Find the Closest Wayback Snapshot

Created by

Maxime Dupré

Actor

Wayback Machine Search

Find the archived capture closest to January 1, 2020 for https://example.com/. Each result shows the playback link, archive date, HTTP status, MIME type, digest, size, and distance from that date.

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Wayback Machine Searchmaximedupre/wayback-machine-search

Record type

Target

Original URL

Archive URL

+14 fields

Input

Output view(required):closestDate

Target date:20200101

URLs or domains(required):https://example.com/

Archive scope:exact

Maximum archive rows:10

HTTP status:200

MIME type:text/html

Fetch archived page text:false

Output fields

Record type

Target

Original URL

Archive URL

Wayback timestamp

Archive date

Status code

MIME type

Content digest

Content length

Content status

Content

Distance from target date

Change

Version

Diff

Summary

Alert

How it works

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Start the "Find the Closest Wayback Snapshot" task

The Wayback Machine Search Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like output view, target date, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Find the Closest Wayback Snapshot" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as record type, target, original url, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Find the Closest Wayback Snapshot" task via API.