# Read your roofing competitors' Google ads, word for word

**Use case:** 

Finds the advertisers running Google ads for "roofing" in the US in Google's Ads Transparency Center and delivers every ad with its text: headline, description, display URL, first and last shown, days running and the business address when the ad carries one. Ads shown only as an image are read too. Change the keyword to your own market.

## Input

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "roofing"
  ],
  "region": "US",
  "maxAdvertisersPerQuery": 5,
  "maxAdsPerTarget": 20,
  "extractText": true,
  "onlyNewAds": false,
  "stateStoreName": "google-ads-text-seen",
  "resetState": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "advertiserName": {
    "label": "Advertiser",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "format": {
    "label": "Format",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "headline": {
    "label": "Headline",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "displayUrl": {
    "label": "Display URL",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "addressCity": {
    "label": "City",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "addressRegion": {
    "label": "State",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "firstShown": {
    "label": "First shown",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "lastShown": {
    "label": "Last shown",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "daysShown": {
    "label": "Days shown",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "textSource": {
    "label": "Text from",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "imageUrl": {
    "label": "Image",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "youtubeUrl": {
    "label": "Video",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "adUrl": {
    "label": "Transparency Center",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Google Ads Transparency Scraper with Ad Text Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Read your roofing competitors' Google ads, word for word". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/gXbmqQq8MifA1Rxnc) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Read your roofing competitors' Google ads, word for word" task

The Google Ads Transparency Scraper with Ad Text Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like keywords (advertiser names), country where the ads were shown, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Read your roofing competitors' Google ads, word for word" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as advertiser, format, headline, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Read your roofing competitors' Google ads, word for word" task via API](https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/google-ads-text.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Google Ads Transparency Scraper with Ad Text](https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/google-ads-text.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/google-ads-text.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/wellbuilt_zythem/google-ads-text.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).