Search query using Lucene syntax. Examples: 'frankenstein', 'title:science', 'creator:"Mark Twain"', 'mediatype:texts subject:history'. Leave empty to use startUrls.

Type:string

Example:

frankenstein

Media Type Filter

mediaType

Optional

Filter results by media type.

Type:string

Default:any

Options:

anytextsaudiomoviessoftwareimageetreedatawebcollection

Sort By

sortBy

Optional

Sort order for results.

Type:string

Default:relevance

Options:

relevancedownloads descdate descdate asctitle asc

Max Items

maxItems

Optional

Maximum number of items to scrape. Use 0 for unlimited (up to API maximum).

Type:integer

Minimum:0

Maximum:10000

Default:50

Fetch Item Details

fetchItemDetails

Optional

If enabled, fetches full metadata and file list for each item via the metadata API. Slower but provides more data.

Type:boolean

Default:false

Start URLs

startUrls

Optional

Optional list of Internet Archive search or detail URLs to scrape instead of using the query.

Type:object[]

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 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 Scraper — Books, Media & Metadata Search

thriftykiwi/internet-archive-scraper

Search the Internet Archive catalog (books, audio, video, software) and fetch item metadata from the free advancedsearch API. No API key required.

Thrifty Kiwi

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 & Wayback Machine Scraper

mangudai/internet-archive-scraper

Search the Internet Archive's 40M+ items, pull full item metadata and file lists, and query the Wayback Machine for URL snapshots. Books, audio, video, software, and archived pages on official archive.org APIs. No API key.

Mangudäi

Internet Archive & Wayback Machine Scraper

bakos_bence/internet-archive

Search archive.org and the Wayback Machine for OSINT, journalism, and research — books, movies, audio, software, item metadata, file lists, and URL snapshots. Official public APIs, no login. Unofficial — not affiliated with the Internet Archive.

Bakos Bence

Archive.org Scraper

lulzasaur/archive-org-scraper

Scrape the Internet Archive (archive.org). Search 50M+ texts, 13M+ audio, 16M+ movies, and 1.3M+ software items. Get metadata, download counts, file lists, and more via public APIs.

lulz bot

Internet Archive Search — Wayback Machine Advanced Query Tool

maged120/archive-org-advanced-search

Search the Internet Archive (archive.org) with full advanced filter support — date range, media type, language, subject, and more. Returns metadata from archived web pages, books, audio, and video.

Maged

Internet Archive Digital Library (archive.org) - Data Scraper

gettingtechnicl/internet-archive

Extract record data from Internet Archive Digital Library (archive.org) via its official public JSON API. Search by search query, collection, format, media type and export 19 structured fields per record as JSON, CSV or Excel - reliable, with no fragile HTML scraping.

Terry Gluff

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.