Facebook Ads Library Scraper – Ad Creatives & Copy

🇨🇳 中文简介 (Chinese — China & Singapore): 要研究竞品 Facebook / Meta 广告素材与文案？从 Ads Library 抓取创意、文案与投放相关公开信号，帮助复盘投放与创意迭代。按结果计费，无需自建采集栈——适合中国与新加坡跨境增长、代理与品牌团队。现在试跑，把广告情报导出到表格或 Claude / Cursor 分析。

🇸🇬 Ringkasan Melayu (Singapore): Nak kaji kreatif dan salinan iklan pesaing di Facebook/Meta Ads Library? Scrap kreatif, copy dan isyarat kempen awam untuk risikan dan iterasi iklan. Bayar per hasil, tiada stack crawler sendiri. Ideal untuk growth, agensi dan jenama di Singapura serta China. Cuba di Apify dan eksport intel iklan.

🤖 NEW: Connect This To Your AI!

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⚡ Use this Actor in n8n — no code

1. Add the official Apify node in n8n.
2. Connect your Apify API token.
3. Run Actor ID: IntelScrape/facebook-scraper.

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The most reliable, bypass-proof Meta Ad Library scraper on the market. Extracts full ad copy, pristine image/video URLs, and metadata by directly intercepting Facebook's internal APIs—completely sidestepping fragile HTML scraping.

Days Running (winning-ad signal)

Each ad includes Days Running — how long it has been live since Start Date. Long-running ads are a strong competitor-creative signal (brilliant_gum parity).

Media & date filters

Use Media type plus optional Min/Max start date (YYYY-MM-DD) to narrow the Ads Library the same way Meta UI filters work.

🚀 Why This Scraper is Different (and Better)

Most Facebook scrapers on Apify suffer from two fatal flaws: they crash on 403 WAF blocks, or they break when Facebook changes their CSS classes, returning zero results.

We solved both:

1. Total WAF Immunity: We mimic human clicks from the Facebook homepage to generate perfect headers and session tokens. Even if Meta's frontend blocks the HTML load, our scraper successfully intercepts the raw JSON GraphQL payloads happening behind the scenes.
2. Zero DOM Fragility: Because we extract directly from Meta's structured backend JSON responses, this scraper is immune to Facebook's daily UI/CSS updates.
3. Boardroom-Ready CSV Exports: We don't give you messy JSON arrays. We automatically format Unix timestamps into human-readable dates, clean up the ad copy formatting, and extract pristine single URLs for Primary Images and Videos so they paste perfectly into Excel and Google Sheets.

💡 How to Search (Crucial for 5-Star Data)

The #1 mistake users make is treating the Facebook Ad Library like Google Maps. The search box only matches the ad text and the advertiser's name. It does NOT match location or targeting data.

If you put a city or county in the search term, you are almost guaranteed 0 results. (e.g., searching "plumber dallas" will fail, because advertisers rarely write "dallas" in their ad copy).

Here are the 3 ways to search correctly:

1. Spy on ONE competitor (Best Results): Type their exact Facebook Page name (e.g., Gymshark or Premier Building Solutions). This returns that advertiser's entire ad playbook.
2. Scan a whole category for ideas: Use a broad product term, no geography (e.g., metal buildings, storage sheds, CRM software, shapewear).
3. Find LOCAL competitors: Search broad (e.g., metal buildings), export the CSV, and then use Excel to filter the Ad Copy column for your area code or nearby town names. The location is sitting in the data, not in the search query.

SoftCTA (dataset)

Each successful run also pushes an ads-batch-summary row with a softCta funnel to Marketplace Deal Radar, Contact Info, Maps Email, and Skip Trace PRO.

📊 Output Format

The output is perfectly formatted for marketers:

• Ad Copy: Full, clean text of the ad.
• Ad Library URL: Direct, clickable link to view the live ad in your browser.
• Advertiser: The Facebook Page running the ad.
• Library ID: The unique Meta Ad ID.
• Primary Image URL: High-res JPG/PNG link.
• Primary Video URL: Raw MP4 video link.
• Publisher Platforms: Where the ad runs (e.g., FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM).
• Start Date: Human-readable date format (YYYY-MM-DD).
• Status: Active or Inactive.

⚙️ Configuration

• Search Terms: A list of keywords or advertiser names.
• Country: Target country code (Default: US).
• Max Ads Per Search: Deep infinite scroll (Default: 100).
• Active Status: Filter by Active/Inactive ads.

Pricing (PPE)

Event	Price
Actor start	$0.0005
Ad result (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.002
Media asset delivered (media-asset)	$0.001

media-asset is charged once per ad when a Primary Image URL and/or Primary Video URL is delivered (including demoMode fixtures with sample media URLs). Soft CTA: Marketplace deals → Deal Radar; owner phones → Skip Trace PRO.

Enjoy the most bulletproof Facebook Ad intelligence tool available!