Google Ads Transparency Center Scraper

Scrape Google Ads Transparency Center creatives by domain or advertiser and export structured ad transparency data for competitor research, brand monitoring, and market analysis.

This Actor turns the public Google Ads Transparency Center into a schedulable dataset. Search by domain or advertiser, filter by creative format and Google platform, choose any supported region (or anywhere), and download advertiser, creative, preview, and destination fields as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML.

What this Google Ads Transparency Center scraper does

• Search Google Ads Transparency Center by domain or advertiser
• Process one or more targets in a single run
• Cover anywhere plus 237 country/territory regions
• Filter creative formats: text, image, video (or all)
• Filter platforms: YouTube, Search, Display, Shopping, Maps, Play (or all)
• Paginate SearchCreatives results with maxPagesPerTarget
• Collect advertiser IDs/names, creative IDs, format labels, preview URLs, detail URLs, first/last shown dates, and destination fields when available
• Optionally enrich rows with creative details and best-effort variant content parsing
• Write a RUN_SUMMARY with proxy, pagination, warning, and pay-per-event charge metadata

What data you can extract

Each dataset item is one creative-level row from Google Ads Transparency Center, including fields such as:

• advertiserId, advertiserName, advertiserCountryRaw
• creativeId, detailUrl, previewUrl, dedupeKey
• formatCode, formatLabel
• firstShownRaw, lastShownRaw
• headline, description, destinationUrl, visibleUrl, redirectUrl
• videoId, channelName, channelIcon
• region, searchMode, searchValue, targetLabel
• platforms, creativeFormats
• warnings, scrapedAt

Optional raw RPC fragments are available when includeRawJson=true:

• rawSearchCreativesJson
• rawCreativeJson
• rawAdvertiserJson

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How to scrape Google Ads Transparency Center ads

1. Open the Actor and click Try for free.
2. Keep runMode as real for live Transparency Center data (fixture is only for smoke tests).
3. Set region to a country code such as US, VN, DE, or use anywhere.
4. Add one or more targets with searchMode = domain or advertiser.
5. Optionally filter with creativeFormats and platforms.
6. Start with a low maxCreativesPerTarget and maxPagesPerTarget.
7. Run the Actor and export the dataset.

Example: domain monitoring

{
  "runMode": "real",
  "region": "US",
  "targets": [
    {
      "searchMode": "domain",
      "searchValue": "nike.com",
      "targetLabel": "Nike domain"
    }
  ],
  "creativeFormats": ["video"],
  "platforms": ["youtube"],
  "maxCreativesPerTarget": 20,
  "maxPagesPerTarget": 2,
  "includeCreativeDetails": true,
  "includeVariantContent": true,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Example: multi-target advertiser research

{
  "runMode": "real",
  "region": "anywhere",
  "targets": [
    {
      "searchMode": "advertiser",
      "searchValue": "Nike",
      "targetLabel": "Nike advertiser"
    },
    {
      "searchMode": "domain",
      "searchValue": "adidas.com",
      "targetLabel": "Adidas domain"
    }
  ],
  "creativeFormats": ["text", "image", "video"],
  "platforms": ["search", "display", "youtube"],
  "maxCreativesPerTarget": 30,
  "maxPagesPerTarget": 3
}

Example output item

{
  "runId": "abc123",
  "region": "US",
  "searchMode": "domain",
  "searchValue": "nike.com",
  "targetLabel": "Nike domain",
  "platforms": ["youtube"],
  "creativeFormats": ["video"],
  "advertiserId": "AR03132760982632267777",
  "advertiserName": "Nike, Inc.",
  "creativeId": "CR17251863590479069185",
  "detailUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/advertiser/AR03132760982632267777/creative/CR17251863590479069185",
  "formatCode": 3,
  "formatLabel": "video",
  "previewUrl": "https://adstransparency.google.com/...",
  "firstShownRaw": "2026-06-01",
  "lastShownRaw": "2026-07-01",
  "headline": null,
  "destinationUrl": null,
  "warnings": [],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-22T02:42:00Z"
}

