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Live Google Ads Advertisers Advanced

 
Google Ads Advertisers provides information on advertisers that run campaigns on Google Ads based on the Ads Transparency platform. ‌‌

Google Ads Advertisers SERP API provides top search engine results specific to the specified location (see the List of Locations) and keyword parameters.

There are two different priorities that stand for the relative speed of task execution: normal and high.

Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access

<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
    // Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
    $client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
    echo "n";
    print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
    print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
    print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
    print  $e->getTraceAsString();
    echo "n";
    exit();
}
$post_array = array();
// You can set only one task at a time
$post_array[] = array(
   "language_code" => "en",
   "location_code" => 2840,
   "keyword" => mb_convert_encoding("apple", "UTF-8")
   )
);
try {
    // POST /v3/serp/google/ads_advertisers/live/advanced
    // in addition to 'google' and 'ads_advertisers' you can also set other search engine and type parameters
    // the full list of possible parameters is available in documentation
    $result = $client->post('/v3/serp/google/ads_advertisers/live/advanced', $post_array);
    print_r($result);
    // do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
    echo "n";
    print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}n";
    print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}n";
    print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}n";
    print  $e->getTraceAsString();
    echo "n";
}
$client = null;
?>

The above command returns JSON structured like this:

{
  "version": "0.1.20241203",
  "status_code": 20000,
  "status_message": "Ok.",
  "time": "2.0907 sec.",
  "cost": 0.002,
  "tasks_count": 1,
  "tasks_error": 0,
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "12131346-1535-0139-0000-dd1e08596483",
      "status_code": 20000,
      "status_message": "Ok.",
      "time": "2.0262 sec.",
      "cost": 0.002,
      "result_count": 1,
      "path": [
        "v3",
        "serp",
        "google",
        "ads_advertisers",
        "live",
        "advanced"
      ],
      "data": {
        "api": "serp",
        "function": "live",
        "se": "google",
        "se_type": "ads_advertisers",
        "location_code": 2840,
        "keyword": "apple",
        "device": "desktop",
        "os": "windows"
      },
      "result": [
        {
          "keyword": "apple",
          "type": "ads_advertisers",
          "se_domain": "adstransparency.google.com",
          "location_code": 2840,
          "language_code": "en",
          "check_url": null,
          "datetime": "2024-12-13 11:46:28 +00:00",
          "spell": null,
          "refinement_chips": null,
          "item_types": [
            "ads_multi_account_advertiser",
            "ads_advertiser",
            "ads_domain"
          ],
          "se_results_count": 0,
          "items_count": 16,
          "items": [
            {
              "type": "ads_multi_account_advertiser",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 1,
              "title": "Apple Inc.",
              "location": "US",
              "approx_ads_count": 12017,
              "advertisers": [
                {
                  "type": "advertiser",
                  "advertiser_id": "AR15992851274060005377",
                  "location": "US",
                  "verified": true,
                  "approx_ads_count": 9000
                },
                {
                  "type": "advertiser",
                  "advertiser_id": "AR03186575737440174081",
                  "location": "US",
                  "verified": true,
                  "approx_ads_count": 3000
                },
                {
                  "type": "advertiser",
                  "advertiser_id": "AR02439908557932462081",
                  "location": "US",
                  "verified": true,
                  "approx_ads_count": 13
                },
                {
                  "type": "advertiser",
                  "advertiser_id": "AR06681431823521677313",
                  "location": "US",
                  "verified": false,
                  "approx_ads_count": 4
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_multi_account_advertiser",
              "rank_group": 2,
              "rank_absolute": 2,
              "title": "Apple",
              "location": "US",
              "approx_ads_count": 602,
              "advertisers": [
                {
                  "type": "advertiser",
                  "advertiser_id": "AR00604964697900318721",
                  "location": "US",
                  "verified": true,
                  "approx_ads_count": 600
                },
                {
                  "type": "advertiser",
                  "advertiser_id": "AR16006410966849814529",
                  "location": "US",
                  "verified": false,
                  "approx_ads_count": 2
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_advertiser",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 3,
              "title": "Apple Inc",
              "advertiser_id": "AR08619798719379800065",
              "location": "US",
              "verified": true,
              "approx_ads_count": 63
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_advertiser",
              "rank_group": 2,
              "rank_absolute": 4,
              "title": "AppleAire",
              "advertiser_id": "AR17003630320609656833",
              "location": "US",
              "verified": true,
              "approx_ads_count": 59
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_advertiser",
              "rank_group": 3,
              "rank_absolute": 5,
              "title": "Apple Auto",
              "advertiser_id": "AR12151332228441309185",
              "location": "US",
              "verified": true,
              "approx_ads_count": 19
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_advertiser",
              "rank_group": 4,
              "rank_absolute": 6,
              "title": "Apple Wood",
              "advertiser_id": "AR06010505619184812033",
              "location": "US",
              "verified": true,
              "approx_ads_count": 3
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 1,
              "rank_absolute": 7,
              "domain": "apple.com"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 2,
              "rank_absolute": 8,
              "domain": "applern.com"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 3,
              "rank_absolute": 9,
              "domain": "snapple.com"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 4,
              "rank_absolute": 10,
              "domain": "applecart.co"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 5,
              "rank_absolute": 11,
              "domain": "apple4you.hu"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 6,
              "rank_absolute": 12,
              "domain": "applefcu.org"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 7,
              "rank_absolute": 13,
              "domain": "applebank.com"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 8,
              "rank_absolute": 14,
              "domain": "applefarm.com"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 9,
              "rank_absolute": 15,
              "domain": "applecdjr.com"
            },
            {
              "type": "ads_domain",
              "rank_group": 10,
              "rank_absolute": 16,
              "domain": "limeapple.com"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute, each Live SERP API call can contain only one task.

Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.

Description of the fields for setting a task:

Field name Type Description
keyword string keyword
required field
you can specify up to 700 characters in the keyword field
all %## will be decoded (plus character ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character)
if you need to use the “%” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%25”;
if you need to use the “+” character for your keyword, please specify it as “%2B”

learn more about rules and limitations of keyword and keywords fields in DataForSEO APIs in this Help Center article

location_name string full name of search engine location
required field if you don’t specify location_code or location_coordinate
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_code or location_coordinate
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/ads_advertisers/locations
example:
London,England,United Kingdom
location_code integer search engine location code
required field if you don’t specify location_name or location_coordinate
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name or location_coordinate
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to the https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/serp/google/ads_advertisers/locations
example:
2840
location_coordinate string GPS coordinates of a location
required field if you don’t specify location_name or location_code
if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name or location_code
example:
52.6178549,-155.352142
priority integer task priority
optional field
can take the following values:
1 – normal execution priority (set by default)
2 – high execution priority

tag string user-defined task identifier
optional field
the character limit is 255
you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result
you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response

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As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.

Description of the fields in the results array:

Field name Type Description
version string the current version of the API
status_code integer general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here
Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message string general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time string execution time, seconds
cost float total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count integer the number of tasks in the tasks array
tasks_error integer the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
tasks array array of tasks
        id string task identifier
unique task identifier in our system in the UUID format
        status_code integer status code of the task
generated by DataForSEO; can be within the following range: 10000-60000
you can find the full list of the response codes here
        status_message string informational message of the task
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
        time string execution time, seconds
        cost float cost of the task, USD
        result_count integer number of elements in the result array
        path array URL path
        data object contains the same parameters that you specified in the POST request
        result array array of results
            keyword string keyword received in a POST array
the keyword is returned with decoded %## (plus symbol ‘+’ will be decoded to a space character)
            type string search engine type in a POST array
            se_domain string search engine domain in a POST array
            location_code integer location code in a POST array
            language_code string language code in a POST array
            check_url string direct URL to search engine results
you can use it to make sure that we provided accurate results
            datetime string date and time when the result was received
in the UTC format: “yyyy-mm-dd hh-mm-ss +00:00”
example:
2019-11-15 12:57:46 +00:00
            spell object autocorrection of the search engine
if the search engine provided results for a keyword that was corrected, we will specify the keyword corrected by the search engine and the type of autocorrection;
in this case, equals null
            refinement_chips object search refinement chips
                type string type of element = ‘refinement_chips’
                xpath string the XPath of the element
                items array items of the element
                    type string type of element = ‘refinement_chips_element’
                    title string title of the element
                    url string search URL with refinement parameters
                    domain string domain in SERP
                    options array further search refinement options
                       type string type of element = ‘refinement_chips_option’
                       title string title of the element
                       url string search URL with refinement parameters
                       domain string domain in SERP
            item_types array types of search results in SERP
contains types of search results (items) found in SERP.
possible item types:
ads_muti_account_advertiser, ads_advertiser, ads_domain
            se_results_count integer total number of results in SERP
            items_count integer the number of results returned in the items array
            items array elements of search results found in SERP
            ads_multi_account_advertiser
                type string type of element = ‘ads_multi_account_advertiser’
multiple advertising accounts with a similar title on Google Ads
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                title string title of the element
contains the name of the advertiser
                location string advertiser location
                approx_ads_count integer ads count
the approximate number of ads that are run by the advertiser across all available Google Ads platforms
                advertisers array associated advertiser accounts
contains objects with data on associated advertiser accounts
                    type string type of the element
possible item types: advertiser
                    advertiser_id string unique identifier of the advertiser account
can be used to obtain data on advertising campaigns from the Google Ads Search endpoint
                    location string location of the advertiser account
country code associated with the advertiser account
                    verified boolean verified advertiser account
equals true if advertiser account is verified by Google Ads
                    approx_ads_count integer ads count
the approximate number of ads that are run by the advertiser account across all available Google Ads platforms
            ads_advertiser
                type string type of element = ‘ads_advertiser’
single advertiser account on Google Ads
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                title string title of the element
contains the name of the advertiser
                location string advertiser location
                verified boolean verified advertiser account
equals true if advertiser account is verified by Google Ads
                approx_ads_count integer ads count
the approximate number of ads that are run by the advertiser across all available Google Ads platforms
            ads_domain
                type string type of element = ‘ads_domain’
Google Ads advertiser identified with a domain name
                rank_group integer group rank in SERP
position within a group of elements with identical type values
positions of elements with different type values are omitted from rank_group
                rank_absolute integer absolute rank in SERP
absolute position among all the elements in SERP
                domain string domain name
example: dataforseo.com

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