Internet Archive API — Search, Metadata & Files
Pricing
from $0.25 / 1,000 item returneds
Search archive.org and get its catalogue as data. One row per item: identifier, title, creators, date, subjects, collections, language, downloads, size and licence. Optional rows per file with direct download URLs, formats, sizes and checksums, and per public review. No API key, no login.
You can access the Internet Archive API — Search, Metadata & Files programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.
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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token5const client = new ApifyClient({6 token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',7});8
9// Prepare Actor input10const input = {11 "searchQueries": [12 "subject:\"machine learning\" AND mediatype:texts"13 ],14 "identifiers": [],15 "mediaType": "any",16 "sort": "downloads",17 "maxResultsPerQuery": 100,18 "includeFiles": false,19 "maxFilesPerItem": 200,20 "fileFormats": [],21 "includeReviews": false,22 "includeMetadataForSearchHits": false,23 "proxyConfiguration": {24 "useApifyProxy": true25 }26};27
28// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish29const run = await client.actor("insight.solutions/internet-archive-api").call(input);30
31// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)32console.log('Results from dataset');33console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);34const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();35items.forEach((item) => {36 console.dir(item);37});38
39// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docsThe Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Internet Archive API — Search, Metadata & Files API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.
Install the apify-client
$npm install apify-clientOther API clients include: