Ad Transparency Search

Search public ad transparency records to see the ads an advertiser runs on Google. Call the Ad Transparency Search API via REST or MCP to automate SEO research.

CostRecent 10 credits / call

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POST · https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearchMCP · nexscope_seo_ad_transparency_search

What this API does

Search public ad transparency records to see the ads an advertiser runs on Google. The request accepts limit, target. Its documented result includes creatives.advertiserId, creatives.advertiserName, creatives.creativeId, creatives.firstShownAt, creatives.format, creatives.lastShownAt, creatives.previews.height, creatives.previews.url.

Ad Transparency Search API use cases

Inspect available ad transparency records

An advertising researcher submits the documented inputs to explore available Google Search ad transparency records. The returned records support a review of observed advertiser creatives without establishing complete historical coverage.

Research an advertiser’s creative examples

A campaign analyst reviews the creative examples available in the returned transparency records. The analyst uses the documented fields for a manual content review rather than inferring spending, targeting or conversion results.

Document evidence for an advertising review

An analyst records the relevant transparency results and any missing information before sharing an advertising research brief. Conclusions remain limited to the available records and require separate verification when broader coverage is needed.

Ad Transparency Search API FAQ

What does the Ad Transparency Search API return?

Search public ad transparency records to see the ads an advertiser runs on Google. The documented output includes creatives.advertiserId, creatives.advertiserName, creatives.creativeId, creatives.firstShownAt, creatives.format, creatives.lastShownAt, creatives.previews.height, creatives.previews.url. It corresponds to the supplied limit, target. Optional fields can be absent; a missing value should not be interpreted as a measured zero. Example values illustrate the response shape, rather than live account results.

How many credits does the Ad Transparency Search API cost?

The current documented cost is Recent 10 credits / call. This is the same cost shown at the top of this page. If a range or estimate is displayed, the final charge depends on the request. Review your available credits and the pricing page before calling the API, and check API usage records for the actual charge.

How do I call the Ad Transparency Search API from my app or an MCP client?

Send a POST request to https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch with your API key as a Bearer token and the JSON inputs shown in API integration. In a compatible MCP client such as Claude or Cursor, connect Nexscope and call nexscope_seo_ad_transparency_search. Use the MCP arguments shown in the MCP guide, or switch Online test to MCP to review its request before adding it to your app.

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Endpoint

https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch

MCP method

nexscope_seo_ad_transparency_search

Step 1 of 3 · Authenticate

Authentication

All run endpoints require a user API key. Send it as a bearer token in the Authorization header.

Authorization: Bearer nk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Missing or invalid API keys return an authentication error. Manage keys from .

Step 2 of 3 · Send a request

POSThttps://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch

Run an API

Send a JSON request body using the parameters described below.

Example request

Replace YOUR_API_KEY, then run this command in your terminal.

curl -X POST 'https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "limit": 20,
  "target": "nexscope.ai"
}'

Code example

{
  "limit": 20,
  "target": "nexscope.ai"
}

Step 3 of 3 · Inspect the result

Check the response

Read code for the request status and data for the result. Open the parameter and response reference for the full field definitions.

HTTP status codes

Code	Description
200	Default HTTP response for both success and many business errors. Only outer JSON code 0 indicates success or asynchronous acceptance; inspect data for the result.
429	Execution admission rate limit; honor Retry-After when present.
503	Execution admission is temporarily unavailable; honor Retry-After when present.
Opt-in	X-Nexscope-Http-Status: semantic maps controller-handled business errors to HTTP status on run and task routes. Pre-authentication failures, such as a missing API key (code 11209), may still return HTTP 200 before this mapping. Always check the outer JSON code; malformed requests and infrastructure failures may also return non-200 HTTP responses.

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POSThttps://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch

Run this API

Send a JSON request to execute this API and receive the documented response payload.

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Endpoint

Method	`POST`
Path	`https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch`
Auth	`Bearer API key`
Content-Type	`application/json`

Request parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`limit`	`integer`	optional	Limit value used by this API operation. Default: 20 Minimum: 1 Maximum: 40
`target`	`string`	required	Target value used by this API operation. Minimum length: 1 Maximum length: 254

Response example

Example response envelope from the documented SEO API contract.

