# Scrape Active Facebook Ads from the Meta Ad Library

**Use case:** 

Get only currently-running Meta ads: adStatus, startDate, endDate, pageName, publisherPlatforms and adLibraryURL, in CSV or JSON.

## Input

```json
{
  "searchTerms": [
    "weight loss"
  ],
  "pageUrls": [],
  "startUrls": [],
  "country": "US",
  "adActiveStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "adType": "ALL",
  "mediaType": "ALL",
  "publisherPlatforms": [],
  "languages": [],
  "dateFrom": "",
  "dateTo": "",
  "includeAboutPage": false,
  "scrapeAdDetails": false,
  "onlyTotalCount": false,
  "maxResults": 60
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "pageName": {
    "label": "Advertiser",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "adText": {
    "label": "Ad copy",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "adStatus": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "publisherPlatforms": {
    "label": "Platforms",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "startDate": {
    "label": "Started",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "endDate": {
    "label": "Ended",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "adLibraryURL": {
    "label": "View ad",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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


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