Meta Ads meta Ads Search API

Scrape ads from the Meta ad library

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "nike",
  "platforms": [
    "instagram"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'nike', platforms: ['instagram'], language: 'en'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search"

payload = {
    "query": "nike",
    "platforms": ["instagram"],
    "language": "en"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "adUrl": "<string>",
        "isActive": true,
        "adId": "<string>",
        "pageId": "<string>",
        "pageName": "<string>",
        "pageUrl": "<string>",
        "pageAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "pageCategories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "pageLikes": 0,
        "firstShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "lastShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "platforms": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "format": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "linkUrl": "<string>",
        "linkTitle": "<string>",
        "linkDescription": "<string>",
        "ctaText": "<string>",
        "imageUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "videoUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "cards": [
          {
            "text": "<string>",
            "linkUrl": "<string>",
            "linkTitle": "<string>",
            "ctaText": "<string>",
            "imageUrl": "<string>",
            "videoUrl": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "versions": 0,
        "categories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "paidBy": "<string>",
        "spendMin": 0,
        "spendMax": 0,
        "spendCurrency": "<string>",
        "impressionsMin": 0,
        "impressionsMax": 0,
        "reachMin": 0,
        "reachMax": 0,
        "countries": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

POST

meta

ads

Scrape ads from the Meta ad library

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "nike",
  "platforms": [
    "instagram"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'nike', platforms: ['instagram'], language: 'en'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search"

payload = {
    "query": "nike",
    "platforms": ["instagram"],
    "language": "en"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "adUrl": "<string>",
        "isActive": true,
        "adId": "<string>",
        "pageId": "<string>",
        "pageName": "<string>",
        "pageUrl": "<string>",
        "pageAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "pageCategories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "pageLikes": 0,
        "firstShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "lastShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "platforms": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "format": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "linkUrl": "<string>",
        "linkTitle": "<string>",
        "linkDescription": "<string>",
        "ctaText": "<string>",
        "imageUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "videoUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "cards": [
          {
            "text": "<string>",
            "linkUrl": "<string>",
            "linkTitle": "<string>",
            "ctaText": "<string>",
            "imageUrl": "<string>",
            "videoUrl": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "versions": 0,
        "categories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "paidBy": "<string>",
        "spendMin": 0,
        "spendMax": 0,
        "spendCurrency": "<string>",
        "impressionsMin": 0,
        "impressionsMax": 0,
        "reachMin": 0,
        "reachMax": 0,
        "countries": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

Scrape ads from the Meta ad library.

Request

query is required.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.meta.ads.search({ query: "nike", platforms: ["instagram"], language: "en" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.meta.ads.search(query="nike", platforms=["instagram"], language="en")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"nike","platforms":["instagram"],"language":"en"}'

stophy meta ads search nike --platforms instagram --language en

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data.results[] contains the ads that match, each with its page, text, format and platforms. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "adId": "925321173274919",
        "adUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=925321173274919",
        "pageId": "89516513179",
        "pageName": "Nordstrom Rack",
        "pageUrl": "https://facebook.com/NordstromRack",
        "pageAvatarUrl": "https://scontent-mia5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.35426-6/764807066_1529917005842224_1129201910993892893_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s60…",
        "pageCategories": ["Clothing (Brand)"],
        "pageLikes": 2518828,
        "isActive": true,
        "firstShownAt": "2026-08-03T07:00:00.000Z",
        "platforms": ["facebook", "instagram"],
        "format": "video",
        "text": "Buy online and pick up in store for free! Get up to 70% off Nike, Vince, Madewell, adidas and more.",
        "linkUrl": "https://fb.com/canvas_doc/1072291375736811",
        "linkTitle": "Fast & Free Pickup",
        "linkDescription": "Fast & Free Pickup",
        "ctaText": "Learn more",
        "videoUrls": ["https://video-mia5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m366/AQPMHFeiZ7eLWAaUSfl9UjSZ2QaJHkx2VTZvZtGQn2Lri3AqZsR0B4SYnzTlS8BwXd3tu…"],
        "versions": 2,
        "countries": ["US"]
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "AQHTwHM-vkpydSiDv773CcWZ17K3G0tZFLBXM2TO_cva3F8YzTvrI9ZkLpDUZtrHRCPc"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}

Field	Type	Description
`cursor`	string	The pagination token. Pass it as `cursor` to retrieve the next page. Omitted on the last page.
`firstShownAt`	string (ISO 8601)	The first day the ad was shown.
`countries`	string[]	Countries the Ad Library says the ad ran in. Meta sends none for most ads, so an empty list means unknown, not worldwide. It is not the country you searched.

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`country`	string	The country to query, as a two-letter ISO 3166-1 code, or `all`. If unset, defaults to `us`.
`status`	string	Active ads, inactive ads or both. Acceptable values are `active`, `inactive` and `all`. If unset, defaults to `active`.
`mediaType`	string	Restricts results to ads of this type. `text` means no image or video. Acceptable values are `image`, `video` and `text`.
`platforms`	string[]	Restricts results to ads shown on at least one of these platforms. Acceptable values are `facebook`, `instagram`, `audienceNetwork`, `messenger`, `whatsapp` and `threads`.
`language`	string	Restricts results to ads written in this language. Two-letter code, such as `en`.
`shownFrom`	string (date)	Restricts results to ads shown on or after this day. Format: `YYYY-MM-DD`.
`shownTo`	string (date)	Restricts results to ads shown on or before this day. Format: `YYYY-MM-DD`.
`cursor`	string	The pagination token from the previous response.

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

Results are paginated. To retrieve the next page, pass the value of data.cursor as cursor in a subsequent request. A response that omits cursor is the last page.

Meta ads by page: Accepts an ad’s pageId as advertiser. Scrape the ads a Facebook page runs.
Meta ad details: Accepts adUrl. Scrape a Meta ad’s details.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Query Parameters

maxTextLength

integer

Cut every text value in the response to this many characters. A value that was cut ends with …, and a page whose text was cut has isTruncated set to true. A screenshot is never cut. Leave it out to get the full text.

Required range: x >= 1

Body

application/json

query

string

required

Words to find in the ad. Several words match as one exact phrase.

Required string length: 1 - 200

country

string

default:us

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or all. Any case is accepted.

Pattern: ^(?:[A-Za-z]{2}|[Aa][Ll][Ll])$

status

enum<string>

default:active

Available options:

active,

inactive,

all

mediaType

enum<string>

The Ad Library's own Media type filter: image, video, or text (no image or video).

Available options:

image,

video,

text

platforms

enum<string>[]

The Ad Library's own Platform filter: only ads shown on at least one of these platforms.

Minimum array length: 1

Available options:

facebook,

instagram,

audienceNetwork,

messenger,

whatsapp,

threads

language

string

The Ad Library's own Language filter: a two-letter code like en. Only ads written in this language.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$

shownFrom

string<date>

The Ad Library's own Impressions by date: ads shown on or after this day.

Pattern:

^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))$

shownTo

string<date>

The Ad Library's own Impressions by date: ads shown on or before this day.

Pattern:

^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))$

cursor

string

The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is.

Minimum string length: 1

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success

any

required

data

object

required

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

requestId

string

required

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