{
  "code": 0,
  "cost": "-1",
  "data": {
    "callId": "synthetic-call",
    "completedAt": null,
    "coverage": {
      "missing": [
        {
          "field": "synthetic",
          "reason": "UPSTREAM_FIELD_MISSING"
        }
      ],
      "status": "PARTIAL"
    },
    "requestedAt": "123",
    "result": {
      "creatives": [
        {
          "advertiserId": "synthetic",
          "advertiserName": "synthetic",
          "creativeId": "synthetic",
          "firstShownAt": 9007199254740992,
          "format": "synthetic",
          "lastShownAt": 9007199254740992,
          "previews": [
            {
              "height": 9007199254740992,
              "url": "synthetic",
              "width": 9007199254740992
            }
          ],
          "recordUrl": "synthetic",
          "verified": false
        }
      ],
      "meta": {
        "historyRange": "synthetic",
        "market": {
          "country": "synthetic",
          "language": "synthetic",
          "locationCode": 1
        },
        "missing": [
          {
            "path": "synthetic",
            "reason": "synthetic"
          }
        ],
        "missingOverflow": false,
        "retrievedAt": 9007199254740992,
        "sampledAt": 9007199254740992,
        "source": "synthetic",
        "truncated": false
      },
      "target": "synthetic"
    },
    "schemaVersion": "synthetic",
    "source": "synthetic",
    "status": "PARTIAL",
    "usage": {
      "billingStatus": "UNAPPROVED",
      "chargedCredits": "0"
    }
  },
  "msg": null,
  "time": "2026-01-01 00:00:00",
  "traceId": "synthetic-trace",
  "ts": "9007199254740993"
}

