Wayback Machine Scraper – Domain History, Archived URLs & Snapshots

Use the Internet Archive to get any domain’s history: first/last archive date, archive age, yearly activity, every archived URL (recover lost pages, plan redirects) or snapshot lists with direct links.

What does it do?

Query the Internet Archive Wayback Machine for any domain. Three modes: Summary – first & last archive date, archive age in years, months archived per year and inactive gaps (great for domain due diligence); Archived URLs – every unique URL ever archived for the domain (recover deleted pages, plan 301 redirects, rebuild content); Snapshots – capture list for a domain or exact URL with direct web.archive.org links, status codes and content digests (monthly, yearly, daily or all).

Why use it?

• Expired-domain buyers & SEO: check a domain’s real history before buying.
• Site migrations: recover old URLs that need redirects.
• Content recovery: find and restore lost pages.
• Research, journalism and legal evidence of past website content.

Quick start

1. Click Try for free / Start.
2. Paste your list (the example input already works – just press Start).
3. Download results as JSON, CSV, Excel or HTML, or use the API, schedules and integrations (Make, Zapier, n8n, Slack, Google Sheets…).

Input example

{
  "targets": ["apify.com"],
  "mode": "summary"
}

Output example

{
  "domain": "apify.com",
  "archived": true,
  "firstSnapshotDate": "2015-03-01T…Z",
  "lastSnapshotDate": "2026-10-…Z",
  "archiveAgeYears": 11.6,
  "totalMonthsArchived": 128,
  "monthsArchivedPerYear": { "2015": 9, "2016": 12 }
}

Pricing

Pay only for results: $1.00 per 1,000 results (pay-per-event). No subscription. Platform usage is included in the price. You can set a maximum cost per run and the Actor stops before exceeding it.

FAQ

Is it fast?

We use the official CDX API and pace requests politely, as the Internet Archive asks. Summary mode needs one request per domain.

Are empty results charged?

No. Targets with no archive data go to FAILED_INPUTS and are free.

Legal & responsible use

This Actor only accesses publicly available data and official public APIs, respects robots.txt where applicable and paces its requests. You are responsible for using the results in line with applicable laws (e.g. GDPR/CCPA) and the terms of the data sources.

Support

Found a bug or need a feature? Open an issue on the Actor’s Issues tab – we usually reply within 24 hours. Check our other tools: Website SEO & Broken Link Auditor, B2B Lead & Tech Stack Intelligence, Shopify Product Scraper and ATS Jobs Scraper.