Google Ads Transparency Center Advertiser API. Send an advertiser link or ID.
Identity, verification and ad count. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.
Google Ads Transparency Center Advertiser API at a glance
Returns one Google Ads Transparency Center advertiser by its ID or page link: name, legal name, country, verification and how many ads it has shown. The ad count is Google's range, overall or in one country, with when an ad was last shown. An election advertiser adds its election ad count, the countries it is verified for and its registrations with election regulators, such as a US FEC committee ID.
GET /v1/google/advertiser
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$ npm install socialtaphandle = AR01614014350098432001const params = new URLSearchParams({
handle: "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/advertiser?${params}`, {
headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${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/advertiser",
params={"handle": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US"},
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/advertiser")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US')
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([
'handle' => 'https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/advertiser?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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("handle", "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/advertiser?"+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/advertiser' \
--data-urlencode 'handle=https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"approximate_fields": [
"metrics.post_count"
],
"avatar_url": null,
"banner_url": null,
"bio": null,
"category": null,
"country_code": "CA",
"created_at": null,
"display_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc.",
"external_links": [],
"id": "AR01614014350098432001",
"is_private": null,
"is_verified": true,
"location": null,
"metrics": {
"follower_count": null,
"following_count": null,
"post_count": 10000,
"total_like_count": null,
"total_view_count": null
},
"platform": "google",
"platform_specific": {
"google": {
"ads": {
"lower_bound": 10000,
"upper_bound": 20000
},
"election": null,
"is_election_advertiser": false,
"last_shown_at": "2026-11-03T00:48:22Z",
"legal_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc."
}
},
"type": "unknown",
"unknown_fields": [
"external_links"
],
"url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001",
"username": null
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "google",
"source": "api",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 220,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "profile",
"id": "AR01614014350098432001",
"url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001"
},
"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.advertiser.get({ handle: "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US" });
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 = "handle=" + encode("https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/advertiser?" + 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("&",
"handle=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/advertiser?" + 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/advertiser")
.query(&[("handle", "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001?region=US")])
.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/advertiserDocs One schema on 27 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 advertiser: its Ads Transparency Center ID (AR…) or its page link (adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR…), in any case.
Write one parser
Google Ads Transparency Center, TikTok, Instagram and 24 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.
platformstring- Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring- Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).
usernamestring- Handle without the @; null when the account has none.
display_namestring- Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.
urlstring- Canonical profile URL.
typestring- Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.
biostring- Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.
avatar_urlstring- Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the Google Ads Transparency Center Advertiser API.
Check who is behind an advertiser ID
Size an advertiser's ads before pulling them
See whether an advertiser still runs ads
Look up an election advertiser's FEC ID
Good to know before you build.
- Ad counts are Google's ranges (thousands are bucketed): metrics.post_count is the lower bound, listed in approximate_fields, and platform_specific.google.ads has both bounds. With country, they count only the ads shown there.
- An advertiser is named by its AR ID. A website or a brand name is not an advertiser: find one by name with the Google Ads Transparency Center Advertiser Search API.
- The center shows no bio, picture, followers or links for an advertiser, so those fields are null or empty.
- For an election advertiser, platform_specific.google.election.ad_count can be far above metrics.post_count: the center keeps election ads in its political archive after they leave the all-topics view the ad count reads.
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|---|---|---|
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