Response fields

Name	Type	Required	Description
`code`	`integer`	required	0 is a successful envelope; inspect data.status separately. Allowed: 0, 42008, 42009
`cost`	`string`	required	Elapsed processing milliseconds; not price. -1 for non-web context.
`data`	`object`	required	Data value used by this API operation.
`data.callId`	`string \| null`	optional	Call id value used by this API operation.
`data.completedAt`	`string \| integer \| null`	optional	Completed at value used by this API operation.
`data.coverage`	`object`	optional	Coverage value used by this API operation.
`data.coverage.missing`	`array`	optional	Missing value used by this API operation.
`data.coverage.missing[]`	`object`	required	Item in data coverage missing.
`data.coverage.missing[].field`	`string`	optional	Field value used by this API operation.
`data.coverage.missing[].reason`	`string`	optional	Reason value used by this API operation.
`data.coverage.status`	`string`	optional	Status value used by this API operation.
`data.requestedAt`	`string \| integer \| null`	optional	Requested at value used by this API operation.
`data.result`	`object \| null`	required	Result value used by this API operation.
`data.result.creatives`	`array`	required	Creatives value used by this API operation. Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 40
`data.result.creatives[]`	`object`	required	Item in data result creatives.
`data.result.creatives[].advertiserId`	`string \| null`	required	Advertiser id value used by this API operation.
`data.result.creatives[].advertiserName`	`string \| null`	required	Advertiser name value used by this API operation.
`data.result.creatives[].creativeId`	`string \| null`	required	Creative id value used by this API operation.
`data.result.creatives[].firstShownAt`	`integer \| null`	required	First shown at value used by this API operation. Minimum: 0
`data.result.creatives[].format`	`string`	required	Format value used by this API operation. Allowed: TEXT, IMAGE, VIDEO, UNKNOWN
`data.result.creatives[].lastShownAt`	`integer \| null`	required	Last shown at value used by this API operation. Minimum: 0
`data.result.creatives[].previews`	`array`	required	Previews value used by this API operation. Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 5
`data.result.creatives[].previews[]`	`object`	required	Item in data result creatives[] previews.
`data.result.creatives[].previews[].height`	`integer \| null`	required	Height value used by this API operation. Minimum: 0
`data.result.creatives[].previews[].url`	`string \| null`	required	Url value used by this API operation.
`data.result.creatives[].previews[].width`	`integer \| null`	required	Width value used by this API operation. Minimum: 0
`data.result.creatives[].recordUrl`	`string \| null`	required	Record url value used by this API operation.
`data.result.creatives[].verified`	`boolean \| null`	required	Verified value used by this API operation.
`data.result.meta`	`object`	required	Meta value used by this API operation.
`data.result.meta.historyRange`	`string`	required	History range value used by this API operation. Constant: PROVIDER_DEFAULT_HISTORY
`data.result.meta.market`	`object`	required	Market value used by this API operation.
`data.result.meta.market.country`	`string`	required	Country value used by this API operation. Constant: US
`data.result.meta.market.language`	`string \| null`	required	Language value used by this API operation. Allowed: en, null
`data.result.meta.market.locationCode`	`integer`	required	Location code value used by this API operation. Constant: 2840
`data.result.meta.missing`	`array`	required	Missing value used by this API operation. Minimum items: 0 Maximum items: 100
`data.result.meta.missing[]`	`object`	required	Item in data result meta missing.
`data.result.meta.missing[].path`	`string`	required	Path value used by this API operation.
`data.result.meta.missing[].reason`	`string`	required	Reason value used by this API operation. Allowed: MISSING, NULL, INVALID, UNSUPPORTED, TRUNCATED
`data.result.meta.missingOverflow`	`boolean`	required	Missing overflow value used by this API operation.
`data.result.meta.retrievedAt`	`integer`	required	Retrieved at value used by this API operation. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 9007199254740991
`data.result.meta.sampledAt`	`integer \| null`	required	Sampled at value used by this API operation. Minimum: 0 Maximum: 9007199254740991
`data.result.meta.source`	`string`	required	Source value used by this API operation. Constant: DATAFORSEO_GOOGLE_AD_TRANSPARENCY
`data.result.meta.truncated`	`boolean`	required	Truncated value used by this API operation.
`data.result.target`	`string`	required	Target value used by this API operation.
`data.schemaVersion`	`string \| null`	optional	Schema version value used by this API operation.
`data.source`	`string \| null`	optional	Source value used by this API operation.
`data.status`	`string`	optional	Status value used by this API operation. Allowed: SUCCESS, PARTIAL, EMPTY, PROCESSING, UNKNOWN, FAILED
`data.usage`	`object \| null`	optional	Usage value used by this API operation.
`data.usage.billingStatus`	`string \| null`	optional	Billing status value used by this API operation.
`data.usage.chargedCredits`	`string \| integer \| null`	optional	Charged credits value used by this API operation.
`msg`	`string \| null`	required	Available upstream msg/errmsg/message is preferred for success and failure; Chinese is translated to English. Missing successful message is null. Platform-only errors and task states use platform English. Message text never determines success or retry.
`time`	`string`	required	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
`traceId`	`string \| null`	required	Trace id value used by this API operation.
`ts`	`string`	required	Epoch milliseconds; global long serializer.

Accepted processing response

code 0 confirms acceptance. Use data.callId to query the same request; processing is not completion.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`code`	`integer`	required	0 is a successful envelope; inspect data.status separately. Constant: 0
`cost`	`string`	required	Elapsed processing milliseconds; not price. -1 for non-web context.
`data`	`object`	required	Data value used by this API operation.
`data.callId`	`string \| null`	required	Call id value used by this API operation.
`data.reason`	`string`	required	Reason value used by this API operation. Constant: IN_PROGRESS
`data.retryable`	`boolean`	optional	Retryable value used by this API operation.
`data.status`	`string`	required	Status value used by this API operation. Constant: PROCESSING
`data.taskId`	`string \| null`	optional	Task id value used by this API operation.
`msg`	`string \| null`	required	Available upstream msg/errmsg/message is preferred for success and failure; Chinese is translated to English. Missing successful message is null. Platform-only errors and task states use platform English. Message text never determines success or retry.
`time`	`string`	required	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
`traceId`	`string \| null`	required	Trace id value used by this API operation.
`ts`	`string`	required	Epoch milliseconds; global long serializer.

