Facebook Ads Library Scraper — Meta & Instagram Ads

Extract ads from the Meta Ads Library (Facebook & Instagram). Get ad copy, running days, EU spend data, carousel cards, and landing page URLs. The only scraper that tracks how long each ad has been ru

liveasyncunknown~30s typical

social mediamarketinglead generationfacebookadslibrary

$0.019

per result + $0.005 call

plus $0.001 platform fee per run

Actor charges $0.015 per result; Cracked adds 25% plus a $0.005 call fee

Bring your own Apify Store key: provider portion drops to $0.

Provider Upstream docs

$Set up https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/SKILL.md, then use Cracked to run apify /brilliant_gum/facebook-ads-library-scraper for me.

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchTerms*	array	Keywords or brand names to search in the Meta Ads Library. Each term is searched separately. default ["Nike"]
countries	array	ISO 2-letter country codes (e.g. US, GB, DE). Each country is queried separately per search term. default ["US"]
adType	string (ALL \| POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS \| HOUSING \| EMPLOYMENT \| FINANCIAL_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES)	Filter by ad category. 'All Ads' returns every category. Political, Housing, Employment and Financial ads have additional spend/reach data in EU/UK. default "ALL"
adActiveStatus	string (ALL \| ACTIVE \| INACTIVE)	Filter by whether ads are currently running. default "ACTIVE"
maxAds	integer	Maximum number of ads to collect per search term + country combination. Keep under 50 for a quick test run. default 25
resolveSnapshotUrls	boolean	Visit each ad's snapshot page to extract the real landing page URL and CDN media file URLs (images/videos). Slower — adds ~5 sec per ad. Disable for bulk collection, enable when you need destination URLs. default false
startDate	string	Only include ads that started running on or after this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to skip. default ""
endDate	string	Only include ads that started running on or before this date. Format: YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty to skip. default ""

Call it

curl

curl https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..." -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"provider":"apify","endpoint":"/brilliant_gum/facebook-ads-library-scraper","input":{"searchTerms":["Nike"],"countries":["US"]},"wait":false}'

poll

curl "https://cracked-ai-pearl.vercel.app/v1/runs/<runId>?wait=30" -H "Authorization: Bearer ck_live_..."

cli

npx cracked-ai run -p apify -e /brilliant_gum/facebook-ads-library-scraper -i '{"searchTerms":["Nike"],"countries":["US"]}' -w 120

mcp

run_tool({ provider: "apify", endpoint: "/brilliant_gum/facebook-ads-library-scraper", input: {"searchTerms":["Nike"],"countries":["US"]}, wait: false })

Try it

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