Google Ads Transparency Center

Google Ads Transparency Center Ads by Website API

Returns the ads that lead to a website, from every advertiser that runs them, in Google's Ads Transparency Center, by domain or any link to it. Each ad has its advertiser (ID, name and verification), format, image and first and last day shown, across Google Search, YouTube, Maps, Play and Shopping. Filter by country, format, service and dates, or list only election ads, which add their countries and Google's impressions and spend ranges and sort by impressions or spend. Ads come most recently shown first.

GET /v1/google/search_ads

Try it

Example

cURL

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?query=lululemon.com' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

TypeScript SDK

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

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

const res = await client.google.searchAds.list({ query: "lululemon.com" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

Node.js (fetch)

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "lululemon.com",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

Python (requests)

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads",
    params={"query": "lululemon.com"},
    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, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

Go (net/http)

package main

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

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "lululemon.com")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?"+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"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		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"])
}

PHP

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'query' => 'lululemon.com',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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;

Ruby

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'lululemon.com')
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"]

Java

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 = "query=" + encode("lululemon.com");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?" + 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);
    }
}

.NET

using System.Text.Json;

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

var query = string.Join("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("lululemon.com"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?" + 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"));

Rust

// 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/search_ads")
        .query(&[("query", "lululemon.com")])
        .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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc.",
        "id": "AR01614014350098432001",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001",
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "creatives"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "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/989267650108216441",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2026-10-16T07:13:50Z",
      "id": "CR01602111080165801985",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-11-03T01:13:20Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "google",
      "platform_specific": {
        "google": {
          "days_shown": 18,
          "is_synthetic": null,
          "product_category": null,
          "regions": [],
          "targeting": null,
          "topic": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [],
      "reach": null,
      "spend": null,
      "type": "text",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes",
        "languages",
        "platform_specific.google.regions"
      ],
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001/creative/CR01602111080165801985"
    },
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc.",
        "id": "AR01614014350098432001",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001",
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "creatives"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "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/6465019125132301667",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2026-10-14T00:57:35Z",
      "id": "CR04589531176955281409",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-11-03T00:48:22Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "google",
      "platform_specific": {
        "google": {
          "days_shown": 21,
          "is_synthetic": null,
          "product_category": null,
          "regions": [],
          "targeting": null,
          "topic": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [],
      "reach": null,
      "spend": null,
      "type": "text",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes",
        "languages",
        "platform_specific.google.regions"
      ],
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001/creative/CR04589531176955281409"
    },
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc.",
        "id": "AR01614014350098432001",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001",
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "creatives"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "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/8703432262747982451",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2024-08-27T09:13:20Z",
      "id": "CR10993845259498160129",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-11-03T00:45:16Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "google",
      "platform_specific": {
        "google": {
          "days_shown": 485,
          "is_synthetic": null,
          "product_category": null,
          "regions": [],
          "targeting": null,
          "topic": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [],
      "reach": null,
      "spend": null,
      "type": "text",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes",
        "languages",
        "platform_specific.google.regions"
      ],
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001/creative/CR10993845259498160129"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "google",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 281,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

Good to know

Google files ads under the website's registrable domain: www., a subdomain or a page link searches the domain itself, and a country domain (lululemon.co.uk) is another website.
Each ad is the center's preview: the first variation's image (none for text, video and HTML5 ads), without regions, services, payer or targeting. The Google Ads Transparency Center Ad API returns those for one ad.
Impressions, spend and countries come only with election ads: topic=political lists them and needs a country.
The center filters by date only within the last year. A since older than that, or an until without since, is filtered on our side through the whole list, most recently shown first, so a page can come back empty while the walk reaches the window. Such pages are free.
A website no ad leads to returns an empty list, not an error.
is_active is null because the center shows no status: last_shown_at says when the ad last ran.

Authorizations

x-api-keystringheaderrequired

Your API key. Authentication

Query parameters

querystringrequireddomainmax 500 chars

The website: its domain (lululemon.com), any link to it (https://www.lululemon.com/en-us/…), or an Ads Transparency Center domain search link (adstransparency.google.com/?domain=…). Google files ads under the registrable domain, so www. and subdomains search it (shop.lululemon.com is lululemon.com).

