You can access the ads.txt Auditor 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.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "startUrl": "https://example.com/" }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("phoenix2810/ads-txt-auditor").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

IAB ads.txt Compliance Audit API API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use ads.txt Auditor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

ads.txt Auditor API in JavaScript

ads.txt Auditor API through CLI

ads.txt Auditor OpenAPI definition

ads.txt Auditor API

Ads.txt Scraper — Authorized Sellers Extractor

q_services/ads-txt-scraper

Extract authorized digital sellers from ads.txt and app-ads.txt files for publisher and adops audits.

Q Services

ads.txt / app-ads.txt / sellers.json Extractor

datamule/ads-txt-sellers-json-extractor

Fetch and parse the IAB Tech Lab ad-tech transparency triad — ads.txt, app-ads.txt and sellers.json — for any domain or list of domains. One flat, normalized row per seller relationship, seller entry or variable, with a lossless raw copy. The authorized-digital-seller graph as data. Pay per record.

Datamule

Ads.txt & App-ads.txt Validator

gifted_wagon/ads-txt-evidence-auditor

Audit public ads.txt or app-ads.txt files for syntax, seller relationships, duplicate tuples, variables, and exact line evidence.

Michael Olmos

ads.txt / app-ads.txt Preflight + Drift

checksmithcats/ads-txt-drift-preflight

Audits public ads.txt and app-ads.txt files for reachability, syntax, duplicate seller tuples, variables, and scanner-visible drift.

Checksmith Cats

Website Tech Audit Scraper: robots.txt, Sitemaps & Meta

arman-bd/website-tech-audit-scraper

Audit any site's public technical files: robots.txt rules, sitemap discovery and URL counts, ads.txt sellers, security.txt contacts, meta tags, structured data and the detected tech stack with evidence.

Arman Hossain

Ads.txt Scraper - Publisher Ad Seller Data

benthepythondev/ads-txt-scraper

Scrape ads.txt files and extract authorized ad sellers, publisher IDs, relationship types and certification authority IDs.

Ben

App-ads.txt Scraper - Mobile Ad Seller Data

benthepythondev/app-ads-txt-scraper

Scrape app-ads.txt files and extract authorized mobile app ad sellers, publisher IDs and relationship metadata.

Ben

llms.txt Generator: Make Any Website AI-Readable

apifmcpfactory/llms-txt-generator

Generates a spec-compliant llms.txt file for any website from the site's own pages and metadata (no AI invention) - the fix when an AI-readiness audit finds llms.txt missing; $0.02 per site.

Howth Technology Factory

security.txt Auditor

junipr/security-txt-auditor

Audit security.txt auditor inputs and return structured findings, evidence rows, and a buyer-ready report for SEO, developer, and operations teams.

junipr

🤖 llms.txt Generator & Auditor - Make Sites AI-Readable

that_red_bird/llms-txt-generator

⚡ Generate a spec-shaped llms.txt for any site in one run, and audit an existing one. ✅ Sitemap discovery, clean markdown extraction, optional llms-full.txt. ✅ Coverage %, missing pages, stale URLs and spec issues. Reads only the site itself — nothing to block it.