You can access the Internet Archive Search Scraper 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 API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

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
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("searchapi/internet-archive-search-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Internet Archive Search Scraper API in Python

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

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Internet Archive Search Scraper API in JavaScript

Internet Archive Search Scraper API through CLI

Internet Archive Search Scraper OpenAPI definition

Internet Archive Search Scraper API

Internet Archive Search Scraper

moving_beacon-owner1/internet-archive-search-scraper

Searches the Internet Archive using its advanced search API. Retrieves matching items with pagination, returning requested metadata fields and a link to each item's details page.

Jamshaid Arif

Internet Archive Search Scraper

crawlerbros/internet-archive-search-scraper

Searches and retrieves items from the Internet Archive (archive.org) - 44M+ books, videos, audio, software, and web archives. Free, no API key required.

Crawler Bros

Internet Archive Items Scraper - Metadata Search

benthepythondev/internet-archive-items-scraper

Search Internet Archive items and export identifiers, titles, creators, dates, media types, downloads, descriptions, subjects and links.

Ben

Internet Archive Scraper

cordate_jebel/internet-archive-scraper

Search archive.org via its public API and export flat rows.

Andres Clap

Internet Archive (archive.org) Items Scraper

scrapers_lat/archive-org-scraper

Scrape Internet Archive items by keyword, media type or identifier. Get title, creator, downloads, subjects, collections, dates, item size and downloadable files as JSON, CSV or Excel.

Scrapers Lat

Internet Archive Scraper - archive.org Items, Metadata & Files

inovaflow/internet-archive-scraper

Search the Internet Archive (archive.org) and extract item metadata, files and direct download links. Books, movies, audio, software, images and data — no login required.

inovaflow

Internet Archive Items Scraper - archive.org Search by Query

gio21/archive-org-items-scraper

Search Internet Archive (archive.org) items: books, movies, audio, software, images, web archives, data. Returns title, creator, date, description, downloads, identifier, URLs. Free, no key. For research, content discovery, digital preservation.

Gio

Internet Archive Search Scraper

parseforge/internet-archive-search-scraper

Scrapes Internet Archive items from a Lucene search query with optional filters for collection, media type, creator, and date range. Returns each item as a flat row with optional full metadata and file URLs.

ParseForge

Internet Archive Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/internet-archive-scraper

Search the Internet Archive's 35+ million items: books, movies, audio, software, and web pages. Filter by media type, subject, creator, language, or date range. Free API.

Fortuitous Pirate

Internet Archive Scraper

ludoe11/internet-archive-scraper

Fast, lightweight scraper for Internet Archive (archive.org). Extract metadata, collections, media files, and item URLs using Lucene queries directly into JSON, CSV, or Excel with zero browser overhead.