Examplelululemon.com

countrystringiso3166-1-alpha-2

Region: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code such as US or BR (case-insensitive). Only ads shown in this country. All countries when omitted; required with topic=political.

ExampleUS

topicstring

political: only the election ads that lead to the website (the center's Political ads view), with their impressions and spend; needs country. Default: all.

One ofallpolitical

formatstring

Only ads of this format. All formats when omitted.

One oftextimagevideo

servicestring

Only ads shown on this Google service. All services when omitted.

One ofgoogle_searchgoogle_mapsgoogle_playgoogle_shoppingyoutube

sortstring

Order of the results. newest: most recently shown first (the center's order). With topic=political also oldest (least recently shown first), popular (most impressions first) and spend (most spent first).

One ofnewestoldestpopularspend

sincestringdate-time

Only items at or after this time: RFC 3339 (2026-10-01T12:00:00Z) or a date (2026-10-01, midnight UTC). On newest-first lists, paging stops when it is reached, so later pages are not fetched or charged. Ads count when they were shown during the window: an ad last shown (last_shown_at) before since is left out.

Example2026-10-01

untilstringdate-time

Only items before this time (exclusive): RFC 3339 or a date (midnight UTC). Ads count when they were shown during the window: an ad first shown (first_shown_at) at or after until is left out.

Example2026-10-08

limitintegermin 1max 40

Items per page, 1 to the endpoint's page size (its default and maximum; larger values are reduced to it). Omit it: every page costs the same, so a smaller limit means more pages to pay for.

Example40

cursorstring

page.next_cursor from the previous response. Send the same other parameters; omit to start from the first page.

Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests). limit and cursor page through the list: see Pagination.

Parameters every endpoint accepts

max_ageintegermin 0

Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent.

fieldsstring

Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments[].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole.

Response

application/json

200

{data, page, meta}. data is an array of up to 40 ad objects, last shown, most recent first; page says how to get the next page; meta describes the request (meta). Fields only Google Ads Transparency Center has are under platform_specific.google.

platformstring

Library owner's platform ID (facebook for Meta's library, tiktok, google, linkedin).

idstring

Library ad ID (string).

urlstring uri

Public library page of the ad.

advertiserobject

The advertising page, business or account.

Show 6 child fields

idstringnullable

Platform-native account ID; null when only the handle is known.

usernamestringnullable

Handle without the @; null when the account has none.

display_namestringnullable

Display name shown on the profile.

urlstring urinullable

Canonical profile URL.

avatar_urlstring urinullable

Profile picture URL. Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

is_verifiedbooleannullable

Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.

paid_bystringnullable

Disclosed payer ("Paid for by").

is_activebooleannullable

True while the ad is running.

first_shown_atstring date-timenullable

First delivery, RFC 3339 UTC (often date-only: see approximate_fields).

last_shown_atstring date-timenullable

Last delivery, RFC 3339 UTC; null while active.

typestring

Creative shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.

One ofimagevideocarouseltextdynamicother

publisher_platformsstring[]

Where it ran, lowercase IDs (facebook, instagram, messenger, audience_network, youtube, …); [] if not disclosed.

creativesobject[]

The ad's creatives: one per card of a carousel and per variation of a dynamic or catalog ad, else one for the ad itself; [] if none are shown.

Show 6 child fields

titlestringnullable

Headline.

bodystringnullable

Primary text.

link_urlstring urinullable

Destination URL.

link_descriptionstringnullable

Link description text.

cta_textstringnullable

Call-to-action label (e.g. Shop now).

mediaobject[]

Images and videos of this creative; [] if none.

Show 8 child fields

typestring

Kind of file. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.

