> **For coding agents and LLMs:** This is one page from the Social Fetch docs (markdown export). For curated orientation and workflow guidance, start with [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt); for the full endpoint list with links to pages like this one, use [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt); use [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) when you need structured JSON for tool registration.

## This page

- **On-site (HTML):** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search/get](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search/get)
- **Markdown (.mdx) URL:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search/get.mdx](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search/get.mdx)

## API base URL and authentication

- **API origin (from OpenAPI `servers`):** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`
- **Authentication:** send `x-api-key: sfk_...` on `/v1/**` routes unless the operation is explicitly anonymous (check OpenAPI `security`, the [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx), [`/llms.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.txt), or [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) for each route).
- **OpenAPI JSON:** [https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json](https://www.socialfetch.dev/openapi.json)

## Recommended docs entrypoints (this site)

- [Documentation overview](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs.mdx) — top-level orientation (markdown).
- [Quickstart](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/quickstart.mdx) — authenticate with `x-api-key`, validate auth with `whoami`, and understand the JSON envelope.
- [SDK](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk.mdx) — official TypeScript SDK guide, including `SocialFetchClient`, `Result`, and `unwrap()`.
- [SDK reference](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/sdk-reference.mdx) — exhaustive SDK method inventory and route mapping for agents, tooling, and power users.
- [Choose the right endpoint](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/choose-endpoint.mdx) — task-oriented route selection for smoke tests, profiles, list endpoints, and single-item lookups.
- [Capability matrix](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/capability-matrix.mdx) — fast comparison of identifiers, pagination, outcomes, media download, and SDK coverage.
- [Integrations](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations.mdx) — MCP for AI clients, n8n verified node, Apify Store Actors, SDK, and REST API connection paths.
- [MCP integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/mcp.mdx) — hosted `/mcp` server, OAuth, Cursor/VS Code/Claude install snippets, 87 endpoint tools, plus docs_search/docs_read for implementation help.
- [n8n integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/n8n.mdx) — install `n8n-nodes-socialfetch`, credentials, and workflow examples.
- [Apify integration](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/integrations/apify.mdx) — Store Actors under @social-fetch, PPE billing, dataset export, and quick start.
- [`/llms-endpoints.txt`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms-endpoints.txt) — every documented operation with a direct link to that route's agent-readable markdown page (prefer this over parsing OpenAPI).
- [`/llms.json`](https://www.socialfetch.dev/llms.json) — structured machine-readable operation inventory with parameter names, pagination, outcomes, credits, and SDK mapping.
- [API reference hub](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api.mdx) — human-friendly index of operations with links into generated pages.
- [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) — shared error envelope and HTTP status guidance.
- [Credits](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/credits.mdx) — metering, `402`, and planning batch jobs.
- Outcome semantics such as `found`, `not_found`, and `private` are documented in [Errors](https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/errors.mdx) and on operation pages when present in the OpenAPI contract.

## Markdown docs convention

- Every docs page has a markdown twin: append **`.mdx`** to the docs pathname (for example `/docs/quickstart` → `/docs/quickstart.mdx`).
- Agents that send `Accept: text/markdown` on `/docs/**` HTML URLs may receive markdown directly (same URL, `Vary: Accept`).

---
# Search TikTok Ad Library ads (https://www.socialfetch.dev/docs/api/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search/get)

## Summary

Search TikTok Top Ads by keyword and filters, or search the public Ads Library by advertiser name.

**Tags:** `TikTok`

## HTTP

- **Method:** GET
- **Path:** `/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search`
- **Base URL:** `https://api.socialfetch.dev`

## Capability summary

- **SDK mapping:** `client.tiktok.searchAdLibraryAds({ region?, period?, query?, advertiserName?, orderBy?, industry?, objective?, duration?, likes?, adFormat?, adLanguage?, cursor? })`
- **Pagination:** cursor via `cursor`, next cursor: `data.page.nextCursor`, has more: `data.page.hasMore`

## Credits

- **Base:** 1 credit per successful lookup.
- **Maximum on success (200):** 1 credit.
- **Normalization failure (502):** 1 credit charged.
- **Authoritative field:** `meta.creditsCharged`.

## Authentication

- **`x-api-key`**: API key (`sfk_...`)

## Parameters

### `region` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: DZ, AR, AU, AT, AZ, BH, BD, BY, BE, BO, BR, BG, KH, CA, CL, CO, CR, HR, CY, CZ, DK, DO, EC, EG, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, GT, JO, HU, ID, IQ, IE, IL, IT, JP, KZ, KE, KW, LV, LB, MY, MX, MA, NL, NZ, NG, NO, OM, PK, PA, PY, PE, PH, PL, PT, PR, QA, LT, RO, SA, RS, SG, SK, SI, ZA, KR, ES, LK, SE, CH, TW, TH, TR, AE, GB, US, UY, VN
- **Description:** Country code for Top Ads results. Defaults to US when omitted.

