Wayback Machine Snapshot Lookup – Archive Dates & Status
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from $0.60 / 1,000 snapshots
Wayback Machine Snapshot Lookup – Archive Dates & Status
List Internet Archive Wayback Machine captures for URLs or domains: snapshot links, capture dates and status codes. For research and auditing.
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Look up the capture history of URLs or whole domains in the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. You get one row per capture with the original URL, the capture date, the HTTP status recorded at capture time, and a link to view the snapshot. Intended for research and auditing: checking when a page existed, domain history, website age, and how often a site was captured.
This Actor returns snapshot index data only. It never requests, stores or returns archived page content.
What you get
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
type | snapshot for a capture; free status rows otherwise |
target | The URL or domain you looked up |
url | Original URL that was captured |
timestamp, capturedAt | Capture time (YYYYMMDDhhmmss and ISO 8601, UTC) |
statusCode | HTTP status recorded at capture time |
snapshotUrl | Link to view the capture on the Wayback Machine |
Pricing
$0.60 per 1,000 snapshots (pay per event snapshot), the same price on every Apify plan. Free: targets with no captures, errors, and limit rows. Set a maximum charge per run and the Actor stops cleanly when it is reached.
Free-plan limit: Apify Free-plan accounts can look up 5 URLs or domains and get up to 100 snapshots per run. Paid Apify plans get full results, up to the per-run cap below.
Input
targets: URLs or domains.matchType:exact,prefix, ordomain(whole domain including subdomains).from/to,collapse(one per day/month/year),statusCode,maxSnapshotsPerTarget(default 100, max 10,000).
How it works, and limits
- Uses the Wayback Machine's public CDX and Availability APIs only.
- One request at a time, at most 24 requests per minute, with a descriptive user agent. HTTP 429 and 5xx answers are retried with backoff (honouring Retry-After); if the Internet Archive keeps answering 429, the run stops with a free row.
- Hard per-run caps: 500 targets, 50,000 snapshots and 600 API requests per run. Large whole-domain lookups may need several runs.
- Captures are what the Internet Archive has indexed; coverage varies by site, and some sites are excluded from the archive.
Your responsibilities
Archived pages remain the property of their original publishers. Respect the Internet Archive's terms of use when viewing or using snapshots.
Not affiliated
This Actor is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Internet Archive. "Wayback Machine" and "Internet Archive" are used only to describe the public snapshot index this tool reads.
