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The Facebook Ads Source Connector ingests advertising data from the Meta Marketing API into Popsink pipelines. It retrieves campaigns, ad sets, and ads on a configurable schedule, enabling marketing analytics, budget tracking, and cross-channel reporting with fresh advertising data.

Key Features

  • Ad structure by default: ingests campaigns, ad sets, and ads out of the box; the resource list can be customized.
  • Token-based authentication: uses a Marketing API access token scoped to your ad account.
  • Scheduled ingestion: flexible scheduling by minutes, hours, or days, with an immediate first run on creation.

Prerequisites

  • A Meta app with the Marketing API product added.
  • A Marketing API access token with the ads_read permission for the target ad account.
  • Your ad account ID (found in Meta Ads Manager).

Configuration

FieldRequiredDescription
Access TokenYesMarketing API access token with ads_read permission
Account IDYesAd account ID, with or without the act_ prefix
ScheduleYesSync frequency — see Scheduling

Scheduling

API source connectors run on a schedule rather than streaming continuously. A first run is always triggered immediately after the connector is created; subsequent runs depend on the selected mode:
ModeBehaviorExample
daysRuns every N days at 00:00 UTC + offset (in minutes)Offset 30 → every day at 00:30 UTC
hoursRuns every N hours at :00 + offset (in minutes)Offset 15 → 00:15, 01:15, 02:15, …
minutesRuns every N minutes, anchored on the connector creation timeCreated 10:03, interval 10 → 10:13, 10:23, …