LinkedIn Ad Library search API

Q: Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry), upstream_blocked (retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

Q: How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false . Each page costs its own price. See pagination .

Q: Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.linkedin.ad_library_search(...) and the TypeScript client client.linkedin.adLibrarySearch() . Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI ( socialscrape-sdk ) or npm ( socialscrape ); plain HTTP works in any language.

Q: Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server , which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

Cost: 1 credit
Cached repeats: 0 creditssend max_age_days, results kept 30 days
Failed requests: 0 credits

Custom dates need both start_date and end_date, within the past year and ending yesterday at the latest. countries is a comma-separated list; the cursor is LinkedIn's pagination token.

Part of the LinkedIn Scraper API: 8 LinkedIn endpoints on one key.

Request

Send your key in the x-api-key header.

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/ad-library/search" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode 'company=Microsoft'

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "company": "Microsoft",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/ad-library/search",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11    timeout=60,12)13body = res.json()1415if body["ok"]:16    print(body["data"])17else:18    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/ad-library/search");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  company: "Microsoft",4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

1{2  "nodes": [3    {4      "name": "SocialScrape LinkedIn Ad Library search",5      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",6      "typeVersion": 4.2,7      "position": [8        0,9        010      ],11      "parameters": {12        "method": "GET",13        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/linkedin/ad-library/search",14        "sendQuery": true,15        "queryParameters": {16          "parameters": [17            {18              "name": "company",19              "value": "Microsoft"20            }21          ]22        },23        "sendHeaders": true,24        "headerParameters": {25          "parameters": [26            {27              "name": "x-api-key",28              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"29            }30          ]31        }32      }33    }34  ],35  "connections": {}36}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`query`	string	Keyword to search for. Also accepted as `keyword`, `q`.
`company`	string	Advertiser name. Also accepted as `company_name`.
`company_id`	string	LinkedIn company id: the number in linkedin.com/company/<id>. Also accepted as `companyId`.
`countries`	string	Comma-separated 2-letter countries, "US,CA,MX".
`start_date`	string	Start date, YYYY-MM-DD. Use with `end_date`. Also accepted as `startDate`.
`end_date`	string	End date, YYYY-MM-DD. Use with `start_date`. Also accepted as `endDate`.
`cursor`	string	Opaque cursor from the previous page; pass it back unchanged. Also accepted as `continuationToken`, `continuation_token`, `next_max_id`, `max_id`, `max_cursor`, `min_time`, `after`, `page_token`, `pageToken`, `paginationToken`, `next_page_id`, `page`.
`region`	string	Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1) for results that vary by country. Also accepted as `country`, `geo`.

Every request also accepts trim, raw and max_age_days.

Response

Sample from a recorded response, shortened. Values are examples, not your data.

