Get a Facebook Ad Library ad · Facebook API
Returns one ad from the Meta Ad Library by archive id: advertiser, creative, run dates, platforms and, for EU ads, reach and targeting. Set `include_transcript` for a video transcript. Returns `not_found` when the ad does not exist.
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curl https://api.unifapi.com/facebook/ads/{id} \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $UNIFAPI_KEY"Parameters
- idpathrequired
- Meta Ad Library archive id.
- include_transcriptquery
- When true, includes a plain-text transcript when available for the ad video.
- The parameter for this Facebook operation. Use the URL-visible slug or id described in the docs.
This operation is part of the Facebook API in the social platforms category. It uses the same Bearer token, request tracing, error model, and billing envelope as every UnifAPI endpoint, so agents can switch between platforms without custom per-vendor glue code.
Use it when a workflow needs Facebook public data alongside other social networks, but should still keep one API key, one account balance, and one predictable JSON contract.
Common agent workflows
- Look up public Facebook data for agents that need reliable open-web context.
- Give an AI agent a stable Facebook data source without building a per-platform integration.
- Normalize Facebook responses into the same UnifAPI envelope used across the catalog.
Unified envelope, platform-native fields
- Lookup responses return one canonical object in `data` with stable identifiers, source URLs where available, and platform-specific metadata normalized into predictable JSON.
- The operation has a 3 credits ($0.003) minimum charge, so `billing.records_charged` can be higher than the visible records returned.
- A not-found or invalid-input condition uses the unified UnifAPI error shape, so callers do not need special handling for each source platform.
Response status codes
Billing
This operation charges 1 credit per billable record, with a 3 credits ($0.003) operation minimum. Public responses include billing metadata with credits charged, records charged, and remaining workspace balance. Incorrect Credit deductions caused by platform failures can be restored as billing corrections.
Errors and retries
Authentication, validation, rate-limit, not-found, and provider errors use the unified UnifAPI error format. Agents should log `request_id`, retry only retryable failures, and treat invalid API keys, disabled keys, and expired keys as the same public `unauthorized` error type.
Fields in the data object
A successful Get a Facebook Ad Library ad call returns one data object with these fields (12 of 17 shown — the docs list the full schema).
- idstring | null
- Stable identifier for the ad.
- ad_idstring | null
- Platform ad id when available.
- urlstring | null
- Public Facebook Ad Library URL for this ad when available.
- pageobject | null
- Advertiser page summary for this ad.
- campaignobject | null
- Campaign collation metadata for this ad.
- is_activeboolean | null
- Whether the ad is currently active.
- publisher_platformsstring[]
- Publisher platforms where the ad ran or is running.
- started_atnumber | null
- ISO-8601 timestamp for when the ad started, when available. Unix seconds.
- ended_atnumber | null
- ISO-8601 timestamp for when the ad ended, when available. Unix seconds.
- categoriesstring[]
- Ad categories reported by the platform.
- countriesstring[]
- Countries targeted or reached by the ad when available.
- impressionsobject | null
- Impressions metadata when available.
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