# Google Ads Scraper (Include Landing Pages) (`t2solutions/google-ads-transparency-scraper`) Actor

The simplest way to scrape Google Ads Transparency. Paste an advertiser URL, get every creative they're running — text, image, video, landing pages, dates, preview URLs. All formats, all platforms. No complex config needed.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/t2solutions/google-ads-transparency-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [T2 Solutions](https://apify.com/t2solutions) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 2 bookmarks
- **User rating**: 4.58 out of 5 stars

## Pricing

from $1.70 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md):

```bash
npm install apify-client
```

In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md):

```bash
pip install apify-client
```

In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md):

````bash
# MacOS / Linux
curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash
# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md).

If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).


# README

## Google Ads Transparency Scraper

Paste an advertiser URL — get every ad they're running. Text, image, video, landing pages, dates, previews. All formats, all platforms. No complex setup.

Built for **competitor ad tracking**, **brand monitoring**, and **creative research**. Just paste a Google Ads Transparency URL and go.

### Key Features

- **Paste a URL, get data** — no keyword/domain search config needed
- **All ad formats** — text, image, video (filter by `?format=`)
- **Landing page extraction** — automatically resolves destination URLs
- **Rich metadata** — creative IDs, dates, preview URLs, format labels
- **Filter by URL params** — region, platform, format, date range — all baked into the URL
- **No browser, no proxy** — pure HTTP, fast and cheap

### Quick Start

1. Open [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://adstransparency.google.com)
2. Find any advertiser page and copy the URL (e.g. `https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR12784598080762675201?region=VN`)
3. Paste it into the actor input and hit **Start**

That's it. Creatives stream into your dataset within seconds.

### Input

| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|-------|------|---------|-------------|
| `advertiserUrl` | string (required) | — | Full Google Ads Transparency advertiser URL |
| `maxPages` | integer | 5 | Pages to scrape (~100 creatives per page, max 200) |
| `extractLandingPages` | boolean | true | Extract landing page URLs. Disable for faster scraping. |

#### URL Parameters

All filters go directly into the advertiser URL — no extra config needed:

| Parameter | Example | Description |
|-----------|---------|-------------|
| `region` | `?region=VN` | Country code |
| `format` | `?format=VIDEO` | `TEXT`, `IMAGE`, `VIDEO` — omit for all |
| `platform` | `?platform=SEARCH` | `SEARCH`, `SHOPPING`, `DISCOVER` |
| `preset-date` | `?preset-date=Last+30+days` | Relative date range |
| `start-date` / `end-date` | `?start-date=2024-01-01&end-date=2024-12-31` | Custom date range |

### Output

Each creative is written as one dataset item:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `creative_id` | Google's unique creative ID |
| `creative_url` | Link to the creative on Ads Transparency |
| `format_code` | Numeric format code (1=Text, 2=Image, 3=Video) |
| `format_label` | Human-readable format label |
| `advertiser_name` | Advertiser display name |
| `start_date` | First date the creative was shown |
| `end_date` | Most recent date shown |
| `display_days` | Number of days the creative ran |
| `landing_page` | Extracted landing page URL |
| `creative_preview_url` | Direct URL to the creative preview |

A summary is saved to the Key-value store under key `OUTPUT`.

### Use Cases

- **Competitor ad tracking** — monitor what ads your competitors are running, on which platforms, and for how long
- **Brand compliance** — verify partners and resellers aren't misusing your brand in Google ads
- **Creative research** — study ad copy, formats, and landing pages in your industry
- **Ad verification** — audit political or regulated ads for transparency requirements

### Google Sheets Export

Results are pushed to an **Apify Dataset**. To export to Google Sheets:

1. Run the actor — results appear in the **Dataset** tab
2. Go to **Console → Integration → Google Sheets**
3. Authorize with one-click OAuth (no service account needed)
4. Map the dataset to your spreadsheet

No Google Cloud credentials required.

### Technical Notes

- Uses the same API the official Transparency Center calls — no browser automation
- No proxy required by default
- Runs on Python 3.12 with the Apify SDK 3.x

# Actor input Schema

## `advertiserUrl` (type: `string`):

Full Google Ads Transparency advertiser URL, e.g. https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR12784598080762675201?region=VN
## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

Pages to scrape (~100 creatives per page). 30 pages = ~3000 max.
## `extractLandingPages` (type: `boolean`):

Extract landing page URLs from creatives. Disable for faster scraping.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "advertiserUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR12784598080762675201?region=VN",
  "maxPages": 5,
  "extractLandingPages": true
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `creatives` (type: `string`):

Dataset of ad creatives with IDs, formats, dates, landing pages, and preview URLs.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Summary saved to the key-value store under key OUTPUT with advertiser info and total creative count.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("t2solutions/google-ads-transparency-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("t2solutions/google-ads-transparency-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call t2solutions/google-ads-transparency-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=t2solutions/google-ads-transparency-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Google Ads Scraper (Include Landing Pages)",
        "description": "The simplest way to scrape Google Ads Transparency. Paste an advertiser URL, get every creative they're running — text, image, video, landing pages, dates, preview URLs. All formats, all platforms. No complex config needed.",
        "version": "1.0",
        "x-build-id": "VSa0jVBpxSbYxFNV4"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/t2solutions~google-ads-transparency-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-t2solutions-google-ads-transparency-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/t2solutions~google-ads-transparency-scraper/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-t2solutions-google-ads-transparency-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/t2solutions~google-ads-transparency-scraper/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-t2solutions-google-ads-transparency-scraper",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                    "advertiserUrl"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "advertiserUrl": {
                        "title": "Advertiser URL",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Full Google Ads Transparency advertiser URL, e.g. https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR12784598080762675201?region=VN",
                        "default": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR12784598080762675201?region=VN"
                    },
                    "maxPages": {
                        "title": "Max Pages",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "maximum": 200,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Pages to scrape (~100 creatives per page). 30 pages = ~3000 max.",
                        "default": 5
                    },
                    "extractLandingPages": {
                        "title": "Extract Landing Pages",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Extract landing page URLs from creatives. Disable for faster scraping.",
                        "default": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
                                "type": "number",
                                "example": 0.00005
                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
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                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```