What is smolagents?
Hugging Face's lightweight framework for building AI agents. Minimal, code-first approach to agent development.
Searching Google Ads Transparency with smolagents
This integration lets your smolagents agent search Google Ads Transparency in real time via the Scavio API. The agent gets back structured JSON with top_ads, bottom_ads, ad headlines, destination URLs -- ready for reasoning and decision-making.
Setup
Bash
pip install smolagents requestsCode Example
Here is a complete smolagents agent that searches Google Ads Transparency using Scavio:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import json
import os
import requests
# Scavio has no Ads Transparency endpoint. This searches the public Ads Transparency Center pages through Google, which returns pages about the advertiser rather than the ad creatives themselves. For live ad copy on a keyword, read the top_ads and bottom_ads blocks of a POST /api/v2/google response instead.
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Google Ads Transparency through the Scavio API (POST /api/v2/google).
Args:
query: What to look for.
"""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v2/google",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("google ads transparency center notion")
print(result)Full Working Example
A production-ready example with error handling:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import json
import os
import requests
# Scavio has no Ads Transparency endpoint. This searches the public Ads Transparency Center pages through Google, which returns pages about the advertiser rather than the ad creatives themselves. For live ad copy on a keyword, read the top_ads and bottom_ads blocks of a POST /api/v2/google response instead.
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Google Ads Transparency through the Scavio API (POST /api/v2/google).
Args:
query: What to look for.
"""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v2/google",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("google ads transparency center notion")
print(result)Pricing
Scavio offers a free tier with 50 credits on signup (1 credit per search). No credit card required. This is enough to build and test your smolagents integration. Paid plans start at $30/month for higher volumes.