### `period` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: 7, 30, 180
- **Description:** Time window in days for Top Ads.

### `query` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; maxLength: 4096
- **Description:** Optional keyword to search ad titles and content.

### `advertiserName` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1; maxLength: 4096
- **Description:** Search the public TikTok Ads Library by advertiser name. When set, results come from the public Ads Library instead of Top Ads.

### `orderBy` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: for-you, impression, play-2s-rate, play-6s-rate, cvr, ctr, like
- **Description:** Sort metric for Top Ads. Defaults to for-you when omitted.

### `industry` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: apparel-accessories, appliances, apps, baby-kids-maternity, beauty-personal-care, business-services, ecommerce-non-app, education, financial-services, food-beverage, games, health, home-improvement, household-products, life-services, news-entertainment, pets, sports-outdoor, tech-electronics, travel, vehicle-transportation
- **Description:** Industry filter for Top Ads.

### `objective` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: app-installs, conversions, lead-generation, product-sales, reach, traffic, video-views
- **Description:** Campaign objective filter for Top Ads.

### `duration` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: under-10s, 10-20s, 20-30s, 30-40s, 40-50s, over-50s
- **Description:** Video duration filter for Top Ads.

### `likes` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: top-1-20, top-21-40, top-41-60, top-61-80, top-81-100
- **Description:** Likes percentile filter for Top Ads.

### `adFormat` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: spark-ads, non-spark-ads
- **Description:** Ad format filter for Top Ads.

### `adLanguage` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; enum: en, es, ar, vi, th, de, id, pt, fr, ms, nl, ja, it, ro, zh-Hant, ko
- **Description:** Ad language filter for Top Ads.

### `cursor` (query)

- **Required:** no
- **Constraints:** type `string`; minLength: 1
- **Description:** Opaque pagination cursor from a previous response.

## Behavior notes

- **`region`**: Country code for Top Ads results. Defaults to US when omitted.

## Pagination

This endpoint uses **cursor-based pagination** via the `cursor` query parameter.

- Read **hasMore** from `data.page.hasMore`.
- When that value is `true`, read **nextCursor** from `data.page.nextCursor` and pass it as the `cursor` query parameter on the **next** request (URL-encode when building a query string).
- Omit `cursor` on the **first** request.
- Stop when **hasMore** is `false` or **nextCursor** is null (end of list).

## Responses (status codes)

- **200**: TikTok Ad Library search results.
- **400**: Invalid search parameters or cursor
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key
- **402**: Insufficient credits
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed from the response (unexpected or invalid data).
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff.

## Response body (200)

TikTok Ad Library search results.

### Field outline

- **data** (required) — type `object`. Endpoint-specific response payload.
  - **query** (required) — type `string`. Keyword query that was evaluated for this response.
  - **advertiserName** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Advertiser name filter that was evaluated, when searching the public Ads Library.
  - **ads** (required) — type `array`. Ads returned for the requested search. This array may be empty when no ads match the filters.
    - _items:_
      - **id** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Stable identifier for the ad.
      - **title** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Ad title or caption when available.
      - **brandName** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Brand or advertiser name when available.
      - **cost** (required) — type `number`; nullable. Relative cost signal when available.
      - **ctr** (required) — type `number`; nullable. Click-through rate when available.
      - **likeCount** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Like count when available.
      - **industryKey** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Industry key reported for the ad when available.
      - **objective** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Campaign objective key when available.
      - **video** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Video creative when available.
        - **id** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Video id when available.
        - **durationSeconds** (required) — type `number`; nullable. Video duration in seconds when available.
        - **coverUrl** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Cover image URL when available.
        - **width** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Video width in pixels when available.
        - **height** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Video height in pixels when available.
        - **urls** (required) — type `object`; nullable. Playback URLs by resolution when available.
          - **p360** (required) — type `string`; nullable. 360p video URL when available.
          - **p480** (required) — type `string`; nullable. 480p video URL when available.
          - **p540** (required) — type `string`; nullable. 540p video URL when available.
          - **p720** (required) — type `string`; nullable. 720p video URL when available.
          - **p1080** (required) — type `string`; nullable. 1080p video URL when available.
  - **page** (required) — type `object`. Pagination information for the current response.
    - **nextCursor** (required) — type `string`; nullable. Cursor to pass as `cursor` in the next request when `hasMore` is true; otherwise null.
    - **hasMore** (required) — type `boolean`. Whether another page of ads can be requested.
    - **totalResultsEstimate** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0; nullable. Estimated total number of matching ads when available.
- **meta** (required) — type `object`. Metadata describing the request and billing outcome.
  - **requestId** (required) — type `string`; minLength: 1. Unique request identifier for tracing this API call.
  - **creditsCharged** (required) — type `integer`; minimum: 0. Credits charged for this request.
  - **version** (required) — type `string`; enum: v1. Public API version that served the response.

