---
title: "Ad video library"
method: GET
path: "/v1/ads/videos"
tags: ["Ad Creatives"]
---

# Ad video library

`GET /v1/ads/videos`

Lists the ad account's video library (Meta's `/act_X/advideos`), rows returned verbatim.
The default projection covers id, title, status, poster frames, length and `source` (the
playable MP4); `fields` is a raw-passthrough override. Any `id` here is reusable as
`video.id` on the create endpoints, so N ads that differ only in copy share one upload.

`source` lets you PLAY a video before picking it, which a poster frame alone can't settle
when several videos share a first frame. It is a signed CDN URL that EXPIRES, so treat it
as good for preview at selection time only. Never persist it; re-list to get a fresh one.

This is the only way to reach a video uploaded OUTSIDE Zernio (Ads Manager, another
tool); videos we uploaded also come back as `creative.videoId` on GET /v1/ads.

Meta transcodes asynchronously, so a row is only usable once `status.video_status`
reads `ready`. Upload a new video via POST /v1/ads/videos, or inline via `video.url`
on POST /v1/ads/create.

## Query parameters

- `accountId` string, required
- `adAccountId` string, required
- `fields` string
- `limit` integer
- `after` string

## Response `200`

Ad videos (raw Meta shape)

- object
  - `adAccountId` string
  - `data` object[]
  - `paging` object
    - `after` string, nullable — Cursor for the next page; null when exhausted.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — The account or requested resource was not found or is not accessible. An account ID may have been disconnected and removed. Read GET /v1/accounts for current account IDs.
- `409` — The account exists but is inactive or needs reconnection. Reconnect it, then read GET /v1/accounts for its current account ID before retrying. Code: ads_connection_required.
- `501` — Only supported on Meta (facebook/instagram)

## Changes

- **2026-09-16** `3e6ddf2a99ea` — 3 info
  - added the optional property `details/budgetScope` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `details/budgetScope` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `details/budgetScope` to the response with the `409` status
- **2026-09-15** `0dba7d004d75` — 6 info
  - added the optional property `details/quotaExhausted` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `details/quotaExhausted` to the response with the `404` status
  - added the optional property `details/quotaExhausted` to the response with the `409` status
  - added the optional property `details/quotaScope` to the response with the `400` status
  - …2 more
- **2026-09-10** `e70ed06e7150` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
- **2026-08-22** `19fd2b70854e` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/zernio/apis/zernio-api/changes/v1/ads/videos/get.md)

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