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title: "Scrape Creators API / Search"
description: "ScrapeCreators tool scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post on looot: input fields, $0.00188 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python."
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Searches the Meta Ad Library by keyword and returns matching ads. Supports filtering by language with a 2-letter code such as EN or ES. Each result includes ad_archive_id, page_name, is_active, publisher_platform, and a snapshot with body text, images, videos, and cta_text. Both GET and POST are supported. Use GET for normal requests. If the cursor becomes too large after extensive pagination, use POST and send the same parameters in the JSON body.

- **Tool id:** `scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post`
- **Provider:** [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators)
- **Job:** [Search the Meta ad library](/reference/jobs/ads-meta-search) (`ads.meta.search`)
- **Price:** $0.00188 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

## Inputs

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `ad_type` | string | no | Search for all ads or only political and issue ads |
| `country` | string | no | This can only be one country. It has to be the 2 letter code for the country. It defaults to ALL. |
| `cursor` | string | no | Cursor to paginate through results |
| `end_date` | string | no | Impressions end date. Needs to be in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| `language` | string | no | Language to filter ads on. Needs to be a 2 letter language code, such as EN, ES, or FR. |
| `media_type` | string | no | Media type of the ad. Defaults to ALL. Meme just means the ad has text and an image. No clue why they call it meme. |
| `query` | string | yes | Keyword to search for |
| `search_type` | string | no | If you want to search by exact phrase or not |
| `sort_by` | string | no | Sort by impressions (high to low), or Most Recent (relevancy_monthly_grouped). Defaults to impressions. |
| `start_date` | string | no | Impressions start date. Needs to be in YYYY-MM-DD format. |
| `status` | string | no | Status of the ad. Defaults to ACTIVE. |
| `trim` | boolean | no | Set to true for a trimmed down version of the response |

## Output

The run's `result` holds the provider's answer. Signed in, `looot inspect scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post` prints its fields.

## 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":"scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post","input":{"query":"<query>"},"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: "scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post",
    input: {
      query: "<query>",
    },
    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": "scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-post",
        "input": {
            "query": "<query>",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))
```

</CodeGroup>

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send `job:ads.meta.search` as `endpointId`; see [the job page](/reference/jobs/ads-meta-search).