Wayback Machine Scraper: Domain Age, History and Archived URLs
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from $4.00 / 1,000 url summaries
Wayback Machine Scraper: Domain Age, History and Archived URLs
Check any domain or URL in the Internet Archive Wayback Machine: first and last capture, domain age, years active, content changes, a capture timeline with snapshot links, or every archived URL under a domain. For domain due diligence, SEO audits and dead link recovery.
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Wayback Machine Domain History
When did a site first go live, how long has it been active, and what did it look like? Built by Keel & Charter.
This Actor reads the Internet Archive's public CDX index and turns it into clean rows you can sort, filter and export. No browser, no page downloads, just the index, so runs are fast and cheap.
Three modes
Summary (one row per domain or URL)
- archived: true or false
- first_captured_at, last_captured_at
- months_with_captures, years_active, months_captured_by_year
- content_versions_seen (how often the page content changed month to month)
- first_snapshot_url, latest_snapshot_url
Timeline (one row per capture)
- captured_at, status_code, mime_type, size_bytes, content_digest
- snapshot_url, ready to open in the Wayback Machine
- Pick one capture per year, month or day, only captures where the content changed, or every capture.
Archived pages (one row per unique URL under a domain or path)
- original_url, first_seen_capture_at, status_code, mime_type, snapshot_url
- Handy for rebuilding a lost sitemap, finding old landing pages or recovering dead links.
Who uses it
- Domain buyers and brokers checking a name's real age and past use before a purchase.
- SEO teams auditing redirects, old URLs and content history.
- Researchers, journalists and compliance teams who need dated proof of what a page showed.
- AI agents that need a quick "how old is this site" fact with a source link.
How to use it
- Add domains or URLs, one per line:
stripe.com,https://example.com/pricing. - Pick a mode. Optional: year range, only successful captures, max rows per input.
- Run, then export JSON, CSV or Excel, or call it from the API, Make, Zapier, n8n or an MCP client.
Example input
Example output
One row per result. A row from a real run:
Pricing
Pay per event, no subscription and no separate compute charge:
| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| URL summary (summary mode) | $0.004 per domain or URL |
| Capture row (timeline mode) | $0.0008 per row ($0.80 per 1,000) |
| Archived page (pages mode) | $0.0008 per URL ($0.80 per 1,000) |
| Actor start | $0.00005 per run |
Example: summaries for 250 domains cost about $1.00. Set a maximum cost per run in the run options and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.
Pricing may change; any change follows Apify's notice rules.
Good to know
- Uses only the public CDX API at web.archive.org. Requests go out one at a time with a pause between inputs and automatic backoff when the archive is busy.
- Returns archive metadata only. It does not copy page content and collects no personal data.
- The archive is a nonprofit service and can be slow at peak times. If an input times out, the run says so and you can retry it later.
- Not affiliated with the Internet Archive. If you rely on the Wayback Machine, consider supporting it at archive.org/donate.
Questions or ideas? Open an issue and Keel & Charter will take a look.
FAQ
How do I check a domain's age? Use summary mode. first_captured_at is the oldest archive capture, a good proxy for when the site went live, and years_active shows gaps in use.
Can I recover old URLs for redirects? Yes. Pages mode lists every unique archived URL under a domain or path, with a snapshot link for each.
Do I need an API key? No. The public Wayback Machine CDX index is used.
