LinkedIn Ads Library Scraper

Extract ads from LinkedIn Ad Library with ease. Get comprehensive ad data including advertiser details, ad copy, media URLs, and more.

🔎 What is the LinkedIn Ads Library Scraper?

A simple and powerful tool that allows you to extract data from LinkedIn's Ad Library. This scraper provides access to all publicly available ad information without requiring authentication.

📊 What LinkedIn ads data can I extract?

All ad formats are supported by this LinkedIn Ad Library scraper, including:

• Single image ads
• Carousel ads
• Video ads
• Document ads
• Sponsored content

Extracted Data Points:

• Ad ID - Unique identifier for each ad
• Ad Detail URL - Direct link to the ad's detail page
• Advertiser Information
  • Advertiser name
  • Advertiser logo URL
• Ad Content
  • Ad type (SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE, SPONSORED_UPDATE_CAROUSEL, etc.)
  • Creative format (Single Image Ad, Carousel Ad, Video Ad, Document Ad)
  • Ad copy/body text
  • Headline
  • Truncation status (whether full text is available)
• Media Assets
  • Media type (image, video, carousel, document)
  • Media URLs
  • Carousel items (for carousel ads) with individual images and titles
• Call-to-Action
  • CTA text

📖 How to use

⬇️ Input

The input for the LinkedIn Ads Library Scraper requires a LinkedIn Ad Library search URL:

{
    "searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=nvidia&countries=BR&dateOption=last-30-days",
    "maxAds": 100,
    "includeDetailPages": false
}

Input Parameters:

• searchUrl (string, optional) - LinkedIn Ad Library search URL

  • Default: https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=nvidia&countries=BR&dateOption=last-30-days

• maxAds (integer, optional) - Maximum number of ads to scrape

  • Default: 100
  • Range: 1-1000

• includeDetailPages (boolean, optional) - Whether to visit individual ad detail pages to get complete ad copy

  • Default: false
  • Note: Setting this to true will make scraping slower but provides complete, non-truncated ad text

How to Build Search URLs

Visit LinkedIn Ad Library and use the search filters:

1. Search by company - Enter company name in "Search by company or advertiser name"
2. Filter by country - Select target countries
3. Filter by date - Choose date range (Last 30 days, This month, This year, etc.)
4. Copy the URL from your browser

Example URLs:

https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=nvidia&countries=US&dateOption=last-30-days
https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=apple&countries=GB,FR,DE&dateOption=current-year
https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=microsoft&dateOption=last-year

⬆️ Output

The extracted ad data is stored in a dataset, accessible in the Storage tab. It's available in JSON, JSONL, Excel, HTML, CSV, or XML formats.

Example Output:

[
  {
    "ad_id": "971107993",
    "ad_detail_url": "https://linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/971107993",
    "advertiser_name": "NVIDIA Brasil",
    "advertiser_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQEQxQYINJmKww/company-logo_100_100/...",
    "ad_type": "SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE",
    "creative_format": "Single Image Ad",
    "ad_copy": "Liderança se mede em decisões que antecipam o amanhã...",
    "ad_copy_truncated": true,
    "headline": "Acelere o mundo",
    "media_type": "image",
    "media_urls": [
      "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D10AQHLsFjBG9z5fg/image-shrink_1280/..."
    ],
    "carousel_items": [],
    "cta_text": "View details"
  },
  {
    "ad_id": "969936153",
    "ad_detail_url": "https://linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/969936153",
    "advertiser_name": "NVIDIA Brasil",
    "advertiser_logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQEQxQYINJmKww/company-logo_100_100/...",
    "ad_type": "SPONSORED_UPDATE_CAROUSEL",
    "creative_format": "Carousel Ad",
    "ad_copy": "Os Grandes Modelos de Linguagem (LLMs) estão redefinindo...",
    "ad_copy_truncated": true,
    "headline": null,
    "media_type": "carousel",
    "media_urls": [],
    "carousel_items": [
      {
        "image_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D10AQGJddLzedJ6ZA/...",
        "title": "Guia completo sobre LLMs"
      },
      {
        "image_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4D10AQEQqT0MNjrDUw/...",
        "title": "Entenda do conceito à aplicação real"
      }
    ],
    "cta_text": "View details"
  }
]

♾️ How many ads can you scrape?

This scraper automatically handles pagination and will continue scraping until it reaches:

• The maximum number of ads specified in maxAds parameter, OR
• The end of available results

The scraper efficiently processes multiple pages using LinkedIn's pagination tokens.

🚀 Features

• ✅ No authentication required - Works with public LinkedIn Ad Library
• ✅ All ad formats supported - Images, videos, carousels, documents
• ✅ Automatic pagination - Seamlessly handles multiple pages
• ✅ Proxy support - Built-in Apify proxy support
• ✅ Flexible output - Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, and more
• ✅ Optional detail scraping - Get complete ad copy by visiting detail pages

💡 Use Cases

• Competitive Analysis - Monitor competitors' ad strategies
• Market Research - Analyze advertising trends in your industry
• Ad Creative Inspiration - Discover successful ad formats and messaging
• Lead Generation - Identify companies actively advertising
• Campaign Planning - Research ad formats and messaging styles

⚙️ Technical Details

Technologies Used:

• Crawlee - Modern web scraping framework
• Cheerio - Fast HTML parsing
• Apify SDK - Actor infrastructure

Performance:

• Efficient scraping with minimal resource usage
• Automatic retry on failures
• Proxy rotation to avoid rate limiting

⚖️ Is it legal to scrape LinkedIn Ads data?

Scraping publicly available LinkedIn Ads Library data is legal as long as you:

• Only access publicly available information
• Respect LinkedIn's terms of service
• Comply with data protection regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
• Don't scrape personal data without legitimate reason

🔗 Integration

This scraper integrates seamlessly with:

• Make (Integromat) - Automate workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• n8n - Open-source workflow automation
• Custom APIs - Use Apify API for custom integrations

📝 Example Use Cases

Monitor Competitor Ads

{
    "searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=competitor-name&countries=US&dateOption=last-30-days",
    "maxAds": 50
}

Get Complete Ad Copy

{
    "searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=company-name&countries=GB&dateOption=current-year",
    "maxAds": 100,
    "includeDetailPages": true
}

Bulk Export for Analysis

{
    "searchUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/search?accountOwner=brand&dateOption=last-year",
    "maxAds": 1000,
    "includeDetailPages": false
}

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.

Happy Scraping! 🚀

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