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Web Archive Scraper

A powerful Apify Actor designed to extract comprehensive data from the Wayback Machine. This scraper can list historical snapshots of any URL and fetch archived page HTML or screenshots from any point in time, making it perfect for historical research and monitoring.

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from $2.99 / 1,000 results

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ScoutLayer

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Features

Snapshots: Every crawl timestamp the Wayback Machine has for a URL, in a date range
Snapshot Content: The full archived HTML at a specific timestamp, optionally with a base64 PNG screenshot

Input

Scrape Type

Select the type of data to fetch using the scrapeType field:

Value	Description
`snapshots`	List available snapshot timestamps for one or more URLs
`content`	Fetch the archived HTML/screenshot for specific timestamps

All Input Fields

Field	Type	Required for	Default	Description
`scrapeType`	string	Always	`snapshots`	Scrape type (see table above)
`urls`	array	`snapshots`	—	Page URLs to list snapshots for, e.g. `["shopify.com/pricing"]`
`from`	string	—	—	Earliest snapshot to include, `yyyyMMdd`, e.g. `"20260101"`
`to`	string	—	—	Latest snapshot to include, `yyyyMMdd`, e.g. `"20260801"`
`limit`	integer	—	—	Maximum snapshots to return per URL
`snapshots`	array	`content`	—	Array of `{"url": ..., "timestamp": ...}` objects — run `snapshots` first to find valid timestamps
`screenshot`	boolean	—	`false`	Also capture a base64 PNG screenshot of each archived page as rendered in a browser (slower)

Output

Results are stored in the dataset under the key results. The shape varies by scrape type.

Snapshots

Each result is one snapshot timestamp for a URL.

{
  "timestamp": "20260115120000",
  "archivedAt": "2026-01-15T12:00:00Z",
  "url": "https://shopify.com/pricing",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "mimeType": "text/html"
}

Snapshot Content

{
  "url": "https://shopify.com/pricing",
  "timestamp": "20260115120000",
  "archivedAt": "2026-01-15T12:00:00Z",
  "html": "<!doctype html>...",
  "screenshotBase64": "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAA..."
}

screenshotBase64 is only present when screenshot: true was passed.

Usage Examples

List snapshots for a URL

{
  "scrapeType": "snapshots",
  "urls": ["shopify.com/pricing"],
  "from": "20260101",
  "to": "20260801"
}

Fetch archived HTML + screenshot for specific timestamps

{
  "scrapeType": "content",
  "snapshots": [{ "url": "shopify.com/pricing", "timestamp": "20260115120000" }],
  "screenshot": true
}

Need this data outside of Apify, or coverage beyond the Wayback Machine? ScoutLayer offers a direct REST/MCP API across many platforms — see the docs for details.

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