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title: "Search the Meta ad library"
description: "Run job:ads.meta.search through the looot API: 4 providers, from $0.00188 per call. Inputs, prices, output shape and code for curl, JavaScript and Python."
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Search the Meta ad library.

Job id `ads.meta.search`, in Ads intelligence (Ad libraries). As of 2026-10-01, 4 providers serve it through 9 tools. Run `job:ads.meta.search` and looot picks one of them; with `fallback` on, a miss moves on to the next. See [Jobs](/concepts/jobs).

## Inputs

A job run takes shared input names; looot maps them to each provider's own fields. See [Job inputs](/concepts/job-inputs).

| Input | Taken by |
| --- | --- |
| `country` | 7 of 8 providers |
| `query` | 5 of 8 providers |
| `company` | 2 of 8 providers |

Any other key you send passes through unchanged. Each tool's own fields are on its page below.

## Providers and prices

| Provider | Tool | Price |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators) | [`scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-company-ads-get`](/reference/tools/scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-company-ads-get) | $0.00188 per call |
| [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators) | [`scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-company-ads-post`](/reference/tools/scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-company-ads-post) | $0.00188 per call |
| [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators) | [`scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-get`](/reference/tools/scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-get) | $0.00188 per call |
| [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators) | [`scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post`](/reference/tools/scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post) | $0.00188 per call |
| [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators) | [`scrapecreators-facebook-ads-search`](/reference/tools/scrapecreators-facebook-ads-search) | $0.00188 per call |
| [SearchAPI.io](/providers/searchapi-io) | [`searchapi-io-meta-ad-library`](/reference/tools/searchapi-io-meta-ad-library) | $0.004 per call |
| [Adyntel](/providers/adyntel) | [`adyntel-facebook`](/reference/tools/adyntel-facebook) | $0.00642 per call |
| [Adyntel](/providers/adyntel) | [`adyntel-facebook-ad-search`](/reference/tools/adyntel-facebook-ad-search) | $0.00642 per call |
| [Apify](/providers/apify) | [`apify-meta-ads-library-search`](/reference/tools/apify-meta-ads-library-search) | $0.06 per call |

A call that fails at the provider costs $0. See [What's free](/money/free-and-failures).

## Output

Each provider answers in its own shape. Shape of the run's `result` from [`scrapecreators-facebook-ads-search`](/reference/tools/scrapecreators-facebook-ads-search), checked against 1 real answer:

```txt
{ cursor, success, searchResults: { url, ad_id, spend, page_id, currency, end_date, fev_info, snapshot: { body: { ... }, cards: { ... }[], event, title, byline, images: { ... }[], videos: unknown[], caption, page_id, cta_text, cta_type, link_url, page_name, extra_links: unknown[], extra_texts: unknown[], is_reshared, extra_images: unknown[], extra_videos: unknown[], brazil_tax_id, display_format, additional_info, branded_content, ec_certificates: unknown[], page_categories: string[], page_is_deleted, page_like_count, country_iso_code, disclaimer_label, link_description, page_profile_uri, root_... ...
```

The shape is cut here. Signed in, `looot inspect scrapecreators-facebook-ads-search` prints all of it.

## Run it

Every call needs your API token in `LOOOT_TOKEN`; [Sign in](/get-started/sign-in#use-the-token-in-scripts-and-agents) shows how to get one. Each run also needs a new idempotency key, so a retry never pays twice. With `wait: 30` the answer comes back inline when the run ends within 30 seconds. Otherwise you get the running run back: poll `GET /v1/runs/<runId>`.

Example input with placeholder values:

<CodeGroup>

```bash curl
curl -X POST "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LOOOT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{"endpointId":"job:ads.meta.search","input":{"company":"Example Inc"},"wait":30}'
```

```js JavaScript
const response = await fetch("https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.LOOOT_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": crypto.randomUUID(),
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    endpointId: "job:ads.meta.search",
    input: {
      company: "Example Inc",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);
```

```python Python
import os
import uuid

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.looot.ai/v1/runs",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['LOOOT_TOKEN']}",
        "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
    },
    json={
        "endpointId": "job:ads.meta.search",
        "input": {
            "company": "Example Inc",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))
```

</CodeGroup>

To pin one provider, send its tool id as `endpointId` instead of `job:ads.meta.search`.