Meta Ads search API

Search ads in the Meta ad library

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "nike",
  "platforms": [
    "instagram"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'nike', platforms: ['instagram'], language: 'en'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search"

payload = {
    "query": "nike",
    "platforms": ["instagram"],
    "language": "en"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "adUrl": "<string>",
        "isActive": true,
        "versions": 0,
        "adId": "<string>",
        "pageId": "<string>",
        "pageName": "<string>",
        "pageUrl": "<string>",
        "pageAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "pageCategories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "pageLikes": 0,
        "firstShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "lastShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "platforms": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "format": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "linkUrl": "<string>",
        "linkTitle": "<string>",
        "linkDescription": "<string>",
        "ctaText": "<string>",
        "imageUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "videoUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "cards": [
          {
            "text": "<string>",
            "linkUrl": "<string>",
            "linkTitle": "<string>",
            "ctaText": "<string>",
            "imageUrl": "<string>",
            "videoUrl": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "categories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "paidBy": "<string>",
        "spendMin": 0,
        "spendMax": 0,
        "spendCurrency": "<string>",
        "impressionsMin": 0,
        "impressionsMax": 0,
        "reachMin": 0,
        "reachMax": 0,
        "countries": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

POST

meta

ads

Search ads in the Meta ad library

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "query": "nike",
  "platforms": [
    "instagram"
  ],
  "language": "en"
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({query: 'nike', platforms: ['instagram'], language: 'en'})
};

fetch('https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

import requests

url = "https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search"

payload = {
    "query": "nike",
    "platforms": ["instagram"],
    "language": "en"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "adUrl": "<string>",
        "isActive": true,
        "versions": 0,
        "adId": "<string>",
        "pageId": "<string>",
        "pageName": "<string>",
        "pageUrl": "<string>",
        "pageAvatarUrl": "<string>",
        "pageCategories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "pageLikes": 0,
        "firstShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "lastShownAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
        "platforms": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "format": "<string>",
        "text": "<string>",
        "linkUrl": "<string>",
        "linkTitle": "<string>",
        "linkDescription": "<string>",
        "ctaText": "<string>",
        "imageUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "videoUrls": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "cards": [
          {
            "text": "<string>",
            "linkUrl": "<string>",
            "linkTitle": "<string>",
            "ctaText": "<string>",
            "imageUrl": "<string>",
            "videoUrl": "<string>"
          }
        ],
        "categories": [
          "<string>"
        ],
        "paidBy": "<string>",
        "spendMin": 0,
        "spendMax": 0,
        "spendCurrency": "<string>",
        "impressionsMin": 0,
        "impressionsMax": 0,
        "reachMin": 0,
        "reachMax": 0,
        "countries": [
          "<string>"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "<string>"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 123,
  "requestId": "<string>"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "cliSessionCompleted",
    "message": "<string>",
    "retryable": true,
    "requestId": "<string>",
    "retryAfterSeconds": 123,
    "requiredCredits": 123,
    "availableCredits": 123,
    "billingUrl": "https://stophy.dev/billing"
  }
}

Searches ads in the Meta ad library.

Request

query is required.

import { Stophy } from "stophy";

const stophy = new Stophy({ apiKey: process.env.STOPHY_API_KEY });
const result = await stophy.meta.ads.search({ query: "nike", platforms: ["instagram"], language: "en" });
console.log(result.data.results);

from stophy import Stophy

stophy = Stophy()  # reads STOPHY_API_KEY
result = stophy.meta.ads.search(query="nike", platforms=["instagram"], language="en")
print(result["data"]["results"])

curl -X POST https://api.stophy.dev/v1/meta/ads/search \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STOPHY_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"nike","platforms":["instagram"],"language":"en"}'

