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Facebook Ad Library Filters

GET https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/filters?country=DE

Get the filter context available for ad searches: suggested advertiser pages with their ad counts, and the content languages the library can be searched in. The library also defines facet lists for countries, cities, targeted regions, reached regions and disclaimers, but those are empty in the public library itself; they are returned as empty lists rather than omitted, and an empty list is the correct response rather than a failed lookup. A single request covers one upstream lookup and costs one credit.

Facebook Ad Library Filters 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/filters?country=DE
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "filters": {
        "pages": [
            {
                "page_id": "15087023444",
                "page_name": "Nike",
                "ad_count": 512
            }
        ],
        "content_languages": [
            "de",
            "en"
        ],
        "countries": [],
...

Parameters

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

Runnable path

This endpoint has no required query parameters.

3 optional filters available.

query string Optional

Optional keyword to tailor the suggested advertiser pages.

Example value coffee shops
country string Optional

Two-letter ISO country code.

Example value DE
ad_type string Optional

Ad category: 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/filters?country=DE",
    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/filters?country=DE');

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/filters?country=DE', 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/filters?country=DE',
    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/filters?country=DE")
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/filters?country=DE", 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/filters?country=DE', 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/filters?country=DE")
        .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/filters?country=DE", 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/filters?country=DE"
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/filters?country=DE"));
            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/filters?country=DE',
            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/filters?country=DE")
        .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.

filters populated_facet_lists empty_facet_lists empty_facet_lists_note response_time_ms
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "filters": {
        "pages": [
            {
                "page_id": "15087023444",
                "page_name": "Nike",
                "ad_count": 512
            }
        ],
        "content_languages": [
            "de",
            "en"
        ],
        "countries": [],
        "cities": [],
        "targeted_regions": [],
        "reached_regions": [],
        "disclaimers": []
    },
    "populated_facet_lists": [
        "pages",
        "content_languages"
    ],
    "empty_facet_lists": [
        "countries",
        "cities",
        "targeted_regions",
        "reached_regions",
        "disclaimers"
    ],
    "empty_facet_lists_note": "The public Ad Library returns several of these facet lists empty. An empty list is the correct response, not a failed lookup; each list above is derived from what this response actually carried.",
    "response_time_ms": 380
}

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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