Political and issue ads with spend — Meta ad library

meta-ad-library.meta-ads.library.political

Search political and issue ads and see who paid for them and roughly how much

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GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/meta-ad-library.meta-ads.library.politicalPreview

Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

spend and impressions are RANGES — {"lower_bound":"100","upper_bound":"499"} — never point values, so totals across ads can only be reported as a range. demographic_distribution and delivery_by_region come back as percentage breakdowns that sum to ~1. Political ads stay in the library for seven years, unlike commercial ones

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`limit`	integer	Optional		`25`
`fields`	string	Required	the disclosure fields only exist on this ad_type	`id,page_name,bylines,currency,spend,impressions,demographic_distribution,delivery_by_region,ad_creative_bodies,ad_delivery_start_time,ad_delivery_stop_time`
`ad_type`	string	Required	POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS — this is what unlocks the spend/impressions/demographic fields	`POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS`
`bylines`	array	Optional	JSON array of exact paid-for-by disclaimers; POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS only
`search_terms`	string	Optional		`climate`
`delivery_by_region`	array	Optional	state / province names; POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS only	`["California"]`
`ad_delivery_date_min`	string	Optional	YYYY-MM-DD
`ad_reached_countries`	array	Required		`["US"]`

Query parameters
limitintegerOptional
Example: 25
fieldsstringRequired
the disclosure fields only exist on this ad_type
Example: id,page_name,bylines,currency,spend,impressions,demographic_distribution,delivery_by_region,ad_creative_bodies,ad_delivery_start_time,ad_delivery_stop_time
ad_typestringRequired
POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS — this is what unlocks the spend/impressions/demographic fields
Example: POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS
bylinesarrayOptional
JSON array of exact paid-for-by disclaimers; POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS only
search_termsstringOptional
Example: climate
delivery_by_regionarrayOptional
state / province names; POLITICAL_AND_ISSUE_ADS only
Example: ["California"]
ad_delivery_date_minstringOptional
YYYY-MM-DD
ad_reached_countriesarrayRequired
Example: ["US"]

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/meta-ad-library.meta-ads.library.political' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/meta-ad-library.meta-ads.library.political",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/meta-ad-library.meta-ads.library.political", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at free, including the service fee.