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Wayback Machine Search

Search Wayback Machine snapshots for URLs, hosts, and domains. Export archive dates, status codes, MIME types, digests, content text, version timelines, reports, and monitoring alerts.

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You can access the Wayback Machine Search programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

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OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "targets": ["example.com"],
10    "dateFrom": "",
11    "dateTo": "",
12    "statusFilter": "200",
13    "mimeFilter": "text/html",
14    "targetDate": "",
15    "historyQuery": "",
16}
17
18# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
19run = client.actor("maximedupre/wayback-machine-search").call(run_input=run_input)
20
21# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
22print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
23for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
24    print(item)
25
26# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Wayback Machine Search for Archive History API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Wayback Machine Search API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

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Wayback Machine Search API in JavaScript

Wayback Machine Search API through CLI

Wayback Machine Search OpenAPI definition

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