# Google Ads Transparency - Creatives & Brand Watch (`tictechid/vanzi-google-ads-transparency`) Actor

Search advertisers, export ad creatives, and track brand changes from Google Ads Transparency Center. Reliable alternative to manual browsing with typed JSON output for BI, CRM, and alerts.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/tictechid/vanzi-google-ads-transparency.md
- **Developed by:** [TicTech](https://apify.com/tictechid) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — 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

### What does Google Ads Transparency Scraper do?

**Google Ads Transparency Scraper** exports advertisers and ad creatives from the [Google Ads Transparency Center](https://adstransparency.google.com/) into clean, typed JSON. Use it as a **Google Ads Transparency API alternative** for competitor intel, creative research, and brand-change monitoring - without babysitting the website by hand.

### Why scrape Google Ads Transparency?

Marketers, agencies, and researchers use this Actor to:

- Find verified advertisers by brand or domain query
- Export live and historical creatives for a competitor set
- Watch an advertiser's creative set over time and catch launches/kills
- Feed stable `advertiser` / `creative` / `change` rows into BI, CRM, or alerting

Three focused modes, runnable from Apify Console, on a schedule, or via API / Make / n8n / Zapier.

| Mode | What you get |
| --- | --- |
| `search_advertisers` | Resolve a query to advertiser IDs and metadata |
| `export_creatives` | Export creatives for one or more advertiser IDs (optional region) |
| `brand_watch` | Snapshot creatives and emit optional change-diff rows |

### What data can this Actor extract?

| Record type | Key fields |
| --- | --- |
| `advertiser` | advertiser\_id, advertiser\_name, country, ad\_count |
| `creative` | advertiser\_id, advertiser\_name, creative\_id, creative\_url, format hints, first/last shown, preview URLs, region, scraped\_at |
| `change` | advertiser\_id, change\_type (`added` / `removed`), creative\_id, detected\_at |

### How to scrape Google Ads Transparency

1. Open this Actor in Apify Console and click **Try for free** / **Start**.
2. Pick a **mode** (`search_advertisers` to resolve a brand, then `export_creatives`).
3. Set `query` and/or `advertiserIds`, optional `region`, and `maxItems`.
4. Run and download JSON / CSV / Excel from the Dataset tab.
5. For monitoring, schedule `brand_watch` on the advertisers you care about.

### How much does it cost?

Pricing uses Apify **pay-per-event (PPE)**: a small start fee when the run begins, then pay per dataset item successfully pushed. See the Actor **Pricing** tab for live rates.

### Input

- **mode** - `search_advertisers` | `export_creatives` | `brand_watch`
- **query** - brand / domain search text (`search_advertisers`)
- **advertiserIds** - `AR...` ids (`export_creatives`, `brand_watch`)
- **region** - optional country filter (omit for anywhere)
- **maxItems** - cap per run (default `50`; free-tier testing <= **100**)
- **cursor** / watch state - pagination and brand-watch snapshot continuity

### Output

Typed rows with a `type` field (`advertiser` | `creative` | `change`). Example creative:

```json
{
  "type": "creative",
  "advertiser_id": "AR16735076323512287233",
  "advertiser_name": "Nike, Inc.",
  "creative_id": "CR17440429147447885825",
  "creative_url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR17440429147447885825?region=US",
  "format_type": 1,
  "region": "US",
  "scraped_at": "2026-09-07T12:00:00Z"
}
```

### Usage Limits

- **Free tier:** Limited Apify free-plan runs. Keep `maxItems` <= **100** while testing.
- **Paid plans:** Raise `maxItems` as needed within Apify limits.

> Multiple runs require an Apify paid plan. See [Apify Pricing](https://apify.com/pricing?fpr=maxknj).

### FAQ

**Can I filter by country?** Yes - set `region` when exporting creatives. Omit it for anywhere.

**Does brand\_watch require a prior run?** It stores a creative-id snapshot so later runs can emit `change` rows when ads appear or disappear.

**GDPR / compliance:** You are responsible for lawful use of publicly available advertising transparency data. Respect Google's terms and your local regulations.

**Support:** Open an Issue on the Actor page or email **contact@tictech.id**.

***

Google Ads Transparency  |  ad library scraper  |  competitor ads  |  creative export  |  brand monitoring  |  advertiser search  |  Google ads API alternative

For more details, contact the maintainer or email us at contact@tictech.id

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

Scraping mode: search\_advertisers to resolve queries, export\_creatives to fetch ads, brand\_watch to track changes

## `query` (type: `string`):

Brand name or domain. Required for search\_advertisers. Also used by export\_creatives / brand\_watch when advertiserIds is empty.

## `advertiserIds` (type: `array`):

AR... advertiser IDs for export\_creatives / brand\_watch. Optional if query is set — the Actor resolves the top matches automatically.

## `region` (type: `string`):

Optional ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code to filter creatives (e.g., US, GB, DE). Omit to fetch all regions.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of results to fetch. Keep <= 100 for free-tier testing.

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

Results per page for pagination (affects memory usage)

## `includeChangeDiff` (type: `boolean`):

For brand\_watch mode: emit change records when creatives are added or removed

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy settings. Residential proxies recommended for reliability.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search_advertisers",
  "query": "Nike, Inc.",
  "advertiserIds": [
    "AR16735076323512287233"
  ],
  "region": "US",
  "maxItems": 40,
  "pageSize": 40,
  "includeChangeDiff": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Download advertiser, creative, and change records

## `advertisers` (type: `string`):

View only advertiser records

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

View only creative records

## `changes` (type: `string`):

View only change records (brand\_watch mode)

# 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 = {
    "query": "Nike, Inc."
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("tictechid/vanzi-google-ads-transparency").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 = { "query": "Nike, Inc." }

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

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "query": "Nike, Inc."
}' |
apify call tictechid/vanzi-google-ads-transparency --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tictechid/vanzi-google-ads-transparency"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/75AFPLDRDi5wZ3PK8/builds/8vt2FgLQLynqLRIEP/openapi.json