# See every ad a competitor is running on Google

**Use case:** 

Pulls a competitor's whole live ad set from Google's Ads Transparency Center: the creative itself (image URL, or Google's render for a video), the format, the verified advertiser, the first and last day it ran, the impression range Google reports, the ad category and a per-country breakdown. Swap the domain for any brand you want to track.

## Input

```json
{
  "advertisers": [
    "nike.com"
  ],
  "dataType": "creatives",
  "country": "Worldwide",
  "includeDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "flatten": false,
  "emitInputStatus": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "debug": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "type": {
    "label": "Type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "advertiserName": {
    "label": "Advertiser",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "format": {
    "label": "Format",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "firstShownDate": {
    "label": "First shown",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "lastShownDate": {
    "label": "Last shown",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "impressionsMin": {
    "label": "Impressions min",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "impressionsMax": {
    "label": "Impressions max",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "adCategory": {
    "label": "Category",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "countryCount": {
    "label": "Countries",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "adsMin": {
    "label": "Ads min",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "adsMax": {
    "label": "Ads max",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "imageUrl": {
    "label": "Image",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Ad page",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper API - Competitor Ads Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "See every ad a competitor is running on Google". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/1dzUbG9h8lYw1FqGq) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "See every ad a competitor is running on Google" task

The Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper API - Competitor Ads Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like advertisers (brand name, domain or url), data type, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "See every ad a competitor is running on Google" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as type, advertiser, format, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "See every ad a competitor is running on Google" task via API](https://apify.com/scrapifier/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper API - Competitor Ads](https://apify.com/scrapifier/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/scrapifier/google-ads-transparency-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/scrapifier/google-ads-transparency-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`).