SearchApi / Search the Meta Ad Library

SearchAPI.io tool searchapi-io-meta-ad-library on looot: input fields, $0.004 per call, output shape, and code to run it with curl, JavaScript or Python.

Searches ads across Facebook, Instagram, Audience Network, Messenger and Threads in Meta’s Ad Library. Send q or page_id, with country, ad_type, active_status, media_type and platforms as filters. Returns ads with ad_archive_id, categories and advertiser page details. Send one of: q, page_id, location_id.

Tool id: searchapi-io-meta-ad-library
Provider: SearchAPI.io
Job: Search the Meta ad library (ads.meta.search)
Price: $0.004 per call. A call that fails at the provider costs $0.

Inputs

Name	Type	Required	Description
`active_status`	string	no
`ad_type`	string	no
`content_languages`	string	no
`country`	string	no
`end_date`	string	no
`engine`	string	no	Fixed to “meta_ad_library” for this endpoint. Example: “meta_ad_library”
`location_id`	string	no
`location_name`	string	no
`location_type`	string	no
`media_type`	string	no
`next_page_token`	string	no
`page_id`	string	no
`platforms`	string	no
`q`	string	no	Example: “nike air”
`search_type`	string	no
`sort_by`	string	no
`start_date`	string	no

Output

Shape of the run’s result, checked against 7 real answers:

{ ads: { page_id, currency, end_date, snapshot: { body: { ... }, cards: { ... }[], title, byline, images: { ... }[], videos: { ... }[], 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[], display_format, branded_content: { ... }, ec_certificates: unknown[], page_categories: string[], page_is_deleted, page_like_count, link_description, page_profile_uri, page_profile_picture_url }, is_active, page_name, categories: string[], gated_type, menu_items: unknown[], start_date, collatio... ...

The shape is cut here. Signed in, looot inspect searchapi-io-meta-ad-library prints all of it.

Run it

Every call needs your API token in LOOOT_TOKEN; Sign in 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:

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":"searchapi-io-meta-ad-library","input":{"q":"nike air","engine":"meta_ad_library"},"wait":30}'

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: "searchapi-io-meta-ad-library",
    input: {
      q: "nike air",
      engine: "meta_ad_library",
    },
    wait: 30,
  }),
});
const run = await response.json();
console.log(run.status, run.result);

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": "searchapi-io-meta-ad-library",
        "input": {
            "q": "nike air",
            "engine": "meta_ad_library",
        },
        "wait": 30,
    },
    timeout=90,
)
run = response.json()
print(run["status"], run.get("result"))

To let looot pick among every provider of this job instead, send job:ads.meta.search as endpointId; see the job page.