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Facebook Adlibrary Ad API

Scrape Facebook Adlibrary Ad data with one API call. Returns one ad from the Facebook Ad Library. Video creatives land in `content.media_urls` (playable URL) and `content.thumbnail_url` (preview frame); every ad signal rides the `post.ext.ad` envelope: CTA text and type, `link_url`, `is_active`, `end_date_iso`, `display_format`, `title`, `publisher_platforms`, `categories`, the video URLs, and the advertiser's own `page_id`, `page_profile_uri` (their Facebook page, so you can chain straight to `/v1/facebook/profile`), `page_like_count` and `page_categories`. **`spend`, `reach_estimate` and `currency` are populated by Facebook for POLITICAL and issue ads only** and read null or empty on a commercial ad; Facebook publishes no per-ad impression count outside that same political set, so there is no impressions figure to return. `post.author.username` is null by design: an Ad Library record carries the page NAME, not its handle, and a name is not a handle. An ad has no public view count, so `engagement.views` carries Facebook's audience REACH ESTIMATE where one exists (political and issue ads) and is null everywhere else; the same figure is on `post.ext.ad.reach_estimate` under its real name, and `computed.engagement_rate` is derived from it rather than from any real engagement. `published_at` is the ad's first-run DATE; the `07:00:00Z` clock component on every row is an artefact of Facebook storing ad dates on a US Pacific day boundary and carries no sub-day meaning. For ad video transcripts use `/v1/facebook/adlibrary/ad/transcript` (separate endpoint, premium tier).

Last updated September 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team

Returns one ad from the Facebook Ad Library: creative, CTA and link, run dates, display format, and the advertiser's page URL, likes and categories.

Use it when you have an ad id or URL. Spend and reach are political-ads-only, and Facebook publishes no per-ad impression count.

Searching 65 platforms in parallel

·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
·TikTok logoTikTok·Instagram logoInstagram·YouTube logoYouTube·Facebook logoFacebook·X logoX·LinkedIn logoLinkedIn·Reddit logoReddit·Threads logoThreads·Pinterest logoPinterest·Twitch logoTwitch·Truth Social logoTruth Social·Snapchat logoSnapchat·Kick logoKick·Bluesky logoBluesky·Kwai logoKwai·Rumble logoRumble·Spotify logoSpotify·Apple Music logoApple Music·TikTok Shop logoTikTok Shop·Amazon Shop logoAmazon Shop·Google Shopping logoGoogle Shopping·Trustpilot logoTrustpilot·TripAdvisor logoTripAdvisor·Yelp logoYelp·Linktree logoLinktree·Komi logoKomi·Pillar logoPillar·lnk.bio logolnk.bio·Facebook Ads logoFacebook Ads·Google Ads logoGoogle Ads·LinkedIn Ads logoLinkedIn Ads·Google Search logoGoogle Search·Google News logoGoogle News·Finance logoFinance·Polymarket logoPolymarket·Tavily logoTavily·Hacker News logoHacker News·GitHub logoGitHub·Perplexity logoPerplexity·Naver logoNaver·Utility logoUtility·Universal Search logoUniversal Search
Facebook API

What can you do with the Adlibrary Ad API?

The Adlibrary Ad endpoint gives you structured Facebook data with computed fields in a single request. No scraping infrastructure to build or maintain.

Example Request

curl -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/adlibrary/ad?id=1702938977100376"
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/adlibrary/ad",
    params={
    'id': '1702938977100376',
    },
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)

data = response.json()
const response = await fetch(
  "https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/adlibrary/ad?id=1702938977100376",
  {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  },
);

const data = await response.json();

Parameters

ParameterRequiredDescription
idNoFacebook Ad Library ad ID. Ad ids rotate as campaigns end, so take a current one from `/v1/facebook/adlibrary/company/ads` or `/v1/facebook/adlibrary/search/ads` rather than reusing an old one.
urlNoFacebook Ad Library URL for the ad (`https://www.facebook.com/ads/library?id=...`). A page URL is rejected with a 400 at 0 credits.
trimNoSet to true for a trimmed down version of the response
Example Response

What does the Facebook Adlibrary Ad API return?

