Internet Archive API — Search, Metadata & Files
Pricing
from $0.25 / 1,000 item returneds
Search archive.org and get its catalogue as data. One row per item: identifier, title, creators, date, subjects, collections, language, downloads, size and licence. Optional rows per file with direct download URLs, formats, sizes and checksums, and per public review. No API key, no login.
You can access the Internet Archive API — Search, Metadata & Files programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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$echo '{< "searchQueries": [< "subject:\\"machine learning\\" AND mediatype:texts"< ],< "identifiers": [],< "mediaType": "any",< "sort": "downloads",< "maxResultsPerQuery": 100,< "includeFiles": false,< "maxFilesPerItem": 200,< "fileFormats": [],< "includeReviews": false,< "includeMetadataForSearchHits": false,< "proxyConfiguration": {< "useApifyProxy": true< }<}' |<apify call insight.solutions/internet-archive-api --silent --output-datasetThe Apify CLI is the official tool that allows you to use Internet Archive API — Search, Metadata & Files locally, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Using installation script (macOS/Linux):
$curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bashUsing installation script (Windows):
$irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iexUsing Homebrew:
$brew install apify-cliUsing npm:
$npm install -g apify-cliOther API clients include: