Ad Library Search & Get Ad

curl --request GET \
  --url https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <x-api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<x-api-key>'}};

fetch('https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <x-api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<x-api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<x-api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "ads": [
    {}
  ],
  "ads[].transparency": {},
  "count": 123,
  "end_cursor": "<string>",
  "has_next_page": true,
  "query": "<string>"
}

GET

facebook

ads

Ad Library Search & Get Ad

curl --request GET \
  --url https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <x-api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<x-api-key>'}};

fetch('https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <x-api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<x-api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<x-api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "ads": [
    {}
  ],
  "ads[].transparency": {},
  "count": 123,
  "end_cursor": "<string>",
  "has_next_page": true,
  "query": "<string>"
}

Search Facebook’s public Ad Library, the transparency archive of ads running across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and the Audience Network — or look one up directly by its archive id.

Endpoint	Returns
`GET /v1/facebook/ads/search`	keyword / advertiser search, cursor-paginated
`GET /v1/facebook/ads/{ad_archive_id}`	one ad by its archive id

Credits: 5 (each)

Authorization

string

required

Your ScrapeBadger API key.

Query Parameters — `/ads/search`

string

required

Advertiser name or keyword.

string

default:"US"

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. The Ad Library is partitioned by country — the same advertiser returns different ads per market.

string

default:"all"

One of all, political_and_issue_ads. Political and issue ads carry extra disclaimers in the archive.

string

default:"active"

One of active, inactive, all.

string

Pagination cursor — the end_cursor from a previous response.

Path Parameters — `/ads/{ad_archive_id}`

string

required

The Ad Library archive id, as returned in ad_archive_id on any search result.

string

default:"US"

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the lookup. Pass an EU/UK code (e.g. DE, FR, GB) to get the transparency object with EU DSA reach and demographic data.

Response

AdLibraryAd[]

Each AdLibraryAd includes ad_archive_id, page_id, page_name, ad_creative_body, ad_creative_link_title, ad_creative_link_caption, ad_creative_link_description, ad_snapshot_url (Facebook-hosted rendered preview), start_date_utc, start_date, end_date_utc, end_date (null while the ad is still running), is_active, publisher_platforms[] (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, MESSENGER, AUDIENCE_NETWORK), images[], videos[], cta_text (button label) and cta_type (Facebook’s CTA enum, e.g. SHOP_NOW, LEARN_MORE, SIGN_UP).

AdTransparency

Lookup endpoint only, when country is an EU/UK market or the ad targets the EU. Carries payer_beneficiary[] ({payer, beneficiary} pairs), targets_eu, has_violating_payer_beneficiary, is_ad_taken_down, is_violating_eu_siep and eu_transparency — the DSA disclosure: eu_total_reach, gender_audience, age_audience_min / age_audience_max, location_audience[] ({name, type, excluded, num_obfuscated}) and age_country_gender_reach_breakdown[] (per-country age_gender_breakdowns[] with age_range, male, female, unknown reach).

integer

Number of ads in this page.

string

Pass as after for the next page. Search only.

boolean

Whether more ads are reachable. Search only.

string

Echoes the query (or the archive id on the lookup endpoint).

Example

curl "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search?query=Nike&country=US&active_status=active" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch(
  "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search?" +
    new URLSearchParams({
      query: "Nike",
      country: "US",
      active_status: "active",
    }),
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.SCRAPEBADGER_API_KEY } },
);
const data = await res.json();

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/search",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
    params={"query": "Nike", "country": "US", "active_status": "active"},
)
data = res.json()

Response

{
  "ads": [
    {
      "ad_archive_id": "1284772093418206",
      "page_id": "15087023444",
      "page_name": "Nike",
      "ad_creative_body": "Built for the long run. The new Pegasus 42 lands today.",
      "ad_creative_link_title": "Pegasus 42",
      "ad_creative_link_caption": "nike.com",
      "ad_creative_link_description": "Free shipping for members.",
      "ad_snapshot_url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=1284772093418206",
      "start_date_utc": 1785225600.0,
      "start_date": "2026-07-26T14:40:00Z",
      "end_date_utc": null,
      "end_date": null,
      "is_active": true,
      "publisher_platforms": ["FACEBOOK", "INSTAGRAM"],
      "images": [
        "https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.35426-6/449120_n.jpg"
      ],
      "videos": [],
      "cta_text": "Shop Now",
      "cta_type": "SHOP_NOW"
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "end_cursor": "AQHZHZHNfbGlicmFyeV9jdXJzb3JfMDAx",
  "has_next_page": true,
  "query": "Nike"
}

Example — EU transparency

Look an ad up with an EU country to get the DSA transparency block:

cURL

curl "https://scrapebadger.com/v1/facebook/ads/1284772093418206?country=DE" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response (transparency excerpt)

{
  "ads": [
    {
      "ad_archive_id": "1284772093418206",
      "page_name": "Nike",
      "transparency": {
        "payer_beneficiary": [
          { "payer": "Nike Retail B.V.", "beneficiary": "Nike Retail B.V." }
        ],
        "targets_eu": true,
        "has_violating_payer_beneficiary": false,
        "is_ad_taken_down": false,
        "is_violating_eu_siep": false,
        "eu_transparency": {
          "targets_eu": true,
          "eu_total_reach": 1834920,
          "gender_audience": "All",
          "age_audience_min": 18,
          "age_audience_max": 65,
          "location_audience": [
            { "name": "Germany", "type": "country", "excluded": false, "num_obfuscated": 0 }
          ],
          "age_country_gender_reach_breakdown": [
            {
              "country": "DE",
              "age_gender_breakdowns": [
                { "age_range": "18-24", "male": 141203, "female": 152884, "unknown": 4102 },
                { "age_range": "25-34", "male": 289441, "female": 301276, "unknown": 8817 }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "count": 1,
  "query": "1284772093418206"
}

The Ad Library is country-partitioned. To size a competitor’s full spend footprint, sweep country across the markets you care about rather than paginating a single one deeper. On the lookup endpoint, an EU country additionally unlocks the DSA transparency block — reach, demographics and payer/beneficiary — even for ads you first found via a US search.

Facebook API

Endpoints

Ad Library Search & Get Ad

Authorization

Query Parameters — `/ads/search`

Path Parameters — `/ads/{ad_archive_id}`

Response

Example

Example — EU transparency

​Authorization

​Query Parameters — /ads/search

​Path Parameters — /ads/{ad_archive_id}

​Response

​Example

​Example — EU transparency

Authorization

Query Parameters — `/ads/search`

Path Parameters — `/ads/{ad_archive_id}`

Response

Example

Example — EU transparency