---
title: "Search ads"
method: GET
path: "/v1/facebook/adLibrary/search/ads"
tags: ["Meta Ads Library"]
---

# Search ads

`GET /v1/facebook/adLibrary/search/ads`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com`
- URL: `https://api.scrapeatlas.com/v1/facebook/adLibrary/search/ads`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Retrieve one public page with the documented filters and an opaque continuation cursor. Lowercase /adlibrary/ aliases return canonical Post/Author data. Each successful request costs 1 account credit, including partial results. Failed requests cost 0 credits.

## Query parameters

- `query` string, required
- `search_type` 'keyword_unordered' | 'keyword_exact_phrase'
- `ad_type` 'all' | 'political_and_issue_ads'
- `country` string
- `status` 'ALL' | 'ACTIVE' | 'INACTIVE'
- `media_type` 'ALL' | 'IMAGE' | 'VIDEO' | 'MEME' | 'IMAGE_AND_MEME' | 'NONE'
- `sort_by` 'total_impressions' | 'relevancy_monthly_grouped'
- `language` string
- `start_date` string
- `end_date` string
- `trim` 'true' | 'false'
- `cursor` string

## Response `200`

Inspect the response status and failure or coverage fields.

- union
  - object
    - `success` true, required
    - `status` 'success' | 'partial', required
    - `requestId` string, required
    - `sourceUrl` string, uri, required
    - `fetchedAt` string, date-time, required
    - `coverage` object, required
      - `source` 'public_browser', required
      - `complete` boolean, required
      - `warnings` string[], required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `ads` object[], required
      - `ad_archive_id` string, required
      - `page_id` string, required
      - `is_active` boolean, required
      - `snapshot` object, required
    - `searchResults` object[], required
      - `ad_archive_id` string, required
      - `page_id` string, required
      - `is_active` boolean, required
      - `snapshot` object, required
    - `cursor` string, nullable, required
    - `searchResultsCount` number, nullable, required
  - object
    - `success` false, required
    - `status` 'failed' | 'challenged', required
    - `requestId` string, required
    - `accounting` object, required
      - `upstreamRequests` integer, required
      - `responseBytes` integer, required
      - `durationMs` number, required
    - `failure` object, required
      - `code` 'invalid_request' | 'unauthorized' | 'not_found' | 'upstream_challenged' | 'upstream_rate_limited' | 'upstream_error' | 'unsupported_page' | 'restricted_page' | 'response_too_large' | 'unsafe_redirect' | 'request_limit' | 'timeout' | 'payload_too_complex' | 'busy' | 'transcription_unavailable' | 'transcription_failed' | 'transcription_too_long', required
      - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `401`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `402`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `403`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `404`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `408`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `413`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `429`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `500`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `502`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `503`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.
- `504`: Request could not complete; inspect error or failure.code.

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