# 🔥 Google Ads Scraper (`powerai/google-ads-search-scraper`) Actor

Extract ads, creatives, and regional delivery signals from the Google Ads Transparency Center.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/powerai/google-ads-search-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [PowerAI](https://apify.com/powerai) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Other, Automation
- **Stats:** 25 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 5.00 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $4.99 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

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Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## 🔥 Google Ads Transparency Scraper

Extract text, image, and video ads from the Google Ads Transparency Center. This actor is optimized for large-scale competitive research and provides structured output ready for analytics.

### ✨ Key Features

- 📥 Scrape creatives from advertiser or domain pages (Google Ads Transparency Center)
- 🧭 Capture delivery signals:
  - Active regions and regional last-seen dates
  - First seen / last seen timestamps
  - Delivery surfaces and impression ranges (when available)
- 🧩 Output includes creative variations and targeting flags
- ⚡ Optional faster mode by skipping per-ad detail pages
- 🛡️ Proxy support for higher stability

### 🎯 Perfect For

- 📊 Competitive intelligence & market research
- 🧪 Creative monitoring and trend tracking
- 🧱 Building ad libraries for LLM/RAG pipelines
- 📈 Marketing analytics and reporting

### 📝 Input

- `searchUrls` (required): List of Google Ads Transparency Center URLs (must start with `https://adstransparency.google.com/`)
- `maxItems` (optional): Maximum number of results per target URL
- `proxy` (optional): Proxy configuration

#### Input Example

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    { "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR09122903337233022977?region=FR" }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

#### Output Example

```json
{
  "libraryCreativeUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR.../creative/CR...",
  "advertiser": { "id": "AR...", "name": "..." },
  "creative": { "id": "CR...", "format": "VIDEO", "previewAssetUrl": "https://..." },
  "activeRegions": ["United States"],
  "firstSeenAt": "2024-12-05T14:50:11.116Z",
  "lastSeenAt": "2026-01-21T02:47:27.029Z",
  "activeDays": 367,
  "regionBreakdown": [],
  "transparencyEntryUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR...?region=FR",
  "targetingSignals": {},
  "variants": [],
  "collectedAt": "2026-01-21T02:47:27.029Z"
}
```

# Actor input Schema

## `searchUrls` (type: `array`):

A list of Google Ads Transparency Center URLs after a specific advertiser or domain is selected. Each URL must start with https://adstransparency.google.com/.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results per input URL. Due to concurrency, the actual number of requests may exceed the configured maximum.

## `proxy` (type: `object`):

Select proxies to be used.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR09122903337233022977?region=FR"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxy": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": []
  }
}
```

# 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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR09122903337233022977?region=FR"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("powerai/google-ads-search-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchUrls": [{ "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR09122903337233022977?region=FR" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("powerai/google-ads-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR09122903337233022977?region=FR"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call powerai/google-ads-search-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,powerai/google-ads-search-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/NtkfO3Y0aW2AvRSAp/builds/nLKZrDJLM3mNS3AzU/openapi.json