200 OKSample response

1{2  "ok": true,3  "credits_charged": 1,4  "credits_remaining": 4999,5  "cached": false,6  "cached_at": null,7  "request_id": "req_f73f6d8a73de5b3aee83485a",8  "data": {9    "object": "list",10    "items": [11      {12        "object": "ad",13        "platform": "linkedin",14        "id": "1662766106",15        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1662766106",16        "advertiser": {17          "object": "advertiser",18          "platform": "linkedin",19          "id": null,20          "name": "Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program",21          "url": null,22          "page_id": null,23          "country": null,24          "verified": null,25          "ad_count": null,26          "extra": {27            "logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/C560BAQF-MwAnNIx7lQ/company-logo_100_100/company-logo_100_100/0/1630621036154/microsoft_partner_network_logo?e=179504640..."28          }29        },30        "status": "unknown",31        "started_at": null,32        "ended_at": null,33        "title": "Make each Microsoft 365 Business Premium opportunity a security conversation",34        "body": "Every Microsoft 365 Business Premium opportunity can open a broader security conversation.\n\nIn his latest blog, Diego Be…",35        "cta_text": null,36        "landing_url": null,37        "format": "image",38        "media": {39          "thumbnail_url": null,40          "video_url": null,41          "audio_url": null,42          "image_urls": [43            "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D4E10AQHgdQBe1y_lsQ/image-shrink_1280/B4EaF.aXC_HwAc-/0/1793122202032?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=lILQREka0rK8ccXqihFXhxDtktZk..."44          ],45          "width": null,46          "height": null47        },48        "regions": null,49        "publisher_platforms": null,50        "impressions": null,51        "spend": null,52        "extra": {53          "ad_type": "Single Image Ad",54          "body_truncated": true,55          "creative_type": "SPONSORED_STATUS_UPDATE",56          "label": "Promoted"57        }58      },59      {60        "object": "ad",61        "platform": "linkedin",62        "id": "1662299216",63        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/ad-library/detail/1662299216",64        "advertiser": {65          "object": "advertiser",66          "platform": "linkedin",67          "id": null,68          "name": "Microsoft Azure",69          "url": null,70          "page_id": null,71          "country": null,72          "verified": null,73          "ad_count": null,74          "extra": {75            "logo_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQGtwKUNwBubxg/company-logo_100_100/company-logo_100_100/0/1688144190823/microsoft_azure_logo?e=1795046400&v=beta&t..."76          }77        },78        "status": "unknown",79        "started_at": null,80        "ended_at": null,81        "title": "Empiece su prueba de Azure",82        "body": "Conecte dispositivos y datos de forma segura por defecto para que pueda enfocarse en desarrollar, no en defender.",83        "cta_text": null,84        "landing_url": null,85        "format": "video",86        "media": {87          "thumbnail_url": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5610AQFGHVj1oGbpFA/videocover-high/B56aF_6GPSIsBI-/0/1793147300503?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=724fZOEjF0sGUm5ArcqSVNjyy4UPDV...",88          "video_url": null,89          "audio_url": null,90          "image_urls": null,91          "width": null,92          "height": null93        },94        "regions": null,95        "publisher_platforms": null,96        "impressions": null,97        "spend": null,98        "extra": {99          "ad_type": "Video Ad",100          "creative_type": "SPONSORED_VIDEO",101          "label": "Promoted"102        }103      }104    ],105    "cursor": "eyJrIjoibGlhZHMiLCJ0IjoiMTY2MjEwODk1Ni0xNzkzMTMzODIzOTk4In0",106    "has_more": true,107    "parent": null108  },109  "cursor": "eyJrIjoibGlhZHMiLCJ0IjoiMTY2MjEwODk1Ni0xNzkzMTMzODIzOTk4In0",110  "has_more": true111}

Fields

A page of results. Each entry in items is a Ad. cursor and has_more page through the rest.

A field the platform does not give is null, never made up. Extra platform details are in extra.

Field	Type	Always	Notes
`object`	`"ad"`
`platform`	Platform	yes	the ad library's platform
`id`	string	yes
`url`	string or null
`advertiser`	Advertiser or null
`status`	`"active"` or `"inactive"` or `"unknown"`
`started_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`ended_at`	string (ISO 8601 date-time) or null
`title`	string or null
`body`	string or null
`cta_text`	string or null
`landing_url`	string or null
`format`	string or null		"image" \| "video" \| "carousel" \| "text" \| platform-specific
`media`	Media

Show the other 5 fields

Field	Type	Notes
`regions`	string[] or null
`publisher_platforms`	string[] or null	where it ran: facebook, instagram, ...
`impressions`	Range or null
`spend`	Range or null
`extra`	object or null

Full field list in the reference for this endpoint and the data models. Errors are listed under Errors.

Questions

Which errors can it return?

invalid_params (do not retry), not_found (do not retry), upstream_blocked (retry). Account and platform errors from the errors list can also happen. A failure always costs 0 credits.

How do I get more than one page?

Send the same request with cursor set to the cursor you received, until has_more is false. Each page costs its own price. See pagination.

Is there an SDK call for it?

The Python client has client.linkedin.ad_library_search(...) and the TypeScript client client.linkedin.adLibrarySearch(). Both return the same envelope as the HTTP API. Install them from PyPI (socialscrape-sdk) or npm (socialscrape); plain HTTP works in any language.

Can an AI agent call it?

Yes. The MCP server, which you run on your own machine, reaches every built endpoint, with the same prices.

How to scrape LinkedIn Ad Library searchStep by step, nine languages LinkedIn Ad Library ad detailsGET /v1/linkedin/ad-library/ad LinkedIn public person profileGET /v1/linkedin/profile LinkedIn company pageGET /v1/linkedin/company LinkedIn company postsGET /v1/linkedin/company/posts LinkedIn post searchGET /v1/linkedin/search/posts Reference in the docsEvery parameter and error LinkedIn Scraper APIAll 8 LinkedIn endpoints