# Get animated preview clip (adsap_get_preview_clip)

Fetches the animated clip of an ad preview you rendered earlier.

Canonical: https://adsap.ai/docs/tools/adsap_get_preview_clip
Updated: 2026-09-13

**Platform:** Meta · **Read or write:** Read · **Plan:** All plans · **Consumes a task:** No · **Preview supported:** No

## What it does

Fetches the animated clip of an ad preview you rendered earlier. The clip is a recording of the real Meta preview for one placement. It returns a signed URL when the recording is ready, or a pending status while the recording continues. It reads from storage only and makes no Meta API call.

## Parameters

Descriptions are shortened from the tool schema. Your assistant sees the full text.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `ad_account_id` | string | Yes | Ad account ID (act_xxx) that owns the ad. |
| `ad_id` | string | Yes | The ad whose preview clip to fetch. |
| `ad_format` | one of `DESKTOP_FEED_STANDARD`, `MOBILE_FEED_STANDARD`, `INSTAGRAM_STANDARD`, `INSTAGRAM_STORY`, `INSTAGRAM_REELS`, `RIGHT_COLUMN_STANDARD`, `MESSENGER_MOBILE_INBOX_MEDIA`, `THREADS_STREAM` | Yes | The placement the clip was rendered for. |

## Example prompts

- "Is the animated preview of my Reels ad ready yet?"
- "Get me the video clip of that ad preview."

## Related tools

- [`adsap_create_ad_from_ig_post`](/tools/adsap_create_ad_from_ig_post): Turn an existing Instagram post, video, or reel into an ad inside an EXISTING ad set: Meta Ads Manager's "Use existing post".
- `adsap_get_ad_library_snapshot`: Show what an Ad Library ad ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE (creative, copy, page name), in a SELF-CONTAINED card.
- [`adsap_get_ad_preview`](/tools/adsap_get_ad_preview): Render a pixel-accurate visual preview of an existing Meta ad (real Meta render; video ads also get an animated clip in the interactive...
- [`adsap_get_creative_performance`](/tools/adsap_get_creative_performance): Ranked creative performance analysis with fatigue detection.
- `adsap_get_import_status`: Check progress of a Meta historical-asset import started with adsap_import_account_creatives: status, phase (images then videos)...
- [`adsap_get_upload_status`](/tools/adsap_get_upload_status): Check status of an async video upload.
- `adsap_import_account_creatives`: Import ALL historical creative assets (images + videos) that already exist in a Meta ad account into the Adsap Creative Library.
- [`adsap_list_creative_assets`](/tools/adsap_list_creative_assets): List uploaded Meta creative images and videos in the ad account asset library.
- `adsap_list_drive_files`: Browse Google Drive for creative image/video files to upload to Meta.
- `adsap_list_dropbox_files`: Browse Dropbox for creative image/video files to upload to Meta.
- `adsap_list_ig_media`: List an Instagram account's recent media/posts (live from Meta): the posts, reels, and stories that can be promoted.
- [`adsap_replace_ad_creative`](/tools/adsap_replace_ad_creative): DESTRUCTIVE.
- `adsap_search_ad_library`: Search Meta's public Ad Library for ads (competitor research / ad transparency).
- [`adsap_upload_creative`](/tools/adsap_upload_creative): Upload image/video from Google Drive or Dropbox to a Meta ad account.

## Guide

Read [Creatives](/guides/creatives) for the workflow around this tool, and the [Tool reference](/tools) for every tool.