Google Ads Transparency Scraper

io.github.fernandoguiraud16-coderv1.0.0Updated Oct 6, 2026

Every Google ad of any advertiser or domain: text, image and YouTube ads.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableWeb Search & ScrapingBusiness & Commerce

Overview

AI-generated overview

Lets an assistant pull Google Search, Display and YouTube ads from the Google Ads Transparency Center for any advertiser or domain.

What it does
This remote MCP server exposes an Apify-hosted scraper for the Google Ads Transparency Center. It returns text, image and YouTube ads run by a given advertiser or domain, and can order results by longest-running first. It also supports alerts for newly detected ads, so an assistant can monitor a competitor's advertising over time.
When to use it
Use it when you want to inspect or track a competitor's Google advertising: which creatives they run, which have run longest, and when new ones appear. It suits marketing research, ad-copy analysis and competitive monitoring rather than general web search.
Requirements
A remote streamable HTTP endpoint at mcp.apify.com; no local runtime is needed. An Apify account and API token are required, and the underlying Actors are pay-per-result, so usage consumes Apify credits.
Before you install
Scraped ad data is sent to Apify's cloud service, and the server is pay-per-result, so runs spend money on your Apify account. Treat the API token as a secret and keep it out of shared logs or prompts. Results reflect what the public transparency archive shows and may be incomplete or change without notice.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Google Ads Transparency Scraper in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-ads-transparency-scraper": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fguiraud/google-ads-transparency-scraper"
    }
  }
}

README

Data Tools: clean web data for developers and AI agents

Ready-to-run Python examples for pay-per-use Apify Actors that turn search trends, news, competitor ads, documents, websites, YouTube, TikTok and Instagram videos and audio into clean JSON, Markdown, CSV and Excel.

🌐 Website: https://fernandoguiraud16-coder.github.io/data-tools/

Each example is a single short script plus a sample-output.json from a real cloud run, so you can see exactly what you get before running anything.

[Sample output of the TikTok Transcript Scraper: real results from a cloud run]

Examples

ExampleWhat it doesActor
google-trendsCompare terms over time, export to CSV, see rising searches and what's trending nowGoogle Trends Scraper
google-newsSave news articles as Markdown files, or get alerts for new stories onlyGoogle News Scraper
google-ads-transparencyEvery Google Search, Display and YouTube ad of a competitor, longest-running first, and alerts for new adsGoogle Ads Transparency Scraper
trends-to-newsFind the fastest rising searches on a topic and the news that explains themTrends + News
pdf-to-markdownPDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and scans to Markdown, or to RAG chunks in JSONLPDF to Markdown Extractor
pdf-table-extractorEvery table in a PDF to an Excel workbook, one sheet per tablePDF Table Extractor
tech-stack-whoisEnrich a list of company domains: CMS, email provider, hosting, age, security gradeTech Stack Detector & WHOIS
bulk-whoisFind available and soon-to-expire domains in a listBulk WHOIS Lookup
audio-transcriptionAudio or video to text and SRT subtitles, 99 languagesAudio & Video Transcription
podcast-transcriptsTranscribe only the new episodes of your favourite podcastsPodcast Transcript Scraper
youtube-transcriptsYouTube videos, Shorts, whole channels and playlists to Markdown with timestamps, SRT or textYouTube Transcript Scraper
mcp-agentsUse all of these as tools in Claude, Cursor or any MCP clientApify MCP server

Also in the family (same engine as Audio & Video Transcription, so the audio-transcription example works with them too):

ActorWhat it does
Instagram Reels Transcript ScraperInstagram Reels to text with author, date, likes and comments ($0.009 per Reel)
TikTok Transcript ScraperTikTok videos or whole accounts to text with views and likes ($0.009 per video)
Video to Text TranscriberTikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and MP4 links to transcripts and readable subtitles, per minute
SRT Subtitle GeneratorBroadcast-formatted SRT/VTT subtitles (42 characters, 2 lines)

For AI agents

  • MCP: every tool is listed in the official MCP registry as io.github.fernandoguiraud16-coder/<tool> and served at https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fguiraud/<tool>. See examples/mcp-agents.
  • Agent skills: npx skills add fernandoguiraud16-coder/data-tools installs 4 skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other coding agents.
  • llms.txt: a short index of all tools for LLMs.

Quick start

  1. Create a free Apify account and copy your API token from Console → Settings → API & Integrations.

  2. Install the client and set the token:

    bash
    pip install -r requirements.txtexport APIFY_TOKEN=your_token          # Windows PowerShell: $env:APIFY_TOKEN="your_token"

  3. Run any example:

    bash
    python examples/google-trends/compare_terms.py "chatgpt, gemini, claude" --geo US

Pricing

All Actors are pay per result: you pay a fraction of a cent per item (term, article, ad, document, domain, video or audio minute), and failed or empty items are not charged. Apify's free plan includes monthly credits, enough to try every example. Exact prices are on each Actor's page.

Support

Found a bug or need a feature? Open an issue on the Actor's page in the Apify Store (replies within 48 hours), or an issue in this repository for problems with the examples.

License

The example code is MIT licensed: copy it into your own projects.

Source: README.md at commit 2c4f1e0

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  1. v1.0.0LatestOct 6, 2026