# See every YouTube ad a competitor is running

**Use case:** 

Type in a competitor's website and get the YouTube video ads that point to it, taken from the Google Ads Transparency Center. Each row has the advertiser, the YouTube video ID and watch link where Google exposes it, the first and last date the ad was shown, how many days it ran and the countries. Ads that have been running for months are usually the ones that work.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "grammarly.com"
  ],
  "region": "anywhere",
  "format": "VIDEO",
  "maxAdsPerQuery": 100,
  "advertiserMatch": "best",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "enrichPreviews": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "advertiserName": {
    "label": "Advertiser",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "creativeId": {
    "label": "Creative ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "format": {
    "label": "Format",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "firstShown": {
    "label": "First shown",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "lastShown": {
    "label": "Last shown",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "daysShown": {
    "label": "Days shown",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "previewImageUrl": {
    "label": "Preview",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "youtubeVideoId": {
    "label": "YouTube ID",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "regionsShownIn": {
    "label": "Regions",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Ad URL",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [YouTube Ads Scraper: Competitor Video Ads Library](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-ads-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-ads-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/pulsedata/youtube-ads-scraper.md

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`).