Error response

Name	Type	Required	Description
`code`	`integer`	required	0 is a successful envelope; inspect data.status separately.
`cost`	`string`	required	Elapsed processing milliseconds; not price. -1 for non-web context.
`data`	`object`	required	Data value used by this API operation.
`data.callId`	`string \| null`	required	Call id value used by this API operation.
`data.reason`	`string \| null`	required	Reason value used by this API operation.
`data.retryable`	`boolean`	optional	Retryable value used by this API operation.
`data.status`	`string \| null`	required	Status value used by this API operation.
`data.taskId`	`string \| null`	optional	Task id value used by this API operation.
`msg`	`string \| null`	required	Available upstream msg/errmsg/message is preferred for success and failure; Chinese is translated to English. Missing successful message is null. Platform-only errors and task states use platform English. Message text never determines success or retry.
`time`	`string`	required	yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
`traceId`	`string \| null`	required	Trace id value used by this API operation.
`ts`	`string`	required	Epoch milliseconds; global long serializer.

Retrieve a processing result

A response withPROCESSING and a callIdmeans the result is still being prepared. Use the result query below with the returned identifier. This lookup reads the stored result and does not spend credits.

curl -X GET https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch/calls/{callId} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer nk-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Responses

Code	Description
200	Default HTTP response for both success and many business errors. Only outer JSON code 0 indicates success or asynchronous acceptance; inspect data for the result.
429	Execution admission rate limit; honor Retry-After when present.
503	Execution admission is temporarily unavailable; honor Retry-After when present.
Opt-in	X-Nexscope-Http-Status: semantic maps controller-handled business errors to HTTP status on run and task routes. Pre-authentication failures, such as a missing API key (code 11209), may still return HTTP 200 before this mapping. Always check the outer JSON code; malformed requests and infrastructure failures may also return non-200 HTTP responses.

Data source, freshness, and limitations

Source, freshness, coverage, rate limits, and estimation notes are not specified in this API definition unless they appear in the request or response field documentation above. Do not assume official marketplace data or real-time freshness when it is not explicitly documented.

Step 1 of 2 · Connect your MCP client

MCP

V2 recommended

Connect remote agents through the standard MCP 2025-11-25 Streamable HTTP endpoint. Use OAuth 2.1 Authorization Code with PKCE, or an API key for compatibility.

POST https://api.nexscope.ai/mcp
MCP-Protocol-Version: 2025-11-25
Content-Type: application/json

Authentication

OAuth clients request the mcp:tools scope. The endpoint's 401 response advertises protected-resource metadata for authorization discovery.

Step 2 of 2 · Call the tool

Call a tool

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": "tool-call-1",
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nexscope_seo_ad_transparency_search",
    "arguments": {
      "limit": 20,
      "target": "nexscope.ai"
    }
  }
}

Legacy MCP v1

Existing API-key clients can continue using the compatibility endpoint. New integrations should use MCP v2.

GET / POST /mcp/legacy

Online test

Execute the current API with your API key and JSON payload. Online tests use this site's configured API environment; the Endpoint and copyable examples use the public integration address.

Uses your signed-in Nexscope session

SEO API Lab

SEO Ad Transparency Search

Search public ad transparency records to see the ads an advertiser runs on Google. Call the Ad Transparency Search API via REST or MCP to automate SEO research.

Live request

Estimated 10 credits / callAPI usage records

Limit

Value sent as the “limit” request parameter.

1–40

Target

Value sent as the “target” request parameter.

Up to 254 characters

Live calls may use Data credits.

Processing result

If a request is still processing, use the returned identifier to retrieve its stored result. The tester recognizes the identifier automatically, and result queries do not spend credits.

Live response

Results

Your live result will appear here.

Complete the request fields above and run the API. No sample response is substituted.

Test with an API key or MCP

Estimated 10 credits / callAPI usage records

Try it

Send a real request with the same contract shown in the reference.

Endpoint

/seo/adTransparencySearch

Processing result endpoint

https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch/calls/{resultId}

MCP method

nexscope_seo_ad_transparency_search

API key*

JSON payload*

cURL

curl -X POST \
  https://api.nexscope.ai/seo/adTransparencySearch \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer nk-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "limit": 20, "target": "nexscope.ai" }'

Response

No response yet. Run the request to see the response here.

Processing result

Use the identifier returned by Run request. The tester selects the correct result query automatically, and result queries do not spend credits.

Result identifier

Result response

No task result yet. Query the task to see the generated output here.

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