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Wayback Machine Historic Snapshot & Archive Scraper

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Query Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX API to discover historic webpage snapshots, timestamps, HTTP status codes, and archived URLs in bulk.

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🏛️ Wayback Machine Historic Snapshot & Archive Scraper

Extract historical website snapshot timelines, timestamps, original URLs, HTTP status codes, and permanent archive playback URLs from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX API.

⚡ Key Capabilities

Deep Historical Timeline: Explore website evolutions dating back to 1996.
Permanent Playback URLs: Direct links (https://web.archive.org/web/{timestamp}/{url}) to view exact archived HTML, CSS, and media assets.
Date Range & Granularity: Filter snapshots by start year (fromYear) and end year (toYear), with configurable deduplication (collapse=timestamp:6 for 1 snapshot per month).
Digital Forensics & Legal Audits: Extract cryptographic file digests, MIME types, and response status codes for intellectual property litigation and compliance.
Pay-Per-Result Pricing: Only pay $1.50 per 1,000 snapshots extracted.

📊 Comparison with Alternatives

Feature	🏛️ Wayback Scraper	Wayback Web UI	Raw CDX Scripting
Automation	Batch queries via API	1 URL at a time (manual)	Complex parsing required
Output Format	Clean JSON / CSV / Excel	Web view only	Nested 2D array
Deduplication	Automatic monthly/daily collapse	Slow calendar UI	Custom parameter tuning
Pricing	$1.50 / 1,000 snapshots	Free with rate limits	Infrastructure setup time

📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`domainsOrUrls`	`Array<string>`	`["google.com", "apify.com"]`	Domains or specific URLs to look up.
`fromYear`	`string`	`""`	Optional start year (e.g. `2015`).
`toYear`	`string`	`""`	Optional end year (e.g. `2024`).
`limitPerUrl`	`number`	`20`	Max snapshots per target URL.
`collapse`	`string`	`"timestamp:6"`	Deduplication granularity (`timestamp:6` for monthly).

📤 Output Sample

{
  "target": "google.com",
  "originalUrl": "http://www.google.com:80/",
  "snapshotTimestamp": "19981111184551",
  "snapshotDate": "1998-11-11T18:45:51Z",
  "archivePlaybackUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/19981111184551/http://www.google.com:80/",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "mimeType": "text/html",
  "digest": "NDT2W... ",
  "lengthBytes": 1284,
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-03T08:00:00.000Z"
}

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