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Google Ads Transparency ad details

Beta GET /v1/google/ad-library/ad

GET /v1/google/ad-library/ad

Google Ads Transparency ad details.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
urlURLyesCreative URL (adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR.../creative/CR...). Accepted hosts: adstransparency.google.com.

Every request also accepts:

  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/google/ad-library/ad" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "url=https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR17814369753519620097"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR17814369753519620097",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/google/ad-library/ad",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/google/ad-library/ad");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR17814369753519620097"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape Google Ads Transparency ad details",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/google/ad-library/ad",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "url",
              "value": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR17814369753519620097"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_e52368df68c5b101805bc02e",
  "data": {
    "object": "ad",
    "platform": "google",
    "id": "CR17814369753519620097",
    "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233/creative/CR17814369753519620097",
    "advertiser": {
      "object": "advertiser",
      "platform": "google",
      "id": "AR16735076323512287233",
      "name": "Nike, Inc.",
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR16735076323512287233",
      "page_id": null,
      "country": null,
      "verified": null,
      "ad_count": null,
      "extra": null
    },
    "status": "unknown",
    "started_at": null,
    "ended_at": null,
    "title": null,
    "body": null,
    "cta_text": null,
    "landing_url": null,
    "format": "image",
    "media": {
      "thumbnail_url": null,
      "video_url": null,
      "audio_url": null,
      "image_urls": [
        "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/13349513027616705912",
        "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/4311864814729701321"
      ],
      "width": 348,
      "height": 229
    },
    "regions": null,
    "publisher_platforms": null,
    "impressions": null,
    "spend": null,
    "extra": {
      "last_shown_at": "2026-10-30T01:15:03Z",
      "preview_urls": [
        "https://displayads-formats.googleusercontent.com/ads/preview/content.js?client=ads-integrity-transparency&obfuscatedCustomerId=9975158271&creativeId=681141669551&uiFeatures=12&adGroupId=146695372318&versionId=4&allowedVariations=36&overlay=...",
        "https://displayads-formats.googleusercontent.com/ads/preview/content.js?client=ads-integrity-transparency&obfuscatedCustomerId=9975158271&creativeId=681141669551&uiFeatures=12&adGroupId=146695372318&versionId=4&assets=%3DH4sIAAAAAAAAAONS5OL..."
      ],
      "region_stats": [
        {
          "criterion_id": 2840,
          "last_shown": "2026-10-29",
          "region": "US"
        }
      ],
      "variations": 4
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Response#

A Ad object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "request_id": "req_1968dc6df018926ea4127cf2"
}

Also served at#

These paths answer the same request, so code written for other APIs keeps working: /v1/google/ad. See Switching from ScrapeCreators.