One ofimagevideoaudiogif

urlstring urinullable

Direct file URL; null when the platform withholds it, or when the link would only work from SocialTap's network or with a login. Often signed and expiring: see expires_at.

expires_atstring date-timenullable

When url stops working, RFC 3339 UTC, read from the platform's signed URL; null when unknown or when it does not expire.

thumbnail_urlstring urinullable

Poster or preview image URL.

widthintegernullable

Width in pixels.

heightintegernullable

Height in pixels.

duration_msintegernullable

Duration in milliseconds (video and audio only).

alt_textstringnullable

Accessibility text provided by the author or platform.

languagesstring[]

BCP-47 languages of the ad; [] if not disclosed.

country_codesstring[]

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 countries where it was shown; [] if not disclosed.

is_politicalbooleannullable

Categorized as a political or social-issue ad; false when the library files it under another category, null when it shows none.

impressionsobjectnullable

Impressions or times shown range; null when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

reachobjectnullable

Unique users reached range; null when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

audience_sizeobjectnullable

Estimated target audience size range; null when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

spendobjectnullable

Spend range; null when not disclosed.

Show 3 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound, in whole units of currency.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound in whole units of currency; null when open-ended.

currencystring

ISO 4217 currency code, uppercase (USD).

platform_specificobject

Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.

Show 1 child field

googleobjectnullable

A Google ad's own fields.

Show 6 child fields

days_shownintegernullable

Days the ad was shown (the center's "Ran for"); null when not shown.

topicstringnullable

The ad's topic as Google labels it (Sports & Fitness); null when not shown.

product_categorystringnullable

The product category Google files a Shopping ad under (Apparel & Accessories); null otherwise.

is_syntheticbooleannullable

The advertiser disclosed synthetic (digitally altered or generated) content, as the ad's page labels it; false when it shows no such label.

regionsobject[]

Per country it was shown in: when, how often and on which Google services; [] when not shown (in unknown_fields).

Show 5 child fields

country_codestring

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

first_shown_atstring date-timenullable

First day shown there, RFC 3339 UTC (date-only: approximate_fields); null when not shown.

last_shown_atstring date-timenullable

Last day shown there, RFC 3339 UTC (date-only: approximate_fields); null when not shown.

impressionsobjectnullable

Times shown there, Google's range; null when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

servicesobject[]

Times shown there on each Google service; [] when not disclosed.

Show 2 child fields

servicestring

The Google service. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.

One ofgoogle_searchgoogle_mapsgoogle_playgoogle_shoppingyoutubeother

impressionsobjectnullable

Times shown on it, Google's range (a lower bound of 0 when Google shows only "under" an upper bound).

Show 2 child fields

lower_boundinteger

Inclusive lower bound.

upper_boundintegernullable

Inclusive upper bound; null when open-ended (e.g. ">1M"). Equal to lower_bound when exact.

targetingobjectnullable

Whom the advertiser selected; null when not disclosed.

Show 7 child fields

age_rangesstring[]

Age ranges included (18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64, 65+, unknown); [] when none.

excluded_age_rangesstring[]

Age ranges excluded; [] when none.

gendersstring[]

Genders included (male, female, unknown); [] when none.

excluded_gendersstring[]

Genders excluded; [] when none.

locationsobject[]

Locations included; [] when none.

Show 4 child fields

criterion_idstring

Google Ads geo target criterion ID (2840 is the United States).

namestringnullable

The location's name (California); null when Google did not resolve it.

full_namestringnullable

The name with the regions it lies in (California, United States); null when not resolved.

country_codestringnullable

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of its country; null when not resolved.

excluded_locationsobject[]

Locations excluded; [] when none.

Show 4 child fields

criterion_idstring

Google Ads geo target criterion ID (2840 is the United States).

namestringnullable

The location's name (California); null when Google did not resolve it.

full_namestringnullable

The name with the regions it lies in (California, United States); null when not resolved.

country_codestringnullable

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of its country; null when not resolved.

criteriaobject[]

The kinds of criteria the advertiser included or excluded (the EU disclosure); [] when not disclosed.

Show 3 child fields

categorystring

The kind of criteria. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.