### Example JSON (found)

```json
{
  "data": {
    "query": "spotify",
    "advertiserName": null,
    "ads": [
      {
        "id": "7646829987799334920",
        "title": "I thought this was a gimmick until I tried it! A wrinkled shirt, one button, and a few minutes later... ready to wear.",
        "brandName": null,
        "cost": 1,
        "ctr": 0.5,
        "likeCount": 92,
        "industryKey": "label_22108000000",
        "objective": "campaign_objective_reach",
        "video": {
          "id": "v12044gd0000d8erq07og65h1cq991gg",
          "durationSeconds": 89.767,
          "coverUrl": "https://p16-common-sign.tiktokcdn.com/tos-maliva-p-0068c799-us/example~tplv-noop.image",
          "width": 720,
          "height": 1280,
          "urls": {
            "p360": null,
            "p480": null,
            "p540": "https://v16m-default.tiktokcdn.com/example-540p.mp4",
            "p720": "https://v16m-default.tiktokcdn.com/example-720p.mp4",
            "p1080": null
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "page": {
      "nextCursor": "eyJjIjoiMiIsImYiOnsicXVlcnkiOiJzcG90aWZ5IiwicmVnaW9uIjoiVVMiLCJwZXJpb2QiOiIzMCJ9fQ",
      "hasMore": true,
      "totalResultsEstimate": 326
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "requestId": "req_01tiktok_ad_library_search_found",
    "creditsCharged": 1,
    "version": "v1"
  }
}
```

### Machine-readable error codes

When an error JSON body is returned, it may include one of these `error.code` values (derived from the OpenAPI schemas for this operation; additional codes may exist at runtime):

- `bad_request`

## Error handling & retries

Interpret HTTP status codes using the descriptions below. Do not assume a JSON body unless the OpenAPI schema defines one for that status.

- **400**: Invalid search parameters or cursor **Retry:** Fix the request; retrying the same invalid payload will not help.
- **401**: Missing or invalid API key **Retry:** Fix the API key first; retrying without changes will not help.
- **402**: Insufficient credits **Retry:** Do not retry without resolving billing/credits (retrying the same request will not help).
- **500**: Unexpected or billing error
- **502**: Lookup could not be completed from the response (unexpected or invalid data). **Retry:** May be transient; a few retries with backoff are reasonable.
- **503**: Service temporarily unavailable; safe to retry with backoff. **Retry:** Usually safe to retry with exponential backoff and jitter.

### Suggested client defaults

- Send the API key using the `x-api-key` header on every request.
- On `503` (and sometimes `502`), retry with backoff; cap retries and surface a clear error to the user.
- On `402`, surface an actionable billing message rather than blind retries.

## Examples

### TypeScript SDK

```typescript
import { SocialFetchClient } from "@socialfetch/sdk";

const client = new SocialFetchClient({
  apiKey: process.env.SOCIALFETCH_API_KEY!,
});

const result = await client.tiktok.searchAdLibraryAds({
  region: "DZ",
  query: "spotify",
});

if (!result.ok) {
  console.error(result.error);
} else {
  console.log(result.value.data);
}
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search?region=DZ&query=spotify",
  {
    headers: {
      "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search?region=DZ&query=spotify" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY"
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search?region=DZ&query=spotify",
    headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY"},
)
data = response.json()
print(data)
```

### Example: optional query parameters

First request illustrating common optional query flags (adjust values to your integration):

```javascript
const url = "https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search?region=US";
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
});
const data = await response.json();
```

### Example: next page (pagination)

After a successful response, if pagination is not finished, request the next page using `cursor` (URL-encode when composing the query string):

```javascript
const previous = await response.json();
const nextCursor = previous?.data?.page?.nextCursor;
const hasMore = previous?.data?.page?.hasMore;
if (!hasMore || nextCursor == null) {
  // no more pages
} else {
  const nextUrl = new URL("https://api.socialfetch.dev/v1/tiktok/ad-library/ads/search");
  nextUrl.searchParams.set("cursor", nextCursor);
  // optionally preserve sort: nextUrl.searchParams.set("sortBy", "latest");
  const nextResponse = await fetch(nextUrl.toString(), {
    headers: { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" },
  });
  const nextData = await nextResponse.json();
}
```