Internet Archive Scraper

Internet Archive Scraper

Search archive.org with every filter and sort from the website, and get item details with every file and its direct download link. Books, videos, audio, software and more. No API key or login needed.

How to use

Fill in one or both:

• Search terms: find items, e.g. apollo 11 or creator:NASA.
• Item IDs or links: get full details for specific items, e.g. nasa_apollo11 or https://archive.org/details/nasa_apollo11.

Sort and filter

The same options as the archive.org search page:

• Sort by: Relevance, All-time views, Weekly views, Title, Date published, Date archived, Date reviewed, Creator, plus Top rated, Most reviewed and Largest size.
• Filters: Media type, Collections, Creators, Topics and subjects, Languages, Year range, License (public domain or any Creative Commons type), and Only freely downloadable (skips lending-library books).

Sorted searches return up to 10,000 results each, as on archive.org. Choose No sorting to collect more, with no limit.

Example: public-domain Hindi books from 1920 to 1950 that you can download, most viewed first Search terms gandhi, Media type Texts and books, Languages Hindi, Years 1920 to 1950, License Public domain, turn on Only freely downloadable, Sort by All-time views.

Output example

{
  "identifier": "GulistanByShaykhSaadiFarsiWithUrduTranslation",
  "title": "Gulistan by Shaykh Saadi, Farsi with Urdu translation",
  "creator": "Maulana Qazi Sajjad Hussain",
  "mediaType": "texts",
  "collections": ["booksbylanguage_urdu", "booksbylanguage"],
  "language": "Urdu",
  "subjects": ["Gulistan", "Tasawwuf", "Saadi", "Urdu"],
  "downloads": 262939,
  "weeklyViews": 40,
  "favoritesCount": 71,
  "averageRating": 4.5,
  "reviewsCount": 12,
  "licenseUrl": null,
  "itemSizeBytes": 551641602,
  "detailsUrl": "https://archive.org/details/GulistanByShaykhSaadiFarsiWithUrduTranslation",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://archive.org/services/img/GulistanByShaykhSaadiFarsiWithUrduTranslation"
}

With item IDs (or Add file lists to search results), each item also gets a files list with name, format, size and direct download url.

Items that don't exist or IDs that aren't valid get a free row with a status explaining why.

Pricing

You pay only for items returned. Platform costs are included.

Event	Price per 1,000
Item scraped	$1.50

Set a Maximum cost per run in Run options. When it is reached, the actor stops and keeps everything collected so far.

Good to know

• favoritesCount is how many archive.org users favorited the item. Their usernames are not included.
• Searches cover item details (title, creator, description, subjects), like the website's "Search metadata". Searching the text inside books is a separate archive.org service and is not included.
• Looking for old versions of websites? Use the Wayback Machine Scraper.