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Wayback Machine Snapshots: History, First Seen & Archived URLs

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$0.30 / 1,000 rows

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Wayback Machine Snapshots: History, First Seen & Archived URLs

Wayback Machine Snapshots: History, First Seen & Archived URLs

Query the Internet Archive CDX index: summary (first/last capture, captures per year, status codes), every snapshot of a URL (collapsed per day/month/year), or every archived page under a domain.

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$0.30 / 1,000 rows

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Query the Internet Archive CDX index: summary (first/last capture, captures per year, status codes), every snapshot of a URL (collapsed per day/month/year), or every archived page under a domain.

Why this actor

  • Summary mode answers 'how old/active is this site' in one row; raw snapshot links for replay.
  • Pay only for results: $0.30 per 1,000 rows, no start fee, failed lookups are free.
  • Robust: automatic retries with exponential backoff, respects Retry-After, per-item error rows instead of crashed runs.
  • Clean, flat JSON/CSV/Excel output ready for Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, Clay, or the Apify API.

Use cases

  • Domain due diligence and age checks
  • Recover lost content/URLs after migrations
  • Competitor history research
  • Legal/compliance evidence

Input

FieldTypeDescription
urlsarrayPages or domains.
modestringWhat to return.
collapsestringThin out snapshot lists.
fromstringYYYY or YYYY-MM-DD
tostringYYYY or YYYY-MM-DD
onlyStatus200booleanSkip redirects/errors.
maxRowsintegerCap for snapshots/pages modes.
maxItemsinteger0 = no limit. Caps cost.

Example input:

{
"urls": [
"apify.com"
],
"mode": "summary"
}

Output

Each dataset item looks like this (real sample from a test run, long fields trimmed):

{
"url": "apify.com",
"uniqueCaptures": 1126,
"firstSeen": "2007-05-31T10:15:38Z",
"lastSeen": "2026-10-13T13:46:22Z",
"capturesPerYear": {
"2007": 1,
"2011": 3,
"2012": 2,
"2013": 1,
"2016": 1,
"2017": 18,
"2018": 77,
"2019": 150,
"2020": 78,
"2021": 67,
"2022": 79,
"2023": 143,
"2024": 219,
"2025": 166,
"2026": 121
},
"statusCodes": {
"200": 941,
"301": 137,
"-": 47,
"308": 1
},
"firstSnapshotUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20070531101538/http://www.apify.com:80/",
"lastSnapshotUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20261013134622/https://apify.com/",
"scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T16:24:34+00:00"
}

Rows that could not be processed contain an error field and are not charged.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.0003 per row (= $0.30 / 1,000). Use Max results to cap spend. Apify's free plan credit covers thousands of results per month.

Integrations & API

Run on a schedule in Apify Console, call via the Apify API / Python & JS clients, or connect to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack and webhooks. Works as a tool for AI agents via Apify MCP.

FAQ

Is this an official tool? No. It is an independent actor and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by the data source or any trademark owner named here.

Is it legal? The actor only reads publicly available data from public endpoints, without logins, and does not bypass paywalls or access controls. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws (e.g. GDPR) and the source sites' terms.

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