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
runMode	string	real	real for live Google Ads Transparency Center requests; fixture for deterministic smoke tests.
region	string	VN	anywhere or one of 237 supported country/territory codes.
targets	array	required	One or more search targets. Every target is processed in order.
targets[].searchMode	string	required	domain or advertiser.
targets[].searchValue	string	required	Domain or advertiser value sent to Transparency Center.
targets[].targetLabel	string	optional	Reporting label copied into output rows.
creativeFormats	array	all	Leave empty for all, or choose text, image, video.
platforms	array	all	Leave empty for all, or choose youtube, search, display, shopping, maps, play.
maxCreativesPerTarget	integer	30	Max creatives emitted per target across pages (up to 1000).
maxPagesPerTarget	integer	5	Max SearchCreatives pages per target (~40 creatives/page).
includeCreativeDetails	boolean	true	Fetch and merge GetCreativeById detail payloads.
includeVariantContent	boolean	true	Fetch and parse variant/preview content when available.
includeRawJson	boolean	false	Preserve raw search/creative/advertiser RPC fragments on each item.
strictErrors	boolean	false	Fail the run on enrichment errors instead of continuing with warnings.
proxyConfiguration	object	Apify Proxy	Prefer residential proxy routed to the same market as region.
session	object	optional	Optional cookies, headers, or user agent for live requests.
rpcPaths / rpcIds	object	optional	Optional RPC path overrides (rpcIds is an alias).
debug	boolean	false	Extra debug logging and optional DEBUG_ARTIFACTS.
keepDebugArtifacts	boolean	false	Keep debug artifacts in the key-value store.

Output and RUN_SUMMARY

Dataset rows are creative-level records ready for export or automation.

The Actor also writes RUN_SUMMARY with:

• items written and targets processed
• region, formats, platforms
• pages fetched and warning counts
• proxy selection metadata
• pay-per-event charge status (result-item)

Pricing

This Actor uses pay per event pricing.

• Event: result-item
• Charge: $0.001 per final dataset item successfully written
• You are charged once per emitted creative row
• Platform usage (compute/proxy/storage) is billed according to your Apify account and Actor publication settings

Start with a small maxCreativesPerTarget to estimate cost before larger pulls.

Proxy recommendations

For live runs, use Apify Proxy with residential IPs and match apifyProxyCountry to the market you care about:

{
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true,
    "apifyProxyGroups": ["RESIDENTIAL"],
    "apifyProxyCountry": "US"
  }
}

Standby / Live View endpoints

This Actor supports Standby mode with:

• GET / and GET /health
• GET /input-example
• GET /openapi.json
• POST /search
• POST /run

Use runMode: "fixture" only for deterministic low-cost validation. For live data, keep runMode: "real" and bound volume with maxCreativesPerTarget.

Data source and limits

Data source:

https://adstransparency.google.com

Important limits:

• Google can change Transparency Center endpoints, payloads, or anti-bot behavior.
• Region filters depend on Transparency Center geo collection IDs; some markets may return sparse or empty results.
• Platform/format filters narrow results, but Google-side availability still controls what is returned.
• Pagination helps collect more creatives, but large advertisers can exceed practical page budgets.
• Variant parsing is best-effort and depends on preview/detail payloads.
• This Actor does not return private Google Ads account data, spend, conversions, or targeting settings.

FAQ

Does this scrape all countries?

Yes for Transparency Center coverage used by this Actor: choose anywhere or any of the 237 mapped country/territory codes.

Can I filter by ad format and platform?

Yes. Use creativeFormats for text / image / video, and platforms for youtube / search / display / shopping / maps / play. Leave either filter empty to include all.

Is fixture mode required?

No. Default runMode is real. Use fixture only for schema/smoke validation.

How am I charged?

One result-item event per final dataset item written, at $0.001 per item.

Developer usage

Apify API

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/lentic_clockss~google-ads-transparency-center-vn/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "runMode": "real",
    "region": "US",
    "targets": [{"searchMode": "domain", "searchValue": "nike.com"}],
    "creativeFormats": ["text", "image", "video"],
    "platforms": ["youtube", "search", "display"],
    "maxCreativesPerTarget": 10,
    "maxPagesPerTarget": 2
  }'

Python

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("lentic_clockss/google-ads-transparency-center-vn").call(
    run_input={
        "runMode": "real",
        "region": "anywhere",
        "targets": [
            {"searchMode": "domain", "searchValue": "nike.com", "targetLabel": "Nike"}
        ],
        "creativeFormats": ["video"],
        "platforms": ["youtube"],
        "maxCreativesPerTarget": 10,
    }
)
items = list(client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items())
print(items[:2])

MCP / AI assistants

Actor ID:

lentic_clockss/google-ads-transparency-center-vn

Summary

Use this Actor when you need a Google Ads Transparency Center scraper for domain or advertiser lookups, regional comparisons, format/platform filters, and structured creative-level exports for analytics, compliance review, and automation.

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