Every response follows one unified schema. Here is a real, unmodified response body, so you can see the exact fields you get back before spending a credit.

Example response
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "youtube",
  "endpoint": "/v1/youtube/video",
  "data": {
    "post": {
      "id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "content": {
        "text": "Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Video) (4K Remaster)",
        "thumbnail_url": "https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQw4w9WgXcQ/hqdefault.jpg",
        "duration_seconds": 214,
        "media_urls": "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"
      },
      "author": {
        "username": "UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw",
        "display_name": "Rick Astley",
        "avatar_url": null,
        "verified": null
      },
      "engagement": {
        "views": 1789065639,
        "likes": 19216844,
        "comments": 2443809,
        "shares": null,
        "saves": null
      },
      "published_at": "2009-10-25T06:57:33Z",
      "url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ",
      "ext": {
        "content_type": "video",
        "tags": [
          "rick astley",
          "Never Gonna Give You Up",
          "nggyu",
          "never gonna give you up lyrics",
          "rick rolled",
          "Rick Roll",
          "rick astley official",
          "rickrolled",
          "Fortnite song",
          "Fortnite event",
          "Fortnite dance",
          "fortnite never gonna give you up",
          "rick roll",
          "rickrolling",
          "rick rolling",
          "never gonna give you up",
          "80s music",
          "rick astley new",
          "animated video",
          "rickroll",
          "meme songs",
          "never gonna give u up lyrics",
          "Rick Astley 2022",
          "never gonna let you down",
          "animated",
          "rick rolls 2022",
          "never gonna give you up karaoke"
        ],
        "categoryId": "10",
        "categoryTitle": "Music",
        "topicCategories": [
          "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_music",
          "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music",
          "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_music",
          "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues",
          "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music"
        ],
        "duration": "PT3M34S",
        "license": "youtube",
        "madeForKids": false,
        "defaultAudioLanguage": "en",
        "hasPaidProductPlacement": false,
        "caption": "true",
        "description": "The official video for “Never Gonna Give You Up” by Rick Astley. \n\nNever: The Autobiography 📚 OUT NOW! \nFollow this link to get your copy and listen to Rick’s ‘Never’ playlist ❤️ #RickAstleyNever\nhttps://linktr.ee/rickastleynever\n\n“Never Gonna Give You Up” was a global smash on its release in July 1987, topping the charts in 25 countries including Rick’s native UK and the US Billboard Hot 100.  It also won the Brit Award for Best single in 1988. Stock Aitken and Waterman wrote and produced the track which was the lead-off single and lead track from Rick’s debut LP “Whenever You Need Somebody”.  The album was itself a UK number one and would go on to sell over 15 million copies worldwide.\n\nThe legendary video was directed by Simon West – who later went on to make Hollywood blockbusters such as Con Air, Lara Croft – Tomb Raider and The Expendables 2.  The video passed the 1bn YouTube views milestone on 28 July 2021.\n\nSubscribe to the official Rick Astley YouTube channel: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/YTSubID\n\nFollow Rick Astley:\nFacebook: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/FBFollowID \nTwitter: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/TwitterID \nInstagram: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/InstagramID \nWebsite: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/storeID \nTikTok: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/TikTokID\n\nListen to Rick Astley:\nSpotify: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/SpotifyID \nApple Music: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/AppleMusicID \nAmazon Music: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/AmazonMusicID \nDeezer: https://RickAstley.lnk.to/DeezerID \n\nLyrics:\nWe’re no strangers to love\nYou know the rules and so do I\nA full commitment’s what I’m thinking of\nYou wouldn’t get this from any other guy\n\nI just wanna tell you how I’m feeling\nGotta make you understand\n\nNever gonna give you up\nNever gonna let you down\nNever gonna run around and desert you\nNever gonna make you cry\nNever gonna say goodbye\nNever gonna tell a lie and hurt you\n\nWe’ve known each other for so long\nYour heart’s been aching but you’re too shy to say it\nInside we both know what’s been going on\nWe know the game and we’re gonna play it\n\nAnd if you ask me how I’m feeling\nDon’t tell me you’re too blind to see\n\nNever gonna give you up\nNever gonna let you down\nNever gonna run around and desert you\nNever gonna make you cry\nNever gonna say goodbye\nNever gonna tell a lie and hurt you\n\n#RickAstley #NeverGonnaGiveYouUp #WheneverYouNeedSomebody #OfficialMusicVideo",
        "default_language": "en"
      },
      "flags": {
        "deleted": false,
        "nsfw": null,
        "spoiler": null,
        "pinned": null
      }
    },
    "computed": {
      "engagement_rate": 0.012107,
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "entertainment",
      "estimated_reach": 2146878767
    }
  },
  "credits_used": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 9999,
  "request_id": "req-8Kq2ZmR4vT9xLb3P",
  "cached": false
}

