Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper & Spy API

Extract verified commercial advertisements from the Google Ads Transparency Center programmatically without browser overhead, slow rendering, or Google account requirements.

Search by domain name (nike.com), brand name (Nike), or verified Advertiser ID (AR...) to uncover active ad creatives, formats, image URLs, active campaign durations, and destination links.

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Why Google Ads Transparency Scraper?

Feature	What you get
Pricing	$0.0015 per ad creative, no subscription
Speed	About 1.3 seconds per query, no browser
Google login	Not required
API integration	Apify REST API, webhooks, Zapier, Make, n8n
Creative formats	IMAGE, TEXT, VIDEO or ALL
Active duration	First seen, last seen and days active per creative

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Core Use Cases

• Competitor Ad Intelligence & Creative Benchmarking: Monitor competitors' active ad creatives, visual design trends, and seasonal promotional angles.
• Winning Creative Discovery: Filter ads by daysActive > 60 to immediately identify evergreen, profitable ad creatives that competitors keep running.
• PPC & Media Buying Audits: Verify whether prospective clients or target brands are actively investing in Google Display, Search, or YouTube campaigns.
• Brand Protection & Trademark Monitoring: Detect unauthorized vendors, resellers, or counterfeiters bidding on your brand's trademarked domains and keywords.
• AI Ad Analysis Pipelines: Feed extracted ad headlines, images, and copy into LLM pipelines (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini) for automated competitor messaging breakdown.

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Key Features

• Direct Internal Protocol Engine: Connects straight to Google Ads Transparency Center backend endpoints without a headless browser, so runs are fast and use 512 MB of memory.
• Flexible Entity Resolution: Search by domain (shopify.com), brand name (Shopify), or exact Advertiser ID (AR...).
• Format Filtering: Target specific creative types: "ALL", "IMAGE", "TEXT", or "VIDEO".
• Comprehensive Ad Metadata:
  • Creative ID (CR...) & Advertiser ID (AR...)
  • Verified Advertiser entity name & domain
  • High-resolution Image CDN URLs
  • First Seen Date, Last Seen Date, and Total Days Active
  • Canonical Google Ads Transparency Center verification URL
• Pay-Per-Result Pricing: Pay only $0.0015 per ad creative. Zero wasted subscription fees.

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Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
queries	Array of Strings	Yes	["nike.com"]	List of domains, brands, or Advertiser IDs (AR...) to scrape.
format	String	No	"ALL"	Ad format filter: "ALL", "IMAGE", "TEXT", or "VIDEO".
maxAdsPerQuery	Integer	No	40	Maximum number of ads to collect per query (1 to 1,000).
maxConcurrency	Integer	No	5	Simultaneous search threads running in parallel.
proxyConfiguration	Object	No	{ "useApifyProxy": true }	Apify Datacenter or Residential proxy settings.

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Example JSON Output

Each record represents one verified ad creative:

{
  "query": "nike.com",
  "advertiserId": "AR11604595304388132865",
  "advertiserName": "NIKE EUROPEAN OPERATIONS NETHERLANDS B.V.",
  "creativeId": "CR12345678901234567890",
  "format": "IMAGE",
  "imageUrl": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/123456789...",
  "firstSeen": "2026-08-01",
  "lastSeen": "2026-10-06",
  "daysActive": 66,
  "adUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR11604595304388132865/creative/CR12345678901234567890",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-06T19:33:14+00:00"
}

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Code Examples

Python (apify-client)

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN")

run_input = {
    "queries": ["shopify.com", "stripe.com"],
    "format": "IMAGE",
    "maxAdsPerQuery": 20,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for completion
run = client.actor("kamerozkan/google-ads-transparency-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch ad records from dataset
for ad in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(f"[{ad['advertiserName']}] {ad['format']} ad active for {ad['daysActive']} days: {ad['adUrl']}")

JavaScript / Node.js (apify-client)

import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: 'YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN',
});

const runInput = {
    queries: ['airbnb.com'],
    format: 'ALL',
    maxAdsPerQuery: 50,
};

const run = await client.actor('kamerozkan/google-ads-transparency-scraper').call(runInput);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();

console.log(`Extracted ${items.length} competitor ads:`, items);

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/kamerozkan~google-ads-transparency-scraper/runs?token=YOUR_APIFY_API_TOKEN" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
    "queries": ["nike.com"],
    "format": "IMAGE",
    "maxAdsPerQuery": 30
  }'

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Pricing Details

This Actor operates under Pay-Per-Event (PPE):

• Per Scraped Ad Creative ($0.0015): Charged only for successfully extracted ad creative records.
• 1,000 ad creatives cost $1.50.
• Example: 2 domains with maxAdsPerQuery: 40 return up to 80 creatives, at most $0.12.

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How to use

1. Open the Actor and enter one or more domains (shopify.com), brand names (Shopify) or Advertiser IDs (AR...) in queries.
2. Pick a format (ALL, IMAGE, TEXT or VIDEO) and set maxAdsPerQuery to cap the cost.
3. Click Start. Each ad creative appears as one row in the dataset.
4. Export the results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API (examples above).
5. To repeat the check, save the input as a task and add a schedule.

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FAQ

Do I need a Google account or an API key? No. The Actor reads the public Google Ads Transparency Center without logging in.

Can I search by domain instead of Advertiser ID? Yes. A domain or brand name is resolved to the matching advertiser first. If a brand has several advertiser accounts, use the exact AR... ID for precise results.

I want alerts when a competitor launches or stops ads. Is this the right Actor? This Actor gives you a snapshot of the current creatives. For a change feed (new, stopped, resumed and changed creatives across scheduled runs) use Google Ads Transparency Scraper - Creative Monitor. You can take the Advertiser IDs from this Actor's output.

Why did a query return fewer ads than maxAdsPerQuery? The advertiser has fewer creatives in the selected format. You are only charged for creatives returned.

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