You can access the Internet Archive Metadata & File Exporter programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {}
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("archive-scout-labs/internet-archive-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Internet Archive Metadata & File Exporter API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Internet Archive Metadata & File Exporter API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Internet Archive Metadata & File Exporter API in JavaScript

Internet Archive Metadata & File Exporter API through CLI

Internet Archive Metadata & File Exporter OpenAPI definition

Internet Archive Metadata & File Exporter API

Internet Archive Scraper — Wayback + Search + Metadata [$1.5💰]

memo23/internet-archive-scraper

Internet Archive all-in-one scraper — paste a URL or domain for Wayback snapshot history, a keyword for library search, or an item ID for full metadata + file lists. Date filters, availability checks, flat JSON rows. Pure HTTP via open APIs, no browser, no proxies. $1.50/1k rows.

Muhamed Didovic

Internet Archive Items Scraper - archive.org Search by Query

gio21/archive-org-items-scraper

Search Internet Archive (archive.org) items: books, movies, audio, software, images, web archives, data. Returns title, creator, date, description, downloads, identifier, URLs. Free, no key. For research, content discovery, digital preservation.

Gio

Internet Archive Items Scraper - Metadata Search

benthepythondev/internet-archive-items-scraper

Search Internet Archive items and export identifiers, titles, creators, dates, media types, downloads, descriptions, subjects and links.

Ben

Internet Archive Search Scraper

moving_beacon-owner1/internet-archive-search-scraper

Searches the Internet Archive using its advanced search API. Retrieves matching items with pagination, returning requested metadata fields and a link to each item's details page.

Jamshaid Arif

Internet Archive Scraper

defensible_mat/internet-archive-scraper

Search and scrape Internet Archive — 40M+ free books, movies, music, software, images, and Wayback Machine web archives. Filter by media type, date, and keyword. Export data as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML. Great for public domain content, research, and bulk metadata downloads.

Omkar Surve

5.0

(1)

Internet Archive Scraper - archive.org Items, Metadata & Files

inovaflow/internet-archive-scraper

Search the Internet Archive (archive.org) and extract item metadata, files and direct download links. Books, movies, audio, software, images and data — no login required.

inovaflow

Internet Archive Metadata Scraper — Bulk archive.org Export

logiover/internet-archive-metadata-scraper

Bulk-export item metadata from the Internet Archive (archive.org) by full-text query, collection, media type, creator, subject and date range. Extract identifier, title, creator, date, downloads, format, subject and more. Millions of items. No API key, no login.

Logiover

Internet Archive Scraper - Books, Audio, Film & Web

dami_studio/internet-archive-scraper

Search archive.org for books, audio, film and web pages. Search by keyword or Lucene query. Filter by media type and sort. Each row has the identifier, title, creator, year, downloads, subjects and URL. Uploaders write the metadata, so some items list no creator. $2.00 per 1,000 items.

Dami's Studio

5.0

(1)

Internet Archive Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/internet-archive-scraper

Search the Internet Archive's 35+ million items: books, movies, audio, software, and web pages. Filter by media type, subject, creator, language, or date range. Free API.

Fortuitous Pirate

Internet Archive Scraper (archive.org Items & Metadata)

scrapyx/internet-archive-scraper

Search the archive.org catalogue -- 40M+ texts, audio, movies, images, software and data. Solr query plus filters (media type, collection, creator, subject, year), sorted, up to 10,000 per query. Or fetch full metadata (with the file list) for specific identifiers. Keyless, no login.