LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API. Send an ad link or ID.
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LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API at a glance
Returns one ad from LinkedIn's public Ad Library, in any format, from its link or ID: advertiser, who paid, text, media and destination. You also get the headline and call to action, the member a promoted post appears from, the video file, every carousel slide, a document's first pages, a message ad's sender and buttons, and a job's or event's details. Ads shown in the EU and Brazil add their run dates, an impressions range, each country's share of it and the targeting.
GET /v1/linkedin/ad
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$ npm install socialtapurl = https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1603768123const params = new URLSearchParams({
url: "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/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/linkedin/ad",
params={"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634"},
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/linkedin/ad")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634')
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://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/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://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634")
req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/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/linkedin/ad' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634' \
-H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"{
"data": {
"advertiser": {
"avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E0BAQHUYDHTOOXs9w/company-logo_100_100/B4EZ8eP9xVIkAI-/0/1782918929735/mckinsey_logo?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=WbmINHi9RwK4JEWEBaGhPYl0CZQ41Gx2fC_wV7PTGMQ",
"display_name": "McKinsey & Company",
"id": "1371",
"is_verified": null,
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/1371",
"username": null
},
"approximate_fields": [
"first_shown_at",
"impressions",
"last_shown_at"
],
"audience_size": null,
"country_codes": [
"AD",
"AE",
"AF"
],
"creatives": [
{
"body": "COP31 will bring together global leaders at an important moment for the energy transition and sustainability, as growing energy demand, advancing climate technologies, and the need for greater resilience create new opportunities for businesses and investors. In Antalya, Turkey, M…",
"cta_text": "Register",
"link_description": null,
"link_url": "https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/how-we-help-clients/cop/agenda?cid=pls-pso-lkn-mbm-register2-cop-glb-cxo-mst",
"media": [
{
"alt_text": "See our full COP31 program",
"duration_ms": null,
"expires_at": null,
"height": null,
"thumbnail_url": null,
"type": "image",
"url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E10AQGIL3fJ7ZL76g/image-shrink_1280/B4EaGIprtMIgAc-/0/1793293991306/McKatCOP31Generic1920x1920pxpng?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=QNkoQzYbKqcN23t1ljf805eo4_IJRngJlRR5KoxFexU",
"width": null
}
],
"title": "See our full COP31 program"
}
],
"first_shown_at": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z",
"id": "1618054634",
"impressions": {
"lower_bound": 5000,
"upper_bound": 10000
},
"is_active": null,
"is_political": null,
"languages": [],
"last_shown_at": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z",
"paid_by": "Mckinsey & Company, Inc.",
"platform": "linkedin",
"platform_specific": {
"linkedin": {
"company": null,
"creative_type": "SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE",
"document": null,
"event": null,
"format": "Single Image Ad",
"impressions_by_country": [
{
"country": "Pakistan",
"country_code": "PK",
"is_under_one_percent": false,
"share_percent": 17
},
{
"country": "Turkey",
"country_code": "TR",
"is_under_one_percent": false,
"share_percent": 8
},
{
"country": "Bangladesh",
"country_code": "BD",
"is_under_one_percent": false,
"share_percent": 4
}
],
"is_deleted": false,
"job": null,
"message": null,
"newsletter": null,
"poster": {
"avatar_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E0BAQHUYDHTOOXs9w/company-logo_100_100/B4EZ8eP9xVIkAI-/0/1782918929735/mckinsey_logo?e=1795651200&v=beta&t=WbmINHi9RwK4JEWEBaGhPYl0CZQ41Gx2fC_wV7PTGMQ",
"display_name": "McKinsey & Company",
"id": "1371",
"is_verified": null,
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/1371",
"username": null
},
"poster_title": null,
"targeting": {
"audience": {
"is_excluded": true,
"is_targeted": false
},
"company": {
"is_excluded": false,
"is_targeted": false
},
"demographic": {
"is_excluded": false,
"is_targeted": false
},
"education": {
"is_excluded": false,
"is_targeted": false
},
"job": {
"is_excluded": false,
"is_targeted": true
},
"languages": {
"excluded": [],
"included": [
"English"
]
},
"locations": {
"excluded": [
"India"
],
"included": [
"Türkiye",
"Asia",
"Europe"
]
},
"member_interests": {
"is_excluded": false,
"is_targeted": true
}
}
}
},
"publisher_platforms": [],
"reach": null,
"spend": null,
"type": "image",
"unknown_fields": [
"languages",
"publisher_platforms"
],
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
"platform": "linkedin",
"source": "page",
"is_cached": false,
"credits_charged": 1,
"latency_ms": 559,
"fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
"input": {
"kind": "ad",
"id": "1618054634",
"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634"
},
"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.linkedin.ad.get({ url: "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634" });
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://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634");
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/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://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/linkedin/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/linkedin/ad")
.query(&[("url", "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1618054634")])
.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/linkedin/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 LinkedIn Ad Library doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
A LinkedIn Ad Library ad: its link (linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/<id>), a company discovery ad's (linkedin.com/ad-library/employer-brand/<id>?talentMarketplaceChannelId=<n>), or its ID alone.
Write one parser
LinkedIn Ad Library, TikTok Ad Library, Facebook Ad Library and Google Ads Transparency Center 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.
Live data from 33 platforms.
What teams build with the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API.
See a competitor's ad creative and landing page
See where an ad ran and its targeting
Get full detail for Ad Library search results
Good to know before you build.
- Run dates, impressions and targeting are null for ads not shown in the EU or Brazil: the library discloses them only there.
- is_active is null because the library shows no status, except false on an ad it marks deleted (platform_specific.linkedin.is_deleted), whose content it still shows.
- Dates are whole days and impressions are LinkedIn's ranges, with 0 as the lower bound of its "< 1k" (both listed in approximate_fields).
- Text keeps LinkedIn's personalization placeholders, such as %FIRSTNAME%. An ad with several versions returns the one the library shows.
- An unknown ID returns not_found, and so does the error page LinkedIn serves when the library fails: retry later an ad you know exists.
- advertiser.url is the library's numeric company link (linkedin.com/company/<id>), which opens only for signed-in members. The LinkedIn Profile API takes a Page's name, not that number.
- Targeted locations are split from one line of text, where a place's own comma looks like the one between places (Boston, MA, France). A list that could read more than one way keeps every piece apart and is listed in approximate_fields.
1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.
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| Source | Price per successful request | Per 1,000 requests |
|---|---|---|
Public page page | 1 credit | $0.75–$1.97 |
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Questions about the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API.
More in the API reference.
Where do I get an ad's ID?
From the LinkedIn Ad Library Search API, or the end of the ad's link in the Ad Library. A company discovery ad has no number of its own: its ID is the one the search returns, employer-brand-<company>-<channel>.
How much does the LinkedIn Ad Library Ad API cost?
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