# Wayback Machine URL Extractor — Archived URLs & Snapshots (CDX) (`plumbline-data/wayback-machine-urls`) Actor Get every archived URL and snapshot for any domain, host, URL prefix or page from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine CDX API. Filter by date, status and MIME type, dedupe by URL or content. Finds lost pages, old URLs for SEO redirects and site history. No API key. - **URL**: https://apify.com/plumbline-data/wayback-machine-urls.md - **Developed by:** [Plumbline Data](https://apify.com/plumbline-data) (community) - **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $0.25 / 1,000 archived urls This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes. 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. Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md. ## 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. Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run. For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below. Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`). # README ## Wayback Machine URL Extractor — Archived URLs & Snapshots (CDX API) **Get every URL the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has ever captured for a domain, subdomain, folder or page**, with capture dates, HTTP status, MIME type and direct snapshot links. Built on the official public **Wayback CDX Server API** — no login, no API key, no browser. ### Use cases - 🔁 **SEO migrations & 301 redirect maps** — recover old URLs that disappeared from your sitemap and still have backlinks. - 🕵️ **Find lost pages, PDFs and images** on any site (`mimeTypes: ["application/pdf"]`). - 📜 **Website history** — every content change of one page (`matchType: exact`, `collapse: digest`). - 🧭 **Recon & research** — enumerate historic paths, subdomains and endpoints of a domain. - 🤖 **Training/data pipelines** — `rawSnapshotUrl` gives the original archived bytes without the Wayback toolbar. ### Input example ```json { "targets": ["apify.com"], "matchType": "domain", "collapse": "urlkey", "onlyStatus200": true, "maxResultsPerTarget": 1000 } ``` All versions of one page since 2020: ```json { "targets": ["https://www.python.org/about/"], "matchType": "exact", "collapse": "digest", "dateFrom": "2020" } ``` | Match type | Returns | |---|---| | `domain` | the domain and all subdomains | | `host` | only that exact host | | `prefix` | everything under a path, e.g. `example.com/blog/` | | `exact` | all captures of one URL | ### Output example ```json { "target": "apify.com", "url": "https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json", "timestamp": "20260913155047", "archivedAt": "2026-09-13T15:50:47Z", "statusCode": 200, "mimeType": "application/json", "digest": "MO4JIMUGYVNBCZRQD34VZCN5CUJIB6JB", "length": 4225, "snapshotUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260913155047/https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json", "rawSnapshotUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260913155047id_/https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json" } ``` Export to JSON, CSV, Excel or via API. Targets with no captures get a free `NO_CAPTURES` row so you know they were checked. ### Pricing **$0.50 per 1,000 archived URLs** (cheaper on higher plans). Error/no-capture rows are free. Set a max charge per run and the Actor stops at your budget. ### Good citizenship The Actor sends one request at a time, uses the CDX resume-key pagination and backs off on rate limits, so it stays friendly to the Internet Archive. Large domains can take a few minutes. Consider [donating to the Internet Archive](https://archive.org/donate) if it's useful to you. ### Related Plumbline Data Actors - [Sitemap URL Extractor](https://apify.com/plumbline-data/sitemap-url-extractor) — get today's URLs, then compare with archived ones to find what's gone - [RSS & Atom Feed Reader](https://apify.com/plumbline-data/rss-feed-reader) — monitor new posts from feeds when you care about content, not just URL lists # Changelog This Actor's version history is a separate document: https://apify.com/plumbline-data/wayback-machine-urls/changelog.md # Actor input Schema ## `targets` (type: `array`): Domains (example.com), hosts, URL prefixes (example.com/blog/) or single pages. ## `matchType` (type: `string`): domain = domain + all subdomains; host = exact host; prefix = everything under a path; exact = one URL (all its snapshots). ## `collapse` (type: `string`): urlkey = one row per unique URL (best for URL discovery); digest = one row per content change; none = every capture. ## `onlyStatus200` (type: `boolean`): Skip redirects and errors. ## `mimeTypes` (type: `array`): e.g. text/html, application/pdf, image/jpeg. Empty = all. ## `dateFrom` (type: `string`): YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD. ## `dateTo` (type: `string`): YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD. ## `maxResultsPerTarget` (type: `integer`): 0 = no limit (your run charge limit still applies). ## Actor input object example ```json { "targets": [ "apify.com" ], "matchType": "domain", "collapse": "urlkey", "onlyStatus200": true, "mimeTypes": [], "maxResultsPerTarget": 1000 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): No description ## `summary` (type: `string`): No description # 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 = { "targets": [ "apify.com" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("plumbline-data/wayback-machine-urls").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 = { "targets": ["apify.com"] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("plumbline-data/wayback-machine-urls").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}") for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{ "targets": [ "apify.com" ] }' | apify call plumbline-data/wayback-machine-urls --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,plumbline-data/wayback-machine-urls" } } } ``` The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer ` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations). ## OpenAPI specification Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/g6u0sfI8WyHvFG2kw/builds/28cQhB6O5nbERuFqT/openapi.json