Example captured from the YouTube API. Every SocialCrawl endpoint returns this same unified schema, so your Facebook Adlibrary Ad response has the same fields.

API Details

How does the Facebook Adlibrary Ad API work?

Send a GET request with your API key and get back clean, structured JSON in our unified schema. Supported computed fields are populated when the source provides the required inputs.

Method

GET

Response

JSON

Why SocialCrawl

Why use SocialCrawl for Facebook Adlibrary Ad data?

We handle the complexity of Facebook data extraction so you can focus on building. Unified schema, AI enrichment, and zero platform logic in your code.

Developer First

How do you scrape social media data in seconds?

The fastest social media scraping API for developers. Scrape profiles, posts, comments, and analytics from 65 platforms covering 10B+ monthly active users.

One schema, every platform

Query 65 platforms with identical response structures. Write your integration once.

Computed fields, not just scraped

When an endpoint supports these metrics and the source provides the required inputs, the normalized record includes engagement_rate, estimated_reach, content_category, and language. Ready to use.

See your data before you code

Visual Data Explorer. Paste any URL, get rich result cards, sortable tables, CSV export.

import requests

response = requests.get(
    'https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/tiktok/profile',
    params={'handle': 'charlidamelio'},
    headers={'x-api-key': 'sc_YOUR_API_KEY'}
)
data = response.json()
[ .JSON ]
{
  "success": true,
  "platform": "tiktok",
  "data": {
    "author": {
      "username": "charlidamelio",
      "followers": 152400000
    },
    "engagement": {
      "likes": 12400000000,
      "engagement_rate": 0.087
    },
    "metadata": {
      "language": "en",
      "content_category": "lifestyle"
    }
  }
}
+ 65 platforms
FAQ

Have a question? We got answers

Find answers to frequently asked questions about SocialCrawl's API, pricing, and capabilities.

Contact us
How do I fetch a Facebook Ad Library ad via API?
Send a GET request to /v1/facebook/adlibrary/ad with either the ad id or the Facebook Ad URL. SocialCrawl returns the ad creative, spend range, impressions range, targeting, start date, and advertiser info.
What data does the Ad Library endpoint return?
Every ad includes the creative (text, images, video URL), advertiser page info, status, EU spend range, impressions bucket, targeting parameters, date range, and ad disclaimer. Covers political and commercial ads.
How much does the Ad Library API cost?
Each Ad Library ad request costs 5 credits on the advanced tier. New accounts get 100 free credits with no credit card required, enough to pull 20 ad records before paying. Ideal for ad intelligence workflows.
Can I get the video transcript for a video ad?
Yes. Pass get_transcript=true and the response will include the video transcript when the ad is under 2 minutes. Perfect for competitive copy analysis and finding winning hooks in competitor creatives.
Does it include political and issue ads?
Yes. The endpoint returns both commercial and political/issue ads with full transparency data: funding entity, ad disclaimer, targeting criteria, and spend/impressions ranges reported by Meta.

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