One ofdemographicslocationscontextualtopics_of_interestcustomer_lists

is_includedboolean

Criteria of this kind were included in the audience.

is_excludedboolean

Criteria of this kind were excluded from the audience.

approximate_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of values that are rounded, date-only or parsed from display text. A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. [] when all exact.

unknown_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of lists whose [] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. [] when every list is known.

not_found is item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

400

400 Bad Request: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

invalid_inputNo retry

A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.

Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.

invalid_cursorNo retry

The cursor is malformed or expired, belongs to another endpoint, or came with other parameters than the request that returned it.

Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again.

401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

unauthorizedNo retry

The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired.

Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url.

402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

insufficient_creditsNo retry

The account does not have enough credits for this request.

Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically.

spend_limit_reachedNo retry

The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits.

Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically.

403

403 Forbidden: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

forbiddenNo retry

The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code.

Act on details.reason. suspended: contact support. scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP.

404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

not_foundNo retry

The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).

Check the link or ID. Do not retry.

429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

rate_limitedYes, later

The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it.

Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask support to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.

500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

internalYes, later

An unexpected error on SocialTap's side.

Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.

502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_errorYes, later

The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read.

Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free.

503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_blockedYes, later

The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.

Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.

overloadedYes, later

SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged.

Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free.

Pagination

Items come in pages, last shown, most recent first. To get the next page, send the same request plus cursor set to page.next_cursor from the previous response. Keep every other parameter the same (limit, max_age and fields may change); anything else that differs is rejected. When page.has_more is false the walk is over, and page.end_reason says why: only end means you have every item (the others say the platform or a page cap stopped the walk early).

Order: sort=newest (the default): last shown, most recent first; sort=oldest: last shown, least recent first (topic=political); sort=popular: most impressions first (topic=political); sort=spend: most spent first (topic=political)
Page size: Up to 40 ads (the default; limit lowers it)
Cursor lifetime: 24 hours; don't store cursors
Price: Per page, 1 credit

The `page` object

has_moreboolean

True when another page exists; then next_cursor is set. An empty page with has_more true is not the end.

next_cursorstringnullable

Pass as cursor, with the same other parameters, to get the next page; null at the end.

next_cursor_expires_atstring date-timenullable

When next_cursor stops working, RFC 3339 UTC; null at the end. Don't store cursors.

end_reasonstringnullable

Why there are no more pages; null while has_more is true. end: the list ended, or reached since/until. platform_limit: the platform stops serving further pages although the list goes on. max_pages: SocialTap's cap on pages in one walk. New values may be added. A short or empty page is not the end: only has_more false is.

One ofendplatform_limitmax_pages

cURL: next page

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?query=lululemon.com&cursor=c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

The price is per page: each successful page costs the same, whatever limit is and however many items it has. Empty pages are charged too (an empty page with has_more: true is not the end), except a page whose items since or until all removed: that one is free.
A limit below 40 doesn't save credits: the next request serves the rest of the same platform page, which is fetched again and charged as a page each time, and items can shift between those requests if the platform changes the list. Omitting limit is the cheapest way to walk the list.
Errors are free, including a rejected cursor.
Pages served from the cache are free.
An expired or altered cursor, or one sent with different parameters, fails with invalid_cursor (HTTP 400): Repeat the original request without cursor to start the list again.

Pagination guide

Pricing

From 1 credit per page. Charged per successful page, whatever its number of items. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source.

Source	Price per successful page	Per 1,000 pages
Platform API `api`	1 credit	$0.75–$1.97

Balance, sources and what you were charged

Your balance must be at least 1 credit to start a request; with less, it is refused with insufficient_credits (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

meta.source	Source	What it means
`api`	Platform API	The platform's public, logged-out API.

meta.credits_charged and the x-credits-charged header show what you paid. How credits work · Packs

Endpoint ID google.search_ads · operationId google.search_ads.list · Product overview

cURL

curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?query=lululemon.com' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

TypeScript SDK

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

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

const res = await client.google.searchAds.list({ query: "lululemon.com" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

Node.js (fetch)

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  query: "lululemon.com",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, page, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

Python (requests)

