# Facebook Ad Library search: run it free, or from your agent

Search the ads a brand runs on Meta and read each one's text and dates.

## Prompt

Use looot to search the Facebook Ad Library for ads from [brand or keyword] in [country]. 1. Set up https://looot.ai/skill.md. 2. Search the catalog for a Meta ad library endpoint and check its price before you call. 3. Run the cheapest one that fits. 4. Return a table of advertiser, ad text, platforms and start date, oldest first, and the total cost.

## What it needs

A brand name or keyword

## What comes back

- advertiser
- ad text
- creative link
- platforms
- start date
- status

## Endpoints and providers

- scrapecreators: scrapecreators-facebook-adlibrary-search-ads-get
- searchapi-io: searchapi-io-meta-ad-library
- adyntel: adyntel-facebook-ad-search
- apify: apify-meta-ads-library-search

## What it costs

The tool on the web page runs live at no cost to you and is limited per hour. The results come from public data through looot. For heavier or repeated use, run the same job from your own looot account: looot bills per call and charges nothing while your agent is idle. The live price comes from the catalog and shows on the web page.

## Competitor ads

See what a competitor is running right now and which ads have been up the longest.

## Angles and hooks

Collect the opening lines in a niche and let your agent group them.

## Swipe file

Save text, links and start dates to a sheet. Checking again each week needs scheduled runs, not available yet.

## Country by country

Run the same search for several countries and compare what changes.

## How do I use the Facebook Ad Library?

Give your agent a brand or keyword and a country. It searches the Meta Ad Library and returns each ad's text, platforms and start date.

## Is the Facebook Ad Library free?

Meta's own library site is free to browse. Calling it from an agent in bulk goes through a provider, so you pay the per-call price shown above.

## How do I scrape the Facebook Ad Library?

Ask your agent to call an ad library endpoint from the catalog. It gets structured fields back and does not need to drive a browser.

## How do I find competitor ads on Facebook?

Search the competitor's brand name, then read each ad's text and start date. Ask your agent to sort by start date to see the oldest ads first.

## How long has a Facebook ad been running?

Every ad has a start date. Days running is today minus that date. A long run suggests the advertiser kept paying for it, which is a hint, not proof it works.

## Is there a Facebook Ad Library API?

Meta publishes an official Ad Library API with its own access steps. looot gives your agent ad library calls from several providers through one connection.

## What are the best ad spy tools?

Dashboards suit manual browsing. An agent that can call ad library endpoints suits repeat checks and writing its own reports. Pick by the job, not by a list.

## Which free ad library tools exist?

Meta's own Ad Library site is free and needs no signup. The search box on this page runs a similar search through looot, free to you and limited per hour.

## What does an ad library search return?

Advertiser, ad text, creative link, platforms, start date and status. The exact fields vary by provider, and your agent reads them from the endpoint in the catalog.

## Does the library show ad spend?

Meta shows spend mainly for political and issue ads. Most commercial ads carry no spend figure.

## What does it cost through looot?

The live price is at the top of this page, read from the catalog. looot bills per call and charges nothing while your agent is idle.

## Which agents work with it?

Claude, Cursor, Codex and ChatGPT work with it. Give the agent the skill.md link, or llms.txt if it does not load skills.

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## Last reviewed

2026-10-03. The price per call is read live from the catalog on the web page.