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Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup

Look up Wayback Machine snapshots for any URL or list of URLs. Returns capture timeline, optional snapshot markdown, and live-vs-snapshot diff. Date range filtering, capture limit, bulk input. Built for OSINT, journalism, SEO link-rot recovery, and legal evidence.

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BowTiedRaccoon

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You can access the Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup 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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1import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';
2
3// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
5const client = new ApifyClient({
6    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
7});
8
9// Prepare Actor input
10const input = {
11    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
12    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
13    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
14    "urls": [
15        "https://example.com"
16    ],
17    "maxItems": 10,
18    "captureLimit": 100,
19    "proxyConfiguration": {
20        "useApifyProxy": false
21    }
22};
23
24// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
25const run = await client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/wayback-machine-bulk-lookup").call(input);
26
27// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
28console.log('Results from dataset');
29console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
30const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
31items.forEach((item) => {
32    console.dir(item);
33});
34
35// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup API in JavaScript

The Apify API client for JavaScript is the official library that allows you to use Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup API in JavaScript or TypeScript, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$npm install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup API in Python

Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup API through CLI

Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup OpenAPI definition

Wayback Machine Bulk Lookup API

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