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Facebook Ad Library Search

GET https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS

Search ads that Meta publishes in its ad transparency library. Supply a query for keyword search, or a page_id to search one advertiser, optionally using either or both. Returns creative text, call-to-action, destination links, media URLs, advertiser identity, delivery dates, active status and publishing platform for up to 10 ads per request, plus a cursor for the next page. A single request covers one upstream lookup and costs one credit. The library has no sorting option: the public surface rejects every published sort mode, so ads are returned in the library's own order. spend and impressions are often absent for individual ads and are returned as null rather than estimated. Reach is reported only as a coarse display bucket.

Facebook Ad Library Search 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "engine": "facebook_ad_library",
        "query": "climate",
        "page_id": null,
        "country": "US",
        "ad_type": "POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS",
        "media_type": null,
        "active_status": null,
        "start_date": null,
        "publisher_platforms": null,
        "cursor": null
    },
    "ads": [
...

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.

9 optional filters available.

query string Optional

Keyword to search for in public ads.

Example value climate
page_id string Optional

Numeric advertiser page id to search a single advertiser. Obtain it from the advertisers endpoint.

Example value 1234567890
country string Optional

Two-letter ISO country code to restrict the search to.

Example value US
ad_type string Optional

Ad category to filter by: ALL, POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS, CREDIT_ADS, FINANCIAL_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES_ADS, EMPLOYMENT_ADS, HOUSING_ADS or UNCATEGORIZED_ADS.

Example value POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS
media_type string Optional

Creative format to filter by: ALL, IMAGE, MEME, IMAGE_AND_MEME, VIDEO or NONE.

Example value example
active_status string Optional

Restrict to currently running ads (ACTIVE), stopped ads (INACTIVE) or both (ALL).

Example value example
publisher_platforms array Optional

Restrict to ads placed on given platforms, such as facebook, instagram or audience_network. Pass the parameter more than once to allow several platforms.

Example value ["example"]
start_date integer Optional

Only return ads whose delivery started at or after this Unix timestamp in seconds.

Example value 2026-06-15
cursor string Optional

Pagination cursor taken from the previous response.

Example value 0

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/facebook-ad-library/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS",
    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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS');

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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS', 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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS',
    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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS")
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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS", 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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS', 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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS")
        .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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS", 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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS"
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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS"));
            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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS',
            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/search?query=climate&country=US&ad_type=POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS")
        .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.

search_parameters ads ads_count pagination response_time_ms

Common ads fields

ad_archive_id page_id page_name page_profile_uri
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "engine": "facebook_ad_library",
        "query": "climate",
        "page_id": null,
        "country": "US",
        "ad_type": "POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS",
        "media_type": null,
        "active_status": null,
        "start_date": null,
        "publisher_platforms": null,
        "cursor": null
    },
    "ads": [
        {
            "ad_archive_id": "558896812037021",
            "page_id": "15087023444",
            "page_name": "Example Advertiser",
            "page_profile_uri": "https://www.facebook.com/example",
            "page_like_count": 12000,
            "page_categories": [
                "Government"
            ],
            "publisher_platform": "facebook",
            "publisher_platforms": [
                "facebook",
                "instagram"
            ],
            "is_active": false,
            "ad_delivery_start_time": "2023-05-04T00:00:00+00:00",
            "ad_delivery_stop_time": "2023-06-01T00:00:00+00:00",
            "text": "Example political advertising creative text.",
            "title": null,
            "caption": null,
            "cta_text": "Learn more",
            "cta_type": "LEARN_MORE",
            "link_url": "https://example.com",
            "display_format": "single_image",
            "images": [
                "https://example.com/image.jpg"
            ],
            "videos": [],
            "cards": [],
            "spend": null,
            "impressions_with_index": null,
            "reach_estimate": ">1M",
            "reach_estimate_bucket": ">1M",
            "reach_estimate_is_coarse_bucket": true,
            "platform_delivery": []
        }
    ],
    "ads_count": 1,
    "pagination": {
        "next_cursor": "CURSOR_FROM_RESPONSE",
        "has_more": true
    },
    "response_time_ms": 1200
}

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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