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads",
    params={"query": "lululemon.com"},
    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, page, meta = body["data"], body["page"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

Go (net/http)

package main

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

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("query", "lululemon.com")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?"+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"`
		Page  json.RawMessage `json:"page"`
		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"])
}

PHP

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'query' => 'lululemon.com',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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;

Ruby

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('query' => 'lululemon.com')
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"]

Java

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 = "query=" + encode("lululemon.com");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?" + 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);
    }
}

.NET

using System.Text.Json;

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

var query = string.Join("&",
    "query=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("lululemon.com"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/google/search_ads?" + 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"));

Rust

// 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/search_ads")
        .query(&[("query", "lululemon.com")])
        .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

200 OK

{
  "data": [
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc.",
        "id": "AR01614014350098432001",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001",
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "creatives"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "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/989267650108216441",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2026-10-16T07:13:50Z",
      "id": "CR01602111080165801985",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-11-03T01:13:20Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "google",
      "platform_specific": {
        "google": {
          "days_shown": 18,
          "is_synthetic": null,
          "product_category": null,
          "regions": [],
          "targeting": null,
          "topic": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [],
      "reach": null,
      "spend": null,
      "type": "text",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes",
        "languages",
        "platform_specific.google.regions"
      ],
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001/creative/CR01602111080165801985"
    },
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc.",
        "id": "AR01614014350098432001",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001",
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "creatives"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "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/6465019125132301667",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2026-10-14T00:57:35Z",
      "id": "CR04589531176955281409",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-11-03T00:48:22Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "google",
      "platform_specific": {
        "google": {
          "days_shown": 21,
          "is_synthetic": null,
          "product_category": null,
          "regions": [],
          "targeting": null,
          "topic": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [],
      "reach": null,
      "spend": null,
      "type": "text",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes",
        "languages",
        "platform_specific.google.regions"
      ],
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001/creative/CR04589531176955281409"
    },
    {
      "advertiser": {
        "avatar_url": null,
        "display_name": "lululemon athletica canada inc.",
        "id": "AR01614014350098432001",
        "is_verified": true,
        "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001",
        "username": null
      },
      "approximate_fields": [
        "creatives"
      ],
      "audience_size": null,
      "country_codes": [],
      "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/8703432262747982451",
              "width": null
            }
          ],
          "title": null
        }
      ],
      "first_shown_at": "2024-08-27T09:13:20Z",
      "id": "CR10993845259498160129",
      "impressions": null,
      "is_active": null,
      "is_political": null,
      "languages": [],
      "last_shown_at": "2026-11-03T00:45:16Z",
      "paid_by": null,
      "platform": "google",
      "platform_specific": {
        "google": {
          "days_shown": 485,
          "is_synthetic": null,
          "product_category": null,
          "regions": [],
          "targeting": null,
          "topic": null
        }
      },
      "publisher_platforms": [],
      "reach": null,
      "spend": null,
      "type": "text",
      "unknown_fields": [
        "country_codes",
        "languages",
        "platform_specific.google.regions"
      ],
      "url": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR01614014350098432001/creative/CR10993845259498160129"
    }
  ],
  "page": {
    "has_more": true,
    "next_cursor": "c1.EXAMPLE_CURSOR",
    "next_cursor_expires_at": "2026-10-26T12:00:00Z",
    "end_reason": null
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "google",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 281,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": null,
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

404

404 not_found

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).",
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "status": 404,
    "retryable": false,
    "param": null,
    "remediation": "Check the link or ID. Do not retry.",
    "doc_url": "https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/#not_found",
    "details": {},
    "charged": false
  }
}

400

400 invalid_input

{
  "error": {
    "code": "invalid_input",
    "message": "A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.",
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "status": 400,
    "retryable": false,
    "param": null,
    "remediation": "Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.",
    "doc_url": "https://socialtap.dev/docs/errors/#invalid_input",
    "details": {},
    "charged": false
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

Example

Authorizations

Query parameters

Response

200

400

401

402

403

404

429

500

502

503

Pagination

The page object

Next page

Pricing

The `page` object