Google Ads Transparency Scraper

Search advertisers, list company ads, and inspect public creatives from Google's Ads Transparency Center without sign-in.

Socialv0.1.0~3 credits/runSource on GitHub

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Overview

Google Ads Transparency Scraper reads the public rendered transparency pages that Google exposes without sign-in. It returns source-linked advertiser IDs, creative IDs, public preview assets, legal identity fields, region context, and visible ad details.

Last validated: Jul 15, 2026

Input

urlstring

Public Google Ads Transparency creative URL.

mode"advertiser_search" | "company_ads" | "ad"required

Search advertisers, list company ads, or inspect one creative.

querystring

Advertiser name or domain for advertiser_search mode.

domainstring

Company domain for company_ads mode.

regionstringdefault: "US"

Two-letter country code.

creative_idstring

Google creative ID.

max_resultsintegerdefault: 10

Maximum records to return.

advertiser_idstring

Google advertiser ID.

Output

adobject

Resolved individual creative.

ad.ad_urlstring

Public creative URL.

ad.formatstring

Visible creative format.

ad.shown_instring

Visible region label.

ad.funded_bystring

Visible funding entity.

ad.image_urlstring

Public creative preview image.

ad.last_shownstring

Visible last-shown date label.

ad.creative_idstring

Google creative ID.

ad.advertiser_idstring

Google advertiser ID.

ad.advertiser_namestring

Visible advertiser name.

adsobject[]required

Public Google ad creatives.

modestringrequired

Resolved operation.

countintegerrequired

Number of primary records returned.

querystring

Resolved advertiser query.

regionstring

Google transparency region.

websitesobject[]required

Resolved company domains.

source_urlstringrequired

Fetched public source URL.

advertisersobject[]required

Matching Google advertiser identities.

Examples

advertiser-search

{
  "mode": "advertiser_search",
  "query": "nike.com",
  "region": "AU",
  "max_results": 5
}

company-ads

{
  "mode": "company_ads",
  "region": "AU",
  "max_results": 5,
  "advertiser_id": "AR09595561223982678017"
}

ad-details

{
  "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR09595561223982678017/creative/CR17026385065933799425",
  "mode": "ad",
  "region": "AU"
}

Use cases

Competitor ad monitoring

List stable creative URLs and preview assets for a company domain or advertiser ID.

Advertiser verification

Resolve a brand query to Google's advertiser identity, legal name, home region, and advertiser ID.

Creative inspection

Inspect a known public Google creative with its format, last-shown date, funding label, and region.

FAQ

Does this require Google sign-in?

No. It only returns information exposed by Google's public Ads Transparency Center without sign-in.

Does it return every ad?

No. Google can withhold age-restricted or otherwise gated ads, and this tool reports only public rendered results.

Can I use a domain or advertiser ID?

Yes. Company ads accepts either a public company domain or a Google advertiser ID beginning with AR.

Use it anywhere

MCP (Claude, ChatGPT, Codex)

# After connecting https://betterfetch.co/api/mcp, ask your AI to:
1. Call search_tools for "Google Ads Transparency Scraper"
2. Call run_tool with:
   name: "google_ad_library_scraper"
   input: {"mode":"advertiser_search","query":"nike.com","region":"AU","max_results":5}

REST

curl -sS -X POST "https://betterfetch.co/api/tools/google_ad_library_scraper/run" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer bf_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"input": {"mode":"advertiser_search","query":"nike.com","region":"AU","max_results":5}}'

Run locally

git clone https://github.com/better-fetch/tools/tree/main/tools/google-ad-library-scraper && cd google-ad-library-scraper && npm i
BETTER_FETCH_API_KEY=bf_your_key_here npx bf-tool run --input '{"mode":"advertiser_search","query":"nike.com","region":"AU","max_results":5}'