# Wayback Machine Scraper API - Archived URLs & Website History (`pink_comic/wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history`) Actor Search the Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX index for archived URLs and website history. Filter captures by exact URL, prefix, host/domain, date, HTTP status, MIME type, and duplicate rule. Get timestamps, replay URLs, content hashes, status codes, sizes, and source evidence. - **URL**: https://apify.com/pink\_comic/wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history.md - **Developed by:** [Ava Torres](https://apify.com/pink_comic) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, AI - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $2.00 / 1,000 wayback capture evidence records This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## Wayback Machine Scraper API - Archived URLs & Website History Search the public **Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX index** for archived URLs and historical website captures. Use it for SEO recovery, redirect planning, deleted-page research, website-history timelines, OSINT, compliance research, and change investigations. No Internet Archive API key, login, browser, or proxy is required for normal queries. ### What you can search - One URL/domain or a batch of up to 20 targets - Exact URL, path prefix, host, or domain plus subdomains - Capture date/timestamp range - Archived HTTP status such as 200, 301, 404, or all statuses - Exact MIME type such as `text/html` or `application/pdf` - Every capture, unique content, one row per URL, or monthly/daily/hourly buckets - Latest or earliest captures first - Up to 10,000 total bounded output records Empty input uses a fast deterministic exact `example.org/` fixture with up to **5** successful unique-content captures. At current pricing, that first run costs at most **$0.0101** (`$0.0001` start + 5 × `$0.002` records). A buyer-set maximum total charge reduces `maxResults` before the archive query. When `urls` contains targets, it takes precedence over the single `url` field. For batch input, `maxResults` is a **total** response cap split evenly across targets. ### Example inputs #### Latest unique versions of one page ```json { "url": "example.org/", "matchType": "exact", "statusCode": "200", "collapseBy": "DIGEST", "sortDirection": "latest", "maxResults": 5 } ```` #### Recover archived URLs for an entire domain ```json { "url": "example.com", "matchType": "domain", "fromDate": "2020", "toDate": "2025", "statusCode": "200", "mimeType": "text/html", "collapseBy": "URL", "sortDirection": "latest", "maxResults": 1000 } ``` #### Find historical redirects and deleted pages ```json { "urls": ["example.com/old-section", "example.com/retired-product"], "matchType": "prefix", "statusCode": "ALL", "collapseBy": "MONTH", "sortDirection": "latest", "maxResults": 200 } ``` ### Output Each found capture-index row includes: - requested target and match type; - raw Wayback timestamp and UTC capture date; - original archived URL; - public replay URL and raw replay URL; - archived HTTP status and MIME type; - Wayback content digest and compressed record length; - success/redirect flags; - bounded-result disclosure; - exact public CDX query URL, retrieval time, source link, and interpretation caveat. No-match and source-unavailable outcomes are explicit dataset items instead of silent empty datasets. Request, HTTP-status, and response-body failures use bounded retries. ### Important interpretation limits Wayback CDX rows are archive-index evidence. They are **not**: - proof that archived content is authentic, complete, current, or legally effective; - proof of who owned or controlled a page; - a complete record of every historical version; - proof that a missing page was never published or captured; - the website's current HTTP status; - a guarantee that a replay URL still renders every original asset or script. Captures can be delayed, missing, excluded by archive policy, replay-imperfect, or later unavailable. Content hashes show archive-record equality, not meaning or legal authenticity. Open important replay links and corroborate consequential conclusions with other evidence. ### Source and operational notes - CDX endpoint: [Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX index](https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx) - Replay service: [Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/) - No-key public endpoint; response time varies with archive load and query breadth - Broad host/domain searches can hit the selected result bound; every found row discloses when its per-target limit was filled # Actor input Schema ## `url` (type: `string`): One URL or domain to search, such as example.org/, https://example.org/page, or example.org/blog. Ignored when URLs contains one or more targets. ## `urls` (type: `array`): Optional batch of up to 20 URL/domain targets. If supplied, this list takes precedence over URL. The total maxResults budget is split evenly across targets. ## `matchType` (type: `string`): Exact searches one URL; prefix includes subpaths; host searches the same host; domain includes subdomains. Broad host/domain queries can be slower and hit the result bound. ## `fromDate` (type: `string`): Optional 4-14 digit timestamp prefix: YYYY, YYYYMM, YYYYMMDD, or full YYYYMMDDhhmmss. ## `toDate` (type: `string`): Optional 4-14 digit ending timestamp prefix: YYYY, YYYYMM, YYYYMMDD, or full YYYYMMDDhhmmss. ## `statusCode` (type: `string`): Filter by the HTTP status recorded at capture time, or choose All. This is not the website's current status. ## `mimeType` (type: `string`): Optional exact MIME filter such as text/html, application/pdf, image/jpeg, or application/json. ## `collapseBy` (type: `string`): Return every capture, unique content digests, one capture per archived URL, or one capture per month/day/hour bucket. ## `sortDirection` (type: `string`): Return the newest or oldest matching captures first. Latest uses the CDX negative-limit optimization for faster bounded queries. