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LinkedIn Ads Search

GET https://scrappa.co/api/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US

Search the public LinkedIn Ad Library by keyword, country, and date range. Returns ad rows with their numeric ad IDs so you can request full ad details. One request performs exactly one upstream lookup, so one credit buys one page. When more results exist the response carries pagination_token; send it back as pagination_token on the next request, which is a separate, separately billed lookup. upstream_calls reports the real upstream request count and exceeds 1 only when a request was refused and retried, which is a retry of the same page rather than a fan-out and costs no extra credit. An Ad Library page that returns no ads is never billed. The Errors section lists the common cases rather than every code: any failed request carries an error_code, and none of them is billed.

LinkedIn Ads Search 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
keyword = analytics platform
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "ads": [
        {
            "ad_id": "541239876501",
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/541239876501"
        }
    ],
    "ad_count": 1,
    "upstream_calls": 1,
    "is_last_page": false,
    "pagination_token": "next-page-token"
}

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.

6 optional filters available.

keyword string Required

Search phrase.

Example value analytics platform
countries[] string Optional

Repeatable 2-letter country code (e.g., countries[]=US&countries[]=DE).

Example value example
dateOption string Optional

last-30-days or custom-date-range.

Example value example
startdate string Optional

Range start as YYYY-MM-DD. Only used with custom-date-range.

Example value example
enddate string Optional

Range end as YYYY-MM-DD. Only used with custom-date-range.

Example value example
accountOwner string Optional

Restrict results to one advertiser.

Example value example
pagination_token string Optional

Continuation token from a previous response, for the next page. It is one separately billed lookup.

Example value example

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US",
    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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US');

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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US', 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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US',
    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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US")
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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US", 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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US', 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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US")
        .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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US", 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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US"
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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US"));
            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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US',
            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/linkedin/ads/search?keyword=analytics+platform&countries%5B0%5D=US")
        .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.

ads ad_count upstream_calls is_last_page pagination_token

Common ads fields

ad_id url
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "ads": [
        {
            "ad_id": "541239876501",
            "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/541239876501"
        }
    ],
    "ad_count": 1,
    "upstream_calls": 1,
    "is_last_page": false,
    "pagination_token": "next-page-token"
}

Errors

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

422

Validation Error

The keyword parameter is missing, or a filter value is out of range.

{
    "message": "The request validation failed",
    "errors": {
        "keyword": [
            "The keyword field is required."
        ]
    }
}
404

No Ads Found

LinkedIn returned an Ad Library page with no ads, which means this search matched nothing or the pagination token reached the end of the result set. Not billed.

{
    "success": false,
    "message": "No ads matched this query.",
    "status_code": 404,
    "error_code": "linkedin_ads_search_no_results"
}
403

Ad Library Refused

LinkedIn answered with a full-size page carrying no ads, which is how it refuses a blocked request. Retrying usually succeeds. Not billed, so this is never mistaken for a search that matched nothing.

{
    "success": false,
    "message": "LinkedIn Ad Library refused this search. Please try again.",
    "status_code": 403,
    "error_code": "linkedin_ads_search_wall"
}
503

Upstream Error

LinkedIn answered with a non-success status that is neither a refusal wall nor an empty result. Failed requests are never billed.

{
    "success": false,
    "message": "LinkedIn Ad Library search is temporarily unavailable.",
    "status_code": 503,
    "error_code": "linkedin_ad_search_upstream_error"
}
503

Request Not Dispatched

Scrappa could not send this request to LinkedIn at all, so no data was retrieved. Please try again in a moment. Failed requests are never billed.

{
    "success": false,
    "message": "LinkedIn Ad Library search is temporarily unavailable.",
    "status_code": 503,
    "error_code": "upstream_unavailable"
}
503

Transport Unavailable

The request never produced a usable answer, so the retrieval path was unavailable. Failed requests are never billed.

{
    "success": false,
    "message": "LinkedIn Ad Library search is temporarily unavailable.",
    "status_code": 503,
    "error_code": "linkedin_ad_library_transport_unavailable"
}

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