# Snapchat Ads Library Scraper (`pulsedata/snapchat-ads-library-scraper`) Actor

Scrape the Snapchat Ads Gallery: every ad an advertiser runs in the EU and Turkey, with creative, landing page, impressions per country, age targeting and review status.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pulsedata/snapchat-ads-library-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [PulseData](https://apify.com/pulsedata) (community)
- **Categories:** Marketing, Lead generation, Social media
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $2.00 / 1,000 ad scrapeds

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/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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

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# README

## Snapchat Ads Library Scraper

This actor exports ads from the Snapchat Ads Gallery (adsgallery.snap.com), the public ad library Snapchat runs for the EU Digital Services Act. Give it one or more advertiser names and it returns every matching ad that ran in the EU or Turkey during your date range, with the creative, the landing page, impressions per country and the age targeting.

### What you get per ad

- Paying advertiser, Snapchat profile name and ad account name
- Headline, call to action and landing page URL
- Ad status (active or paused), review status and rejection reasons
- Creative type and a download link for the image or video, plus the images of story ads and the main image of each product in catalog ads
- Start date, total impressions and impressions per country
- Targeted age range, languages and other published targeting

### Input

| Field | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Advertiser names | Required. Snapchat matches part of the paying advertiser's name, case-insensitive, so `nike` finds `Nike, Inc.` |
| Countries | EU country codes or names, plus Turkey. Empty means all 28. |
| Active from / Active until | Date range in `YYYY-MM-DD`. Other formats such as `01.08.2026` are read too. Defaults to the last 12 months. |
| Max ads per advertiser | Default 100. 0 means no limit. |

```json
{
  "advertiserNames": ["Nike"],
  "countries": ["DE", "FR"],
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Output example

```json
{
  "adId": "7cb29c17-2dd3-4359-a6a2-09159b1094ab",
  "advertiserName": "Nike, Inc.",
  "profileName": "Nike",
  "headline": "Air. Neu interpretiert.",
  "callToAction": "SHOP NOW",
  "landingUrl": "https://www.nike.com/de/w/damen-air-max-muse-schuhe-5e1x6z84igrzy7ok",
  "status": "PAUSED",
  "mediaType": "IMAGE",
  "mediaUrl": "https://cf-st.sc-cdn.net/d/W5NroUgSWtMvM6NDZ236U.380",
  "startDate": "2025-10-03T10:00:00.000Z",
  "impressionsTotal": 819188,
  "impressionsByCountry": { "DE": 819188 },
  "targetedMinAge": 18,
  "targetedMaxAge": 44
}
```

### Limits

- Snapchat only publishes ads shown in the EU and Turkey. Ads that ran only in the US, UK or elsewhere are not in the gallery.
- The search is by paying advertiser name. Keyword search over ad text is not offered by Snapchat.
- Impression counts are the totals Snapchat publishes, not reach or spend.

### Price

You pay per ad in the dataset, plus a small start fee per run. Runs need about 60 MB of memory and finish quickly, so platform usage is minimal.

# Actor input Schema

## `advertiserNames` (type: `array`):

One name per line. Snapchat matches the paying advertiser's name as a case-insensitive part of the name, so `nike` also finds `Nike, Inc.`.

## `countries` (type: `array`):

Where the ads were shown. The gallery covers the 27 EU countries and Turkey. Use ISO codes such as `DE`, `FR`, `TR` or country names such as `Germany`. Leave empty to search all of them.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

Only ads that were running on or after this date, `YYYY-MM-DD`. Defaults to one year before the end date.

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

Only ads that were running on or before this date, `YYYY-MM-DD`. Defaults to today.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many ads for each advertiser name. 0 means no limit.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

The Snapchat API answers Apify datacenter proxies, which is the default.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "advertiserNames": [
    "Nike"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "DE",
    "FR"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Snapchat ads stored in the default dataset.

# 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 = {
    "advertiserNames": [
        "Nike"
    ],
    "countries": [
        "DE",
        "FR"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": true
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pulsedata/snapchat-ads-library-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 = {
    "advertiserNames": ["Nike"],
    "countries": [
        "DE",
        "FR",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": True },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pulsedata/snapchat-ads-library-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 '{
  "advertiserNames": [
    "Nike"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "DE",
    "FR"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}' |
apify call pulsedata/snapchat-ads-library-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pulsedata/snapchat-ads-library-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/UN0NsDakGrivpubcG/builds/Hk3hd6h85JbgrRp6r/openapi.json