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Total capture rows across all targets. For batch input, this budget is split evenly across targets so output remains bounded. ## Actor input object example ```json { "url": "example.org/", "matchType": "exact", "statusCode": "200", "collapseBy": "DIGEST", "sortDirection": "latest", "maxResults": 5 } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "url": "example.org/", "matchType": "exact", "statusCode": "200", "collapseBy": "DIGEST", "sortDirection": "latest", "maxResults": 5 }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("pink_comic/wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "url": "example.org/", "matchType": "exact", "statusCode": "200", "collapseBy": "DIGEST", "sortDirection": "latest", "maxResults": 5, } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("pink_comic/wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "url": "example.org/", "matchType": "exact", "statusCode": "200", "collapseBy": "DIGEST", "sortDirection": "latest", "maxResults": 5 }' | apify call pink_comic/wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=pink_comic/wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Wayback Machine Scraper API - Archived URLs & Website History", "description": "Search the Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX index for archived URLs and website history. Filter captures by exact URL, prefix, host/domain, date, HTTP status, MIME type, and duplicate rule. Get timestamps, replay URLs, content hashes, status codes, sizes, and source evidence.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "WmwGR3jCcIRzkdpd2" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/pink_comic~wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-pink_comic-wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/pink_comic~wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-pink_comic-wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/pink_comic~wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-pink_comic-wayback-machine-archived-urls-website-history", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "url": { "title": "URL or Domain", "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 2048, "type": "string", "description": "One URL or domain to search, such as example.org/, https://example.org/page, or example.org/blog. Ignored when URLs contains one or more targets.", "default": "example.org/" }, "urls": { "title": "URLs or Domains (Batch)", "maxItems": 20, "type": "array", "description": "Optional batch of up to 20 URL/domain targets. If supplied, this list takes precedence over URL. The total maxResults budget is split evenly across targets.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "matchType": { "title": "URL Match Type", "enum": [ "exact", "prefix", "host", "domain" ], "type": "string", "description": "Exact searches one URL; prefix includes subpaths; host searches the same host; domain includes subdomains. Broad host/domain queries can be slower and hit the result bound.", "default": "exact" }, "fromDate": { "title": "Captured On or After", "pattern": "^$|^[0-9]{4}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2})?)?)?)?)?$", "type": "string", "description": "Optional 4-14 digit timestamp prefix: YYYY, YYYYMM, YYYYMMDD, or full YYYYMMDDhhmmss." }, "toDate": { "title": "Captured On or Before", "pattern": "^$|^[0-9]{4}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2}([0-9]{2})?)?)?)?)?$", "type": "string", "description": "Optional 4-14 digit ending timestamp prefix: YYYY, YYYYMM, YYYYMMDD, or full YYYYMMDDhhmmss." }, "statusCode": { "title": "Archived HTTP Status", "enum": [ "ALL", "200", "301", "302", "304", "400", "401", "403", "404", "410", "429", "500", "502", "503" ], "type": "string", "description": "Filter by the HTTP status recorded at capture time, or choose All. This is not the website's current status.", "default": "200" }, "mimeType": { "title": "Archived MIME Type", "pattern": "^$|^[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9.+_-]*/[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9.+_-]*$", "type": "string", "description": "Optional exact MIME filter such as text/html, application/pdf, image/jpeg, or application/json." }, "collapseBy": { "title": "Collapse Duplicate Captures", "enum": [ "NONE", "DIGEST", "URL", "MONTH", "DAY", "HOUR" ], "type": "string", "description": "Return every capture, unique content digests, one capture per archived URL, or one capture per month/day/hour bucket.", "default": "DIGEST" }, "sortDirection": { "title": "Capture Order", "enum": [ "latest", "earliest" ], "type": "string", "description": "Return the newest or oldest matching captures first. Latest uses the CDX negative-limit optimization for faster bounded queries.", "default": "latest" }, "maxResults": { "title": "Maximum Capture Records", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Total capture rows across all targets. For batch input, this budget is split evenly across targets so output remains bounded.", "default": 5 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```