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Internet Archive Scraper

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Fast, lightweight scraper for Internet Archive (archive.org). Extract metadata, collections, media files, and item URLs using Lucene queries directly into JSON, CSV, or Excel with zero browser overhead.

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Internet Archive Scraper & Search API

Extract structured metadata, collections, books, movies, audio recordings, and archived items from Internet Archive (archive.org) using flexible search queries.

This Actor connects directly to Internet Archive's cursor-based search engine. It runs without headless browser overhead, ensuring maximum speed, minimal compute costs, and zero bot detection issues.

Features

Blazing Fast & Lightweight: Uses raw HTTP extraction (no Puppeteer/Playwright). Runs reliably on 256 MB RAM.
Full Lucene Search Support: Filter by collection, creator, date, media type, language, or license.
Deep Pagination: Automatically traverses cursor-based pagination beyond the typical 10,000-item API limits.
Clean Normalization: Automatically generates direct item URLs (https://archive.org/details/{identifier}) for every result.
Export Ready: Output structured data directly to JSON, CSV, XML, or Excel.

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`query`	String	Yes	`"collection:nasa"`	Lucene search query.
`fields`	Array	No	`["identifier", "title", "mediatype", "creator", "date", "downloads"]`	Specific metadata attributes to extract per record.
`maxItems`	Integer	No	`1000`	Maximum number of records to collect before stopping.
`batchSize`	Integer	No	`1000`	Results requested per API batch (range: 100–10,000).

Query Syntax & Examples

Internet Archive queries follow standard Lucene syntax. You can combine terms with AND, OR, NOT, and field qualifiers:

Target Use Case	Example Query
Specific collection	`collection:nasa`
Books published in a specific year	`mediatype:texts AND year:2023`
Audio files by a specific artist	`mediatype:audio AND creator:"Grateful Dead"`
High-download historical items	`downloads:[10000 TO *] AND year:[1900 TO 1950]`
Keyword search in titles	`title:apollo AND mediatype:movies`

Output Format

Each row in the dataset contains the requested fields along with a generated itemUrl:

[
  {
    "identifier": "00-042-71",
    "title": "Space Shuttle Cockpit exhibit",
    "mediatype": "image",
    "creator": "NASA/Stennis Space Center",
    "date": "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "downloads": 4832,
    "itemUrl": "[https://archive.org/details/00-042-71](https://archive.org/details/00-042-71)"
  },
  {
    "identifier": "00-042-154",
    "title": "International Space Station exhibit",
    "mediatype": "image",
    "creator": "NASA/Stennis Space Center",
    "date": "2000-05-26T00:00:00Z",
    "downloads": 1385,
    "itemUrl": "[https://archive.org/details/00-042-154](https://archive.org/details/00-042-154)"
  }
]

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