# Metapi, free, POST /v1/tasks/from_url: Facebook Ad Library API

> Easiest way to start a task: paste a URL from facebook.com/ads/library as you see it in your browser, set count, and you're done.

Metapi's Facebook Ad Library API on its Free plan. It costs $0.00 per 1,000 ads. It returns 6 of the 7 key fields we check: Run dates, Platforms, Text, Media, Call to action, Advertiser.
We rank 26 plans by price. [ScrapeUnblocker's €299 monthly plan](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/scrapeunblocker/299-monthly/llms.txt) costs the least per 1,000 ads: $0.0015. ScrapeUnblocker charges for each page of results. We count 500 ads on each page to get the $0.0015 price.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/free-post-v1-tasks-from-url
- Get it: https://metapi.io/#pricing
- Request: `POST https://api.metapi.io/v1/tasks/from_url`
- API key: with the plan, on https://metapi.io/#pricing
- Its API docs: https://metapi.io/api-docs
- Sold by: Metapi (https://metapi.io)
- Checked: 2026-10-29

## In the answer

- Completeness: 86%
- Run dates: ✓
- Platforms: ✓
- Text: ✓
- Media: ✓
- Call to action: ✓
- Advertiser: ✓

## Price

- $ per 1,000 ads: $0.00
- Per: result
- Billing: free

## Charges

- Also pays for: Create Webhook · List Webhooks · Delete Webhook · from the same budget: Create Task (advanced)

## Overage

- Units cap: hard

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: Easiest way to start a task: paste a URL from facebook.com/ads/library as you see it in your browser, set count, and you're done.

## Data

- Keep data: no limit
- Use data: You agree to use the Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You may not: Use the Service to harass, stalk, or target individuals based on ad data, Redistribute raw API data as a competing data service without written permission, Attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or derive the source code of the Service, Use the Service in any manner that could damage, disable, or impair our infrastructure, Violate any applicable laws, regulations, or third-party rights

## Plan

- Pay: $0
- You get: 3,000 results a month
- Enough for: 3,000 results a month
- Expires: reset at the start of each billing cycle

## Rate limit

- Per day: 1,000
- Per second: 2
- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: by polling

## The call

- You send: url. Optional: count, eu_data
- Method: POST
- Path: /v1/tasks/from_url

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 31 fields the plan's answer can hold

ad archive ID, page ID, page name, query parameters, call to action text, page profile ID, languages, targeted or reached countries, ad text, caption, ad title, link description, videos, images, link URL, snapshot URL, page profile picture, page categories, page like count, creation time, start date, end date, record created at, record updated at, reach estimate, publisher platforms, gender, age from, age until, beneficiary payers, total ads

## Metapi's plans (6)

- [Metapi, free, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/free-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [Metapi, $29 monthly, Lite, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/29-monthly-lite-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt): $1.16 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [Metapi, $79 monthly, Pro, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/79-monthly-pro-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt): $0.79 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [Metapi, $149 monthly, Business, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/149-monthly-business-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt): $0.298 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [Metapi, $299 monthly, Scale, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/299-monthly-scale-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 86% complete
- [Metapi, contact us, Enterprise, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/contact-us-enterprise-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt): 86% complete

## Metapi's calls (2)

- `POST /v1/tasks`: [Metapi, free, POST /v1/tasks](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/free-post-v1-tasks/llms.txt)
- `POST /v1/tasks/from_url`: [Metapi, free, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/free-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt)

## Metapi's APIs (1)

- [Metapi: Facebook Ad Library API pricing, 6 plans, POST /v1/tasks/from_url](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/metapi/free-post-v1-tasks-from-url/llms.txt)

## Metapi: Facebook Ad Library API alternatives

- [ScrapeUnblocker, pay as you go](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/scrapeunblocker/pay-as-you-go/llms.txt): $0.0023 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [DataBlue, $649 yearly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/datablue/649-yearly/llms.txt): $0.15 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Adyntel, $321 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/adyntel/321-monthly/llms.txt): $0.214 per 1,000, 100% complete, live
- [Foreplay, $349 monthly](https://datacircle.dev/facebook-ad-apis/foreplay/349-monthly/llms.txt): $0.698 per 1,000, 100% complete, stored

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-10-29.

- https://metapi.io
- https://metapi.io/#pricing
- https://metapi.io/api-docs
- https://metapi.io/terms