Facebook & Instagram Ad Spy & API ($0.50/1k)
Fast & Cheap ($0.50/1k): Spy on competitor Facebook & Instagram ads by Page URL, @handle or keyword fast. Tracks new ads, 30d+ winners, HD videos, CTAs & IG stats.
{
"adArchiveId": "880112233445566",
"adUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?id=880112233445566",
"collationId": "330998877665544",
"collationCount": 8,
"isActive": true,
"startDate": "2026-01-15T10:00:00+00:00",
"endDate": null,
"activeDays": 74.2,
"isLongRunningWinner": true,
"monitorStatus": "continuing",
"pageId": "100200300400",
"pageName": "Acme Sportswear",
"pageUrl": "https://www.facebook.com/acmesportswear/",
"pageCategory": "Apparel & clothing",
"pageLikes": 412900,
"igUsername": "acmesportswear",
"igFollowers": 285400,
"igVerified": true,
"displayFormat": "VIDEO",
"publisherPlatforms": [
"FACEBOOK",
"INSTAGRAM"
],
"publisherPlatformsText": "FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM",
"title": "Zero-Drop Training Shoe",
"bodyText": "Built for heavy lifts and sprint intervals. Try 30 days risk-free.",
"ctaText": "Shop Now",
"ctaType": "SHOP_NOW",
"linkUrl": "https://shop.example.com/products/zero-drop-trainer",
"linkDomain": "shop.example.com",
"primaryVideoHdUrl": "https://video.example.com/v/hook_hd.mp4",
"videoCount": 1,
"countryFilter": "US",
"searchQuery": "acmesportswear",
"inputSource": "page_url",
"detailLevel": "full",
"scrapedAt": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+00:00"
}
Features
What the Facebook & Instagram Ad Spy & API ($0.50/1k) Extracts
Identify Proven Winning Creatives
Automatically calculates exact activeDays and flags ads running continuously for 30+ days (isLongRunningWinner: true) plus collationCount (how many active ad variations share the same creative).
Stateful Cross-Run Competitor Monitoring
Automatically persists competitor ad snapshots in a Named Key-Value Store (meta-ads-monitor-state by default on Apify Cloud, or a custom monitorStoreName). First-time page runs establish a "baseline", and subsequent scheduled runs label newly launched creatives as "new", continuing ads as "continuing", and record recentlyStoppedByPage IDs in AD_MONITOR_STATE whenever a page's.
Direct HD Creative Assets & Unwrapped Landing Funnels
Extracts playable primaryVideoHdUrl (.mp4), high-resolution imageUrls, full carouselCards, ctaText, unwrapped linkUrl, and normalized linkDomain for instant landing-page funnel grouping.
Instagram & Facebook Brand Enrichment
Resolves igUsername, igFollowers, igVerified, pageLikes, pageCategory, and pageAbout—plus euTotalReach & transparency disclosures when scraping EU/UK markets (DE, FR, NL, GB, etc.).
Integration
Run It From Python or n8n
from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN")
run_input = {
"pageUrls": ["https://www.facebook.com/nike"],
"country": "US",
"activeStatus": "active",
"mediaType": "all",
"sortBy": "default",
"scrapeAdDetails": True
}
run = client.actor("unitbytes/facebook-instagram-ad-spy-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item.get("title"), item.get("pageName"), item.get("igUsername"))n8n Workflow Template
Schedule this scraper and send results to Google Sheets, Airtable, or Slack.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Do I need my own proxies or account login for facebook-instagram-ad-spy-scraper?
No. UnitBytes manages residential proxy rotation and automated request orchestration so you never need personal accounts or proxies.
Q: What output formats are supported?
All data can be downloaded in JSON, CSV, or Excel formats, or consumed directly via the Apify REST API and webhooks.
Q: How does pricing work?
You only pay for successful records extracted under Apify Pay-Per-Event pricing, with zero monthly minimums or idle compute costs.
Q: Can this actor be integrated into automated workflows?
Yes. You can trigger runs via Apify API, Python/JavaScript clients, Make, Zapier, or scheduled cron workflows.
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