Google Ads Transparency Center Ad API. Send an ad link or ID.

Advertiser, creative and where and when it ran. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Returns one ad from Google's public Ads Transparency Center by its link or creative ID, with its advertiser, creative and where and when it ran. You also get whether the advertiser verified its identity, who paid, the format, each variation's image (or a local text ad's headline, description and link), the first and last day shown, the countries and the topic Google labels it with. Ads shown in Europe and election ads add Google's impressions per country and per service and the kinds of audience criteria used. Election ads also add their spend range and age, gender and location targeting.

GET /v1/google/ad

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$ npm install socialtap

url = https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001/creative/CR07443539616616939521?region=US

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GET /v1/google/adTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad",
    params={"url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'url' => 'https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "advertiser": {
      "avatar_url": null,
      "display_name": "Republican National Committee",
      "id": "AR07541154843046445057",
      "is_verified": true,
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057",
      "username": null
    },
    "approximate_fields": [
      "platform_specific.google.regions[].first_shown_at",
      "platform_specific.google.regions[].last_shown_at"
    ],
    "audience_size": null,
    "country_codes": [
      "US"
    ],
    "creatives": [
      {
        "body": null,
        "cta_text": null,
        "link_description": null,
        "link_url": null,
        "media": [
          {
            "alt_text": null,
            "duration_ms": null,
            "expires_at": null,
            "height": null,
            "thumbnail_url": null,
            "type": "image",
            "url": "https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/archive/simgad/18242167605449878359",
            "width": null
          }
        ],
        "title": null
      }
    ],
    "first_shown_at": "2026-06-05T21:52:15Z",
    "id": "CR17778900238552006657",
    "impressions": {
      "lower_bound": 500000,
      "upper_bound": 600000
    },
    "is_active": null,
    "is_political": true,
    "languages": [],
    "last_shown_at": "2026-06-24T19:04:54Z",
    "paid_by": null,
    "platform": "google",
    "platform_specific": {
      "google": {
        "days_shown": 20,
        "is_synthetic": false,
        "product_category": null,
        "regions": [
          {
            "country_code": "US",
            "first_shown_at": "2026-06-05T00:00:00Z",
            "impressions": {
              "lower_bound": 500000,
              "upper_bound": 600000
            },
            "last_shown_at": "2026-06-24T00:00:00Z",
            "services": []
          }
        ],
        "targeting": {
          "age_ranges": [
            "25-34",
            "35-44",
            "45-54"
          ],
          "criteria": [],
          "excluded_age_ranges": [
            "18-24"
          ],
          "excluded_genders": [],
          "excluded_locations": [
            {
              "country_code": "SC",
              "criterion_id": "2690",
              "full_name": "Seychelles",
              "name": "Seychelles"
            },
            {
              "country_code": "CV",
              "criterion_id": "2132",
              "full_name": "Cabo Verde",
              "name": "Cabo Verde"
            },
            {
              "country_code": "CH",
              "criterion_id": "2756",
              "full_name": "Switzerland",
              "name": "Switzerland"
            }
          ],
          "genders": [
            "male",
            "female",
            "unknown"
          ],
          "locations": [
            {
              "country_code": "US",
              "criterion_id": "2840",
              "full_name": "United States",
              "name": "United States"
            }
          ]
        },
        "topic": null
      }
    },
    "publisher_platforms": [],
    "reach": null,
    "spend": {
      "currency": "USD",
      "lower_bound": 5000,
      "upper_bound": 6000
    },
    "type": "image",
    "unknown_fields": [
      "languages",
      "publisher_platforms"
    ],
    "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "google",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 420,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "ad",
      "id": "CR17778900238552006657",
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.google.ad.get({ url: "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "url=" + encode("https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/ad")
        .query(&[("url", "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR07541154843046445057/creative/CR17778900238552006657?region=US&topic=political")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/adLong arrays and strings are shortened here. Real responses are complete.Docs

One schema on 4 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field Google Ads Transparency Center doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
The ad's Google Ads Transparency Center link (adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR…/creative/CR…), its old political ads report link, or its creative ID (CR…).
Write one parser
Google Ads Transparency Center, TikTok Ad Library, Facebook Ad Library and LinkedIn Ad Library answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Library owner's platform ID (facebook for Meta's library, tiktok, google, linkedin).
idstring: Library ad ID (string).
urlstring: Public library page of the ad.
advertiserobject: The advertising page, business or account.
paid_bystring: Disclosed payer ("Paid for by").
is_activeboolean: True while the ad is running.
first_shown_atstring: First delivery, RFC 3339 UTC (often date-only: see approximate_fields).
last_shown_atstring: Last delivery, RFC 3339 UTC; null while active.

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Image ads, and text ads Google shows as an image, return each variation's image without its size. A text ad the center draws by script (a local or Maps ad) returns one variation's headline, description and link. Video and HTML5 variations come without their media.
is_active is null because the center shows no status: last_shown_at says when the ad last ran.
Impressions are Google's ranges, disclosed for ads shown in Europe and election ads. Spend is disclosed only for election ads.

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Google Ads Transparency Center Ad API. Send an ad link or ID.

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Send one request. Get 20 fields back.

One schema on 4 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the Google Ads Transparency Center Ad API.

See where a competitor's Google ad ran

Audit election ad spend and targeting

Get full detail for ads found by search

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.

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