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Query Internet Archive's Wayback Machine for historical snapshots of any URL or domain. Filter by date, HTTP status, MIME type, and deduplicate. Optionally fetch the archived page text. Free public CDX API, no authentication.

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from $1.00 / 1,000 results

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5.0

(9)

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Crawler Bros

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Lead generation

You can access the Wayback Machine Search 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 Integrations settings in Apify Console.

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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    "url": "apify.com",
10    "maxResults": 500,
11}
12
13# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
14run = client.actor("crawlerbros/wayback-machine-search").call(run_input=run_input)
15
16# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
17print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
18for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
19    print(item)
20
21# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Wayback Machine Search API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Wayback Machine Search API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Wayback Machine Search API in JavaScript

Wayback Machine Search API through CLI

Wayback Machine Search OpenAPI definition

Wayback Machine Search API

Wayback Machine Search

ryanclinton/wayback-machine-search

Search the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine for historical snapshots of any website. Retrieve archived page metadata -- including timestamps, URLs, MIME types, HTTP status codes, and content hashes -- for up to 10,000 snapshots per run.

ryan clinton

Wayback Machine Historical Content Scraper

happyfhantum/wayback-machine-historical-content-scraper

Compare archived website snapshots through the Wayback Machine and extract page-history change signals.

Kelsey Todd

4.0

Wayback Machine Checker

automation-lab/wayback-machine-checker

This actor checks if URLs are archived in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. It retrieves snapshot counts, oldest and newest archive dates, and direct links to archived versions. Uses both the Availability API and CDX API for comprehensive results.

Stas Persiianenko

Internet Archive & Wayback Machine Scraper

cloud9_ai/internet-archive-scraper

Search Internet Archive and check Wayback Machine snapshots. Access 800B+ archived pages, books, movies, audio. Search items, get metadata, or check URL archive history. No API key needed. For SEO, OSINT, legal, and research.

cloud9

Wayback Machine Archive Scraper

andok/wayback-machine-scraper

Fetch historical snapshots of any webpage from the Internet Archive. Perfect for digital forensics and tracking deleted content.

Andok

Wayback Snapshots — CSV, Date-Filter, Bulk JSON

knotless_cadence/wayback-machine-scraper

Wayback Machine snapshots CSV/JSON — per snapshot: timestamp, status, MIME, size, archive URL — date-filterable. CDX API, no key. 21+ runs. For competitor history-tracking + SEO recovery + brand archaeology. spinov001@gmail.com · blog.spinov.online · t.me/scraping_ai

Alex

Websites Archiver (Wayback Machine)

web.harvester/websites-archiver

Effortlessly archive any website with our Automated Website Archiving Tool. It leverages the power of the Wayback Machine at web.archive.org to ensure your sites are preserved for future reference.

Web Harvester

5.0

🕰️ Wayback Machine Bulk Checker

taroyamada/wayback-machine-checker

Check bulk lists of URLs against the Internet Archive database to instantly verify cache availability. Automate historical web page discovery for large sites.

太郎山田

🗂️ Google Cache Viewer — Wayback + Archive Alternative

nexgendata/google-cache-viewer

Replaces Google's cached-page view (killed Feb 2024). Queries Wayback Machine + archive.today, returns latest snapshot URL, timestamp, and extracted text content.

Stephan Corbeil

Expired Article Hunter

eneiromatos/expired-article-hunter

Expired Article Hunter is a Wayback Machine Scraper designed to extract expired content to be reused in Moneysites and PBNs. With EAH Wayback Machine Scraper you'll never have to write or buy articles again!