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Google Ads Transparency Scraper

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Shashank Shankar

Scrapes Google's Ad Transparency Center to check if domains are running ads. Features: ad creative extraction (images/videos), OCR text extraction, YouTube video handling, detailed stats, configurable concurrency, and robust error handling.

5.0 (2)

Pricing

$20.00/month + usage

Total users

Monthly users

Runs succeeded

>99%

Last modified

5 days ago

Automation

SEO tools

Lead generation

This Apify actor scrapes Google's Ad Transparency Center to check if domains are running ads and extracts ad creatives with OCR text extraction.

Features

Checks if domains are running Google Ads
Extracts ad creatives (images and videos)
Performs OCR on image ads to extract text
Handles YouTube video thumbnails and links
Provides detailed statistics and progress tracking
Configurable concurrency for faster processing
Robust error handling and retries

Input

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

{
    "domains": [
        "example.com",
        "example.org"
    ],
    "maxConcurrency": 1 // Optional, default: 1, max: 10
}

domains: Array of domains to check for ads (required)
maxConcurrency: Maximum number of domains to process concurrently (optional)

Output

The actor saves results to its default dataset. Each item contains:

{
    "domain": "example.com",
    "ads_running": true,
    "creatives": [
        {
            "type": "image",
            "url": "https://..."
        },
        {
            "type": "video",
            "url": "https://..."
        }
    ],
    "ad_texts": [
        "Extracted text from image 1",
        "Extracted text from image 2"
    ],
    "error": null, // Error message if scraping failed
    "timestamp": "2024-03-21T12:34:56.789Z"
}

Usage

Create a new task for the actor

Provide input:

{
    "domains": ["example.com"],
    "maxConcurrency": 1
}

Run the task
Get results from the dataset

Performance and Limits

Memory: 4096 MB
Timeout: 4 hours
Concurrency: 1-10 domains in parallel
Rate limiting: 2 second delay between requests

Dependencies

Python 3.9
Chrome browser
Tesseract OCR
Key Python packages:
- selenium
- pytesseract
- aiohttp
- Pillow
- apify-client

Error Handling

The actor implements robust error handling:

Automatic retries for transient errors
Graceful degradation for OCR failures
Detailed error reporting in output
Progress tracking and statistics

Development

Install dependencies:

$pip install -r requirements.txt

Install system dependencies:

$apt-get install tesseract-ocr

Run locally:
```
$python main.py
```

License

Apache 2.0

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Google Ads Transparency Scraper
- Features
- Input
- Output
- Usage
- Performance and Limits
- Dependencies
- Error Handling
- Development
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