How to scrape Google Company Ads with Node.js

Company Ads This tutorial gets it with a short Node.js program and the Google Company Ads API. Each successful call costs up to 25 credits; errors and not-found answers are free.

1. Get an API key

Sign in to get a key and 100 free credits, no card. Then put the key in an environment variable so it stays out of your code:

export SCRAPEIO_API_KEY="your_key_here"

2. Set up Node.js

Node 18 or newer; fetch is built in

3. Write the code

Save this as scrape.mjs.

const url = new URL("https://scrapeio.com/v1/google/company/ads");
const headers = { "x-api-key": process.env.SCRAPEIO_API_KEY };

const items = [];
while (true) {
  const res = await fetch(url, { headers });
  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${res.status}`);
  const { data } = await res.json();
  items.push(...(data.items ?? []));
  if (!data.has_more || !data.cursor || items.length >= 100) break;
  url.searchParams.set("cursor", data.cursor);
}
console.log(items.length, "items");
console.log(items.slice(0, 3));

The loop follows data.cursor until data.has_more is false, and stops at 100 items. Each page is one call, so it costs up to 25 credits.

4. Run it

node scrape.mjs

The response has the same envelope on every endpoint: success, cached, credits_used, credits_remaining and data. Shared fields such as handle, followers, plays, likes and created_at have the same names on every platform.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`domain`	string	The domain of the company
`advertiser_id`	string	The advertiser id of the company
`topic`	all, political	The topic to search for.
`region`	string	The region to search for.
`start_date`	string	Start date to search for.
`end_date`	string	End date to search for.
`platform`	google_maps, google_play, google_search, google_shopping, youtube	Platform to search for.
`format`	text, image, video	Ad format to search for.
`get_ad_details`	string	Set to true to get the ad details.
`cursor`	string	Cursor to paginate through results

Errors and what you pay

Status	Meaning	Charged
`200`	Success	Yes, unless cached
`400`	A parameter is missing or wrong	No
`401`	The key is missing or invalid	No
`402`	Not enough credits	No
`403`	The account or post is private	No
`404`	Not found on the platform	No
`429`	More than 300 requests a minute	No
`502`	Every source is down; retry shortly	No

Same endpoint in other languages

Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · Go · Rust · Java · C# · PHP · Ruby · Kotlin · Swift · R

Prefer no code?

Connect the MCP server to Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and ask in plain English. The agent uses call_endpoint with path /v1/google/company/ads for you.

100 free credits, no card. Credits never expire.

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