# Monitor UK housing Facebook ads

**Use case:** 

Track property and housing ads in the United Kingdom Facebook Ads
Library for competitive listing research. This task runs searchQueries
["apartment"] with country GB, category housing, activeStatus active,
and maxItems 50, then exports page name, ad text, media, platforms,
start dates, impressions text, and landing URLs as JSON, CSV, or Excel.
Pricing is $1.70 per 1,000 ads.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=active&ad_type=all&country=US&is_targeted_country=false&media_type=all&q=Nike&search_type=keyword_unordered"
    }
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "apartment"
  ],
  "searchType": "keyword_unordered",
  "country": "GB",
  "category": "housing",
  "activeStatus": "active",
  "mediaType": "all",
  "sortBy": "most_recent",
  "impressionWindow": "any",
  "isTargetedCountry": false,
  "includeAdDetails": false,
  "detailsConcurrency": 8,
  "uniqueAdvertisersOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": [
      "RESIDENTIAL"
    ]
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "page_profile_picture": {
    "label": "Page photo",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "page_name": {
    "label": "Page name",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "ads_library_url": {
    "label": "Ads Library",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "sourceQuery": {
    "label": "Search",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "is_active": {
    "label": "Active",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "body_text": {
    "label": "Ad text",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "display_format": {
    "label": "Format",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "start_date": {
    "label": "Start date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "end_date": {
    "label": "End date",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "cta_text": {
    "label": "CTA",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publisher_platforms": {
    "label": "Platforms",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "impressions": {
    "label": "Impressions",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "link_url": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "record_type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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


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