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Wayback Machine API

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Web-page time travel as an API — powered by the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the archive of hundreds of billions of captured web pages going back to 1996. Given any URL, find out whether it has been archived and get the snapshot closest to now, the snapshot closest to a specific date (true time-travel: see a page as it looked on, say, 1 January 2010), or the very oldest capture on record — each with its exact capture timestamp and a direct link to the archived copy. It is the go-to tool for detecting and recovering from link rot, citing sources that may change or disappear, checking when a page was first archived, and digital-preservation, research and journalism workflows. A web-archival / link-rot resource — distinct from the Internet Archive's media-item library (books, audio and video). Data from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

#web-archive #wayback #link-rot #internet-archive #snapshots #preservation
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/api/wayback-api/openapi.json
/api/wayback-api/llms.txt

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Uptime
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Avg latency
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Free

Free

  • 2,480 calls / month
  • 2 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 2,480 calls/month
  • 2 req/sec
  • Available + snapshot + oldest
  • No credit card
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Starter

€7.05 /month

  • 49,500 calls / month
  • 8 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 49.5k calls/month
  • 8 req/sec
  • Time-travel by date
  • Email support
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Pro

€22.40 /month

  • 243,000 calls / month
  • 20 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 243k calls/month
  • 20 req/sec
  • Link-rot & citation tools
  • Priority support
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Mega

€58.70 /month

  • 865,000 calls / month
  • 50 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 865k calls/month
  • 50 req/sec
  • Digital-preservation platform
  • Dedicated SLA
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Internet Archive API

The Internet Archive as an API — the non-profit digital library of over 40 million freely accessible items: books and texts, audio and live-music concerts, films and video, software, images and archived web pages. Search the entire archive by keyword with full Lucene field syntax (by creator, title, subject, collection and more), filter by media type (texts, audio, movies, image, software, web, live concerts) and sort by downloads, date or trending popularity, getting each item's identifier, title, creator, media type, year, download count and collections; read an item's full metadata including its description, creators, subjects, language, collections, publisher, license, dates and total size; list an item's downloadable files with their format, size, length and a direct download URL; and look up the closest Wayback Machine snapshot of any web page — the archived flag, the snapshot date and HTTP status, and the web.archive.org link, optionally near a target timestamp. Ideal for research, digital preservation, media discovery, dataset building, link-rot recovery and apps that surface public-domain and openly-licensed culture. Data from the Internet Archive (archive.org).

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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.

How do I get an API key for Wayback Machine API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Wayback Machine API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Wayback Machine API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Wayback Machine API cost?
Wayback Machine API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €7.05 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Wayback Machine API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Wayback Machine API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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curl https://api.oanor.com/wayback-api/SOME_PATH \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/wayback-api/SOME_PATH", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/wayback-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/wayback-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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