# Google Ads Scraper (`kitcunemia/google-ads-scraper`) Actor \[💰 $1.00 / 1K]Scrape Google Ads Transparency Center with high speed. Extract videos, images, and text ads by advertiser or keyword. Features: HD creative downloads, OCR for text ads, regional data, and direct RPC calls. No browser overhead — fast, cheap, and stealthy. 100% structured data. - **URL**: https://apify.com/kitcunemia/google-ads-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Kitcune Mia](https://apify.com/kitcunemia) (community) - **Categories:** Automation, SEO tools, Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $1.00 / 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 ## 🔍 Google Ads Scraper (Transparency Center) **Uncover any advertiser's complete Google Ads playbook in seconds.** Extract every active and historical creative — videos, images, and text — directly from the official Google Ads Transparency Center into a structured dataset. > **High-Speed Extraction:** 200 ads in 1.7 seconds. 100% official data. Zero scraping headaches. --- ### ⚡ Why This Scraper? While other tools struggle with Google's complex RPC calls, this Actor speaks Google's internal API directly, providing unmatched speed and data depth. * **🚀 Blazing Fast:** Up to **120 ads/sec** for listings. Built with a fully concurrent architecture. * **🎯 Total Creative Access:** Every MP4 video, image URL, text ad, and regional rollout. Nothing is hidden. * **🌍 Global Filtering:** Supports 250+ countries. Filter by region, format, or date range directly in the input. * **💰 Cost-Efficient:** Use the `Skip details` mode to run **4x cheaper** when you only need IDs and basic metadata. * **🛡️ Stealth & Stability:** Real Chrome TLS fingerprints via `curl_cffi` and fresh proxy sessions per request to bypass any rate limits. * **📦 Asset Archiving:** One-click download of all previews and source files (images/videos) into the Apify Key-Value store. --- ### 🎯 What Data You Get Each record is a fully decoded ad creative: * **Creative Info:** Format (Video, Image, Text), IDs, and Ad Transparency URLs. * **Temporal Data:** First and Last shown timestamps, total active duration. * **Geo-Targeting:** List of regions/countries where the ad was served. * **Assets:** Direct URLs to images, video files, and HTML5 previews. * **Raw Payload:** Full original JSPB payloads for advanced analysis. --- ### 🚀 Quick Start #### 1. By Advertiser URL Monitor a specific competitor by pasting their Transparency Center link: ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR08888592736429539329" }], "resultsLimit": 100 } ```` #### 2. By Keyword (Search) Find top advertisers for any niche automatically: ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/?query=nike" }], "resultsLimit": 50 } ``` #### 3. Advanced Filtering Target specific formats and regions directly: ```json { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://google.com" }] } ``` *** ### ⚙️ Input Reference | Parameter | Type | Default | Description | |---|---|---|---| | `startUrls` | `Array` | - | Advertiser links, direct ad links, or keyword searches. | | `resultsLimit`| `Number`| `50` | Max ads per advertiser. Set to `0` for unlimited. | | `skipDetails` | `Boolean`| `false`| **Speed Mode:** Skips deep lookup for 4x faster runs. | | `downloadAssets`| `Boolean`| `false`| Saves MP4/Images directly to Apify storage. | | `maxConcurrency`| `Number` | `10` | Number of parallel requests (5-20 is optimal). | *** ### 💡 Top Use Cases - **Competitive Intelligence:** Reverse-engineer your competitors' creative testing playbook. - **Market Trends:** Benchmark advertising intensity and messaging across entire industries. - **Creative Swipe File:** Build a library of winning ad formats for your own design team. - **Brand Protection:** Detect impersonators or unauthorized resellers running ads on your brand terms. - **AI Analysis:** Feed structured ad copy and metadata into LLMs for sentiment and trend analysis. *** ### 🏗️ Under the Hood This Actor doesn't waste resources rendering HTML. It communicates directly with Google's **internal `anji` RPC API**. - **Network Layer:** Uses `curl_cffi` with Chrome impersonation (JA3/ALPN) to stay indistinguishable from a real browser. - **Reliability:** Three independent retry budgets (`cookies`, `search`, `lookup`) with exponential backoff ensure the crawl continues even if individual calls fail. - **Efficiency:** Processes over **5,000 ads per minute** in listing-only mode. *** ### ⚠️ Honest Limitations - **Impression Buckets:** Specific platform breakdowns (YouTube vs Search) are often hidden in undocumented numeric keys in the raw payload. - **Asset Expiry:** Direct image/video URLs from Google may expire over time; use `downloadAssets` for permanent storage. *** **Ready to dominate the ad auction?** Start your search today. # Actor input Schema ## `startUrls` (type: `array`): URLs from Google Ads Transparency Center. Supported shapes: - Advertiser page: https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR... - Single creative: https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR.../creative/CR... - Search query: https://adstransparency.google.com/?query=KEYWORD Query-string filters (region, format, platform) embedded in the URL are honoured. ## `resultsLimit` (type: `integer`): Maximum ads to return per Start URL. 0 = unlimited. ## `skipDetails` (type: `boolean`): When enabled, only the listing data (advertiser ID, creative ID, URL) is returned. Skips the per-creative LookupService/GetCreativeById call. ## `downloadAssets` (type: `boolean`): Download the underlying creative file (mp4 / image / text HTML) into the run's key-value store. ## `downloadPreviews` (type: `boolean`): Download preview thumbnails / iframes into the run's key-value store. ## `useOcr` (type: `boolean`): Run OCR on image/text creatives to extract on-image text. Heavier and slower. ## `extractAdText` (type: `boolean`): Fetch each preview URL in parallel, decode the ad copy, headlines, image and video URLs into a structured `variants` array. Adds one HTTP call per preview (4× per typical creative). All requests stay parallel under maxConcurrency. ## `extractVideoVariants` (type: `boolean`): For VIDEO ads, fetch the preview JS in parallel and pull out the real video URL (googlevideo.com / youtube.com) into `variants[]`. Adds 1–4 HTTP calls per VIDEO creative. Recommended ON to match competitor coverage. ## `includeRawPayload` (type: `boolean`): Attach the original SearchCreatives + GetCreativeById JSPB payloads under `_raw` for advanced debugging. ## `maxConcurrency` (type: `integer`): Higher = faster but more proxy traffic and higher block rate. Recommended 5–20. ## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`): Datacenter is the default and works well; switch to Residential if you see blocks. ## Actor input object example ```json { "startUrls": [ { "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR08888592736429539329" } ], "resultsLimit": 50, "skipDetails": false, "downloadAssets": false, "downloadPreviews": false, "useOcr": false, "extractAdText": false, "extractVideoVariants": true, "includeRawPayload": false, "maxConcurrency": 10, "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true } } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `creativesDataset` (type: `string`): All scraped ad creatives. Pick the format you need on the dataset page (JSON, CSV, Excel, XML). ## `downloadedAssets` (type: `string`): Key-value store containing every preview and asset downloaded by this run. # 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://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR08888592736429539329" } ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("kitcunemia/google-ads-scraper").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://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR08888592736429539329" }] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("kitcunemia/google-ads-scraper").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://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR08888592736429539329" } ] }' | apify call kitcunemia/google-ads-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=kitcunemia/google-ads-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Google Ads Scraper", "description": "[💰 $1.00 / 1K]Scrape Google Ads Transparency Center with high speed. Extract videos, images, and text ads by advertiser or keyword. Features: HD creative downloads, OCR for text ads, regional data, and direct RPC calls. No browser overhead — fast, cheap, and stealthy. 100% structured data.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "f7cXPrYgZHAGfUoOh" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/kitcunemia~google-ads-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-kitcunemia-google-ads-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$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/kitcunemia~google-ads-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-kitcunemia-google-ads-scraper", "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/kitcunemia~google-ads-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-kitcunemia-google-ads-scraper", "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", "required": [ "startUrls" ], "properties": { "startUrls": { "title": "Start URLs", "type": "array", "description": "URLs from Google Ads Transparency Center. Supported shapes:\n\n- Advertiser page: https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR...\n- Single creative: https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR.../creative/CR...\n- Search query: https://adstransparency.google.com/?query=KEYWORD\n\nQuery-string filters (region, format, platform) embedded in the URL are honoured.", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "url" ], "properties": { "url": { "type": "string", "title": "URL of a web page", "format": "uri" } } } }, "resultsLimit": { "title": "Results limit", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum ads to return per Start URL. 0 = unlimited.", "default": 50 }, "skipDetails": { "title": "Skip details ⚡ (cheaper and ~4x faster)", "type": "boolean", "description": "When enabled, only the listing data (advertiser ID, creative ID, URL) is returned. Skips the per-creative LookupService/GetCreativeById call.", "default": false }, "downloadAssets": { "title": "Should download assets?", "type": "boolean", "description": "Download the underlying creative file (mp4 / image / text HTML) into the run's key-value store.", "default": false }, "downloadPreviews": { "title": "Should download previews?", "type": "boolean", "description": "Download preview thumbnails / iframes into the run's key-value store.", "default": false }, "useOcr": { "title": "Use OCR for text ads", "type": "boolean", "description": "Run OCR on image/text creatives to extract on-image text. Heavier and slower.", "default": false }, "extractAdText": { "title": "Extract decoded ad text & variants", "type": "boolean", "description": "Fetch each preview URL in parallel, decode the ad copy, headlines, image and video URLs into a structured `variants` array. Adds one HTTP call per preview (4× per typical creative). All requests stay parallel under maxConcurrency.", "default": false }, "extractVideoVariants": { "title": "Extract video asset URLs", "type": "boolean", "description": "For VIDEO ads, fetch the preview JS in parallel and pull out the real video URL (googlevideo.com / youtube.com) into `variants[]`. Adds 1–4 HTTP calls per VIDEO creative. Recommended ON to match competitor coverage.", "default": true }, "includeRawPayload": { "title": "Include raw API payloads", "type": "boolean", "description": "Attach the original SearchCreatives + GetCreativeById JSPB payloads under `_raw` for advanced debugging.", "default": false }, "maxConcurrency": { "title": "Max concurrent RPC calls", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 50, "type": "integer", "description": "Higher = faster but more proxy traffic and higher block rate. Recommended 5–20.", "default": 10 }, "proxyConfiguration": { "title": "Proxy configuration", "type": "object", "description": "Datacenter is the default and works well; switch to Residential if you see blocks.", "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 } } } } } } } } } } ```