Facebook Adlibrary Search Ads API
Scrape Facebook Adlibrary Search Ads data with one API call. Searches the Facebook Ad Library for ads matching a keyword. Returns matching ads with creative text, images, sponsor info, and status.
Last updated August 2026Maintained by the SocialCrawl team
Returns Facebook Ad Library ads matching a keyword, each with its creative text, images, sponsor info, and running status.
Use it to find ads across all advertisers by keyword; if you already know the advertiser, adlibrary/company/ads is more direct.
Searching 51 platforms in parallel
What can you do with the Adlibrary Search Ads API?
The Adlibrary Search Ads 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/search/ads?query=artificial+intelligence"import requests
response = requests.get(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/adlibrary/search/ads",
params={
'query': 'artificial intelligence',
},
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()const response = await fetch(
"https://www.socialcrawl.dev/v1/facebook/adlibrary/search/ads?query=artificial+intelligence",
{
headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
},
);
const data = await response.json();Parameters
| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| query | Yes | Search keyword or phrase to find ads in the Facebook Ad Library |
| sort_by | No | Sort by impressions (high to low), or Most Recent (relevancy_monthly_grouped). Defaults to impressions. (total_impressions | relevancy_monthly_grouped) |
| search_type | No | If you want to search by exact phrase or not (keyword_unordered | keyword_exact_phrase) |
| ad_type | No | Search for all ads or only political and issue ads (all | political_and_issue_ads) |
| country | No | This can only be one country. It has to be the 2 letter code for the country. It defaults to ALL. |
| status | No | Status of the ad. Defaults to ACTIVE. (ALL | ACTIVE | INACTIVE) |
| media_type | No | Media type of the ad. Defaults to ALL. Meme just means the ad has text and an image. No clue why they call it meme. (ALL | IMAGE | VIDEO | MEME | IMAGE_AND_MEME | NONE) |
| start_date | No | Impressions start date. Needs to be in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| end_date | No | Impressions end date. Needs to be in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| cursor | No | Cursor to paginate through results |
| trim | No | Set to true for a trimmed down version of the response |
What does the Facebook Adlibrary Search Ads 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": "google",
"endpoint": "/v1/google/search",
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "My Top 50 London Restaurants (26 Jan-9 Feb 2025)",
"url": "https://anguscolwell.substack.com/p/my-top-50-london-restaurants-26-jan",
"description": "Feb 9, 2025 · 1) Bouchon Racine, Farringdon. I'm completely obsessed with it, I love it more than anywhere else, it's operating on a level above any other ..."
},
{
"title": "The 38 Best London Restaurants According to Eater's Local Dining ...",
"url": "https://www.eater.com/maps/best-london-restaurants-eater-38",
"description": "The best meals in London, from Michelin fine dining to beloved street food, according to a longtime restaurant editor."
},
{
"title": "LONDON by The MICHELIN Guide",
"url": "https://guide.michelin.com/us/en/travel-guide/london",
"description": "Discover the beloved restaurants and exciting new openings that everyone is talking about: London's bustling pubs, MICHELIN-Starred restaurants that are among ..."
}
],
"dropped": 0
},
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 9999,
"request_id": "req-8Kq2ZmR4vT9xLb3P",
"cached": false,
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": "sc.eyJ2IjoyLCJjIjoiMiIsInAiOiJwYWdlIn0",
"has_more": true,
"page_size": 10
}
}Example captured from the Google Search API. Every SocialCrawl endpoint returns this same unified schema, so your Facebook Adlibrary Search Ads response has the same fields.
How does the Facebook Adlibrary Search Ads 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
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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(){
"success": true,
"platform": "tiktok",
"data": {
"author": {
"username": "charlidamelio",
"followers": 152400000
},
"engagement": {
"likes": 12400000000,
"engagement_rate": 0.087
},
"metadata": {
"language": "en",
"content_category": "lifestyle"
}
}
}Have a question? We got answers
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