": { "title": "Include about page information", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, the actor keeps any advertiser transparency/about-page metadata returned by Meta in pageInfo.", "default": false }, "isDetailsPerAd": { "title": "I want ad details as well", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, the actor also opens individual Ads Library detail URLs for scraped ads when possible.", "default": false }, "activeStatus": { "title": "Active status (if not specified within the Meta Ad Library URL)", "enum": [ "", "active", "inactive" ], "type": "string", "description": "Select active status for ads.", "default": "" }, "onlyVideos": { "title": "Only video creatives", "type": "boolean", "description": "Return only ads whose selected creative has a playable video URL.", "default": false }, "onlyImages": { "title": "Only image creatives", "type": "boolean", "description": "Return only ads whose selected creative has a real image URL and no playable video URL.", "default": false }, "onlyCards": { "title": "Only ads with cards", "type": "boolean", "description": "Return only ads that contain at least one snapshot card.", "default": false }, "dedupeByAdArchiveId": { "title": "Dedupe by ad archive ID", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, keeps one output row per adArchiveID when Meta returns repeated variants.", "default": true }, "dedupeByCreativeUrl": { "title": "Dedupe by creative media URL", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, keeps one output row per best video/image/preview URL.", "default": false }, "preferPlayableMedia": { "title": "Prefer playable media", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, creativeSummary prefers real video URLs over previews and still images.", "default": true }, "excludePreviewOnly": { "title": "Exclude preview-only creatives", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, removes ads where only a video preview/thumbnail was found and no playable video or real image URL was found.", "default": false }, "strictPageResolve": { "title": "Strict Facebook Page resolution", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, Facebook Page URLs must resolve to an exact page ID. The run fails instead of silently falling back to keyword search.", "default": false }, "strictAdDetail": { "title": "Strict ad detail mode", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, direct Ads Library detail URLs must produce a result matching the requested ad archive ID.", "default": false }, "strictOnlyTotal": { "title": "Strict total count mode", "type": "boolean", "description": "If checked, onlyTotal mode fails when Meta does not expose an explicit total count and the actor would otherwise fall back to observedAdsCount.", "default": false }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Optional. Meta can block datacenter traffic; residential proxy is recommended for reliable runs.", "default": { "useApifyProxy": true } } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```