stophy meta ads search nike --platforms instagram --language en

Response

If successful, the response body contains the standard envelope. data.results[] contains the ads that match, each with its page, text, format and platforms. The following example is a real response, truncated: each list shows one item and long strings are cut.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "results": [
      {
        "adId": "925321173274919",
        "adUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=925321173274919",
        "pageId": "89516513179",
        "pageName": "Nordstrom Rack",
        "pageUrl": "https://facebook.com/NordstromRack",
        "pageAvatarUrl": "https://scontent-mia5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.35426-6/764807066_1529917005842224_1129201910993892893_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s60…",
        "pageCategories": ["Clothing (Brand)"],
        "pageLikes": 2518828,
        "isActive": true,
        "firstShownAt": "2026-08-03T07:00:00.000Z",
        "platforms": ["facebook", "instagram"],
        "format": "video",
        "text": "Buy online and pick up in store for free! Get up to 70% off Nike, Vince, Madewell, adidas and more.",
        "linkUrl": "https://fb.com/canvas_doc/1072291375736811",
        "linkTitle": "Fast & Free Pickup",
        "linkDescription": "Fast & Free Pickup",
        "ctaText": "Learn more",
        "videoUrls": ["https://video-mia5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m366/AQPMHFeiZ7eLWAaUSfl9UjSZ2QaJHkx2VTZvZtGQn2Lri3AqZsR0B4SYnzTlS8BwXd3tu…"],
        "versions": 2,
        "countries": ["US"]
      }
    ],
    "cursor": "AQHTwHM-vkpydSiDv773CcWZ17K3G0tZFLBXM2TO_cva3F8YzTvrI9ZkLpDUZtrHRCPc"
  },
  "creditsUsed": 1,
  "requestId": "2fe9dbad-fc48-4890-9751-0b24b596035b"
}

Field	Type	Description
`cursor`	string	The pagination token. Pass it as `cursor` to retrieve the next page. Omitted on the last page.
`firstShownAt`	string (ISO 8601)	The first day the ad was shown.
`countries`	string[]	The countries in which the ad was shown.

For every field, see the response schema on this page.

Optional parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`country`	string	The country to query, as a two-letter ISO 3166-1 code, or `all`. If unset, defaults to `us`.
`status`	string	Active ads, inactive ads or both. Acceptable values are `active`, `inactive` and `all`. If unset, defaults to `active`.
`mediaType`	string	Restricts results to ads of this type. `text` means no image or video. Acceptable values are `image`, `video`, `text`, `meme` and `imageAndMeme`.
`platforms`	string[]	Restricts results to ads shown on at least one of these platforms. Acceptable values are `facebook`, `instagram`, `audienceNetwork`, `messenger`, `whatsapp` and `threads`.
`language`	string	Restricts results to ads written in this language. Two-letter code, such as `en`.
`shownFrom`	string (date)	Restricts results to ads shown on or after this day. Format: `YYYY-MM-DD`.
`shownTo`	string (date)	Restricts results to ads shown on or before this day. Format: `YYYY-MM-DD`.
`cursor`	string	The pagination token from the previous response.

Billing

Each successful request consumes 1 credit, regardless of the number of items returned. Requests that fail, or that return no items, are not billed.

Pagination

Results are paginated. To retrieve the next page, pass the value of data.cursor as cursor in a subsequent request. A response that omits cursor is the last page.

Meta ads by page: Accepts an ad’s pageId as advertiser. Returns the ads a Facebook page runs.
Meta ad details: Accepts adUrl. Returns a Meta ad’s details.

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json

query

string

required

Required string length: 1 - 200

country

string

default:us

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, or all. Any case is accepted.

Pattern: ^(?:[A-Za-z]{2}|[Aa][Ll][Ll])$

status

enum<string>

default:active

Available options:

active,

inactive,

all

mediaType

enum<string>

The Ad Library's own Media type filter: image, video, or text (no image or video).

Available options:

image,

video,

text,

meme,

imageAndMeme

platforms

enum<string>[]

The Ad Library's own Platform filter: only ads shown on at least one of these platforms.

Minimum array length: 1

Available options:

facebook,

instagram,

audienceNetwork,

messenger,

whatsapp,

threads

language

string

The Ad Library's own Language filter: a two-letter code like en. Only ads written in this language.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z]{2}$

shownFrom

string<date>

The Ad Library's own Impressions by date: ads shown on or after this day.

Pattern:

^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))$

shownTo

string<date>

The Ad Library's own Impressions by date: ads shown on or before this day.

Pattern:

^(?:(?:\d\d[2468][048]|\d\d[13579][26]|\d\d0[48]|[02468][048]00|[13579][26]00)-02-29|\d{4}-(?:(?:0[13578]|1[02])-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])|(?:0[469]|11)-(?:0[1-9]|[12]\d|30)|(?:02)-(?:0[1-9]|1\d|2[0-8])))$

cursor

string

The cursor from the previous response. Send it as is.

Minimum string length: 1

Response

The data, and the credits this call used.

success

any

required

data

object

required

Show child attributes

creditsUsed

integer

required

requestId

string

required

Using the API

Catalog

Account

Search and AI answers

Video

Social

Places and travel

Jobs

Shopping

Apps

Real estate

Ads

Meta Ads search API

Request

Response

Optional parameters

Billing

Authorizations

Body

Response

​Request

​Response

​Optional parameters

​Billing

​Pagination

​Related methods

Authorizations

Body

Response

Request

Response

Optional parameters

Billing

Pagination

Related methods