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Facebook Ad Library Advertisers

GET https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike

Look up advertiser pages whose ads appear in the ad transparency library, by name fragment. Returns the numeric page id for each match along with the page name, profile link, categories and linked Instagram handle. Use the returned page_id with the search endpoint to retrieve that advertiser's ads. This lookup is a separate request with its own credit; the search endpoint does not resolve page ids for you.

Facebook Ad Library Advertisers 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
query = nike
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "advertisers": [
        {
            "page_id": "15087023444",
            "page_name": "Nike",
            "page_profile_uri": "https://www.facebook.com/nike",
            "page_image_uri": "https://example.com/nike.jpg",
            "page_categories": [
                "Retail"
            ],
            "instagram_username": "nike"
        }
    ],
    "advertisers_count": 1,
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

2 optional filters available.

query string Required

Name or name fragment of the advertiser to look up.

Example value nike
country string Optional

Two-letter ISO country code to search within.

Example value US
ad_type string Optional

Ad category to match against: ALL, POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS, CREDIT_ADS, FINANCIAL_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES_ADS, EMPLOYMENT_ADS, HOUSING_ADS or UNCATEGORIZED_ADS.

Example value example

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike",
    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: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/advertisers?query=nike")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

advertisers advertisers_count response_time_ms

Common advertisers fields

page_id page_name page_profile_uri page_image_uri
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "advertisers": [
        {
            "page_id": "15087023444",
            "page_name": "Nike",
            "page_profile_uri": "https://www.facebook.com/nike",
            "page_image_uri": "https://example.com/nike.jpg",
            "page_categories": [
                "Retail"
            ],
            "instagram_username": "nike"
        }
    ],
    "advertisers_count": 1,
    "response_time_ms": 420
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

503

Ad library temporarily unavailable

The public ad library could not be reached. The request is not billed.

422

Unsupported filter value

One of the filter values is outside the published set. No upstream request is made and no credits are charged.

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