n8n-nodes-apify-google-ads-scraper
v0.1.0
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n8n community node for running Apify Google Ads Scraper to monitor Google Ads Transparency Center creatives.
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Google Ads Scraper for n8n — monitor competitor ads from Google Ads Transparency Center
Run Apify Google Ads Scraper from n8n without writing Apify API code. Schedule Google Ads Transparency Center scraping from n8n and route new ad creatives to Sheets, Slack, Airtable, Notion, or your BI database.
Installation
Install as an n8n community node:
npm install n8n-nodes-apify-google-ads-scraperOr in n8n: Settings → Community Nodes → Install and enter n8n-nodes-apify-google-ads-scraper.
Authentication
Create an Apify API token in your Apify account and add it to this node's Apify API key connection credential in n8n. n8n Cloud users can also use the Apify OAuth2 credential generated by the template.
Cost note
The n8n package is free to install. Each workflow execution starts the Apify Actor on Apify and consumes your Apify credits according to the Actor's pay-per-event pricing. See the Store actor pricing for the current start/ad charges.
Common n8n workflows
- Cron → Google Ads Scraper → compare IDs → Slack: run daily competitor-domain checks and alert the team when new creatives appear.
- Airtable advertisers → Google Ads Scraper → Airtable/Sheets: scrape an advertiser list and append ad creative metadata and preview URLs.
- Weekly agency report → Google Ads Scraper → email/Drive: scrape advertiser IDs by region and send CSV/Excel links to an account team.
Main inputs
searchTerms— advertiser names to search.domains— advertiser domains to monitor.advertiserIds— direct Google Ads Transparency Center advertiser IDs.region— optional ISO country filter.maxAds— maximum ads per advertiser/domain.
Output
The node returns the Actor run metadata plus dataset results from Apify. Typical records include advertiser information, creative/ad IDs, ad format, first/last shown dates, region data, preview URLs, and extracted creative text/media metadata. See the Apify Store README for the full output schema and examples.
Links
- Apify Actor: https://apify.com/automation-lab/google-ads-scraper
- Apify API token docs: https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/api
- Apify n8n integration docs: https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/n8n
- Template guide: https://blog.apify.com/how-to-publish-actor-as-n8n-node/
