Facebook Ad Library ad details API

Q: Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), unsupported_url (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

The preview Python client has client.facebook.ad_library_ad(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.adLibraryAd() . Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.

One ad by id or URL: page, status, dates and the snapshot (text, images, videos, format, link, call to action).

GETapi.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/ad-library/ad

Cost: 1 credit
Cached repeats: 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
Failed requests: 0 credits
Status: Betashape may still gain fields

Regulated ads add their transparency data in extra.

You send one of id or url.

Request

Send your key in the x-api-key header.

curl

curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/ad-library/ad" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode 'id=352695862528588'

Python

import os
import requests

params = {
    "id": "352695862528588",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/ad-library/ad",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
    timeout=60,
)
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/facebook/ad-library/ad");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  id: "352695862528588",
}).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 Facebook Ad Library ad details",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/facebook/ad-library/ad",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "id",
              "value": "352695862528588"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`id`	string	one of	Ad id in the library. Also accepted as `ad_id`, `adId`.
`url`	url	one of	Ad Library URL (facebook.com/ads/library/?id=...).
`get_transcript`	boolean		Accepted for compatibility. A video ad's transcript is its own call, `ad/transcript` (AI transcription, metered); this flag only adds a pointer to it in `extra.transcript_hint`.

Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.

Response

Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are public data, not yours.

Status 200Sample

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_4b391ed27ba57aff4b7f1f13",
  "data": {
    "object": "ad",
    "platform": "facebook",
    "id": "352695862528588",
    "url": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=352695862528588",
    "advertiser": {
      "object": "advertiser",
      "platform": "facebook",
      "id": "20531316728",
      "name": "Facebook",
      "url": "https://facebook.com/facebook",
      "page_id": "20531316728",
      "country": null,
      "verified": true,
      "ad_count": null,
      "extra": {
        "alias": "facebook",
        "categories": [
          "Website",
          "Company"
        ],
        "category": "Internet company",
        "cover_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/756138980_1586883190150362_1776895842644499433_n.avif?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=957871&_nc_ohc=EuEVSNa1R...",
        "entity_type": "PERSON_PROFILE",
        "image_url": "https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-1/380700650_10162533193146729_2379134611963304810_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s148x148_tt6&_nc_cat=1&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=4..."
      }
    },
    "status": "inactive",
    "started_at": "2020-08-27T07:00:00Z",
    "ended_at": "2020-08-30T07:00:00Z",
    "title": "Change Together: From the March on Washington to Today",
    "body": "Queen Latifah hosts a series of candid conversations honoring the 57th anniversary of the #MarchOnWashington and this new era of the civil rights movement. C...",
    "cta_text": null,
    "landing_url": null,
    "format": "video",
    "media": {
      "thumbnail_url": "https://scontent-iad6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.35426-6/123131854_3586232378268717_4745383357747290556_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c53f8f&_nc_ohc=tpXEeRskuV...",
      "video_url": "https://video-iad6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m412/AQOhKuKthAVVa0rFEi41ggsiGpIjueM36xj6WP_vqqtBOe-ys_sa5nUBYG9fKBArU14yCLHp-zR-F0aBPcYRtpg.mp4?_nc_cat=107&_nc...",
      "audio_url": null,
      "image_urls": null,
      "width": null,
      "height": null
    },
    "regions": null,
    "publisher_platforms": [
      "facebook"
    ],
    "impressions": {
      "lower": 1000000,
      "upper": null,
      "currency": null
    },
    "spend": {
      "lower": 1000000,
      "upper": null,
      "currency": "USD"
    },
    "extra": {
      "byline": "Facebook, Inc.",
      "categories": [
        "POLITICAL"
      ],
      "contains_digital_created_media": false,
      "contains_sensitive_content": false,
      "disclaimer_label": "PAID_FOR_BY",
      "gated_type": "TAKEN_DOWN"
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Fields

One Ad in data.

A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`object`	`"ad"`
`platform`	Platform	yes	the ad library's platform
`id`	string	yes
`url`	string or null
`advertiser`	Advertiser or null
`status`	`"active"` or `"inactive"` or `"unknown"`
`started_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`ended_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`title`	string or null
`body`	string or null
`cta_text`	string or null
`landing_url`	string or null
`format`	string or null		"image" \| "video" \| "carousel" \| "text" \| platform-specific
`media`	Media

Show the other 5 fields

Field	Type	Notes
`regions`	string[] or null
`publisher_platforms`	string[] or null	where it ran: facebook, instagram, ...
`impressions`	Range or null
`spend`	Range or null
`extra`	object or null

Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.

Questions

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), unsupported_url (do not retry), not_found (do not retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The preview Python client has client.facebook.ad_library_ad(...) and the TypeScript client client.facebook.adLibraryAd(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. The packages are not published yet; plain HTTP works today in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

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