# Get the video IDs and links of a brand's YouTube ads

**Use case:** 

Returns the YouTube video ID and the youtube.com/watch link for each video ad a brand runs, read from the ad preview in the Google Ads Transparency Center. Use it to build a swipe file, feed the videos into a transcript or comments tool, or check which ads a brand keeps running. A few ads have no public preview and come without a video ID.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "duolingo.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`).