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Google Ads Transparency Ad API Documentation

GET https://scrappa.co/api/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049

Fetch one ad in detail: its creative format, per-region presence with the dates it ran in each region, aggregate first and last shown dates, variants, variant flags and localized creative text. Pass the owning advertiser id taken from the ads list record for that creative.

Google Ads Transparency Ad API Documentation 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
advertiser_id = AR18378488041124659201 creative_id = CR09241904563038978049
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "regions": [],
        "first_shown": "2025-10-27",
        "last_shown": "2026-10-02"
    }
}

Parameters

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

Runnable path

2 required parameters needed before sending a request.

advertiser_id string Required

Owning advertiser id beginning with AR, taken from the ads list record for this creative.

Example value AR18378488041124659201
creative_id string Required

Creative id beginning with CR.

Example value CR09241904563038978049

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049",
    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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049');

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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049', 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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049',
    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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049")
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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049", 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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049', 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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049")
        .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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049", 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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049"
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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049"));
            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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049',
            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/google-ads-transparency/ad?advertiser_id=AR18378488041124659201&creative_id=CR09241904563038978049")
        .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.

success data
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "regions": [],
        "first_shown": "2025-10-27",
        "last_shown": "2026-10-02"
    }
}

Errors

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

422

HTTP 422

The request validation failed. Not billed.

UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE

HTTP UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE

No creative was returned for those identifiers, or the upstream service refused the request. Not billed.

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