Archive.org API

The Internet Archive API provides access to digital content including books, audio, video, images, and web pages. Use the Search API to find items, the Metadata API to retrieve item details, and the Download API to access files.

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Base URL: https://archive.org/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 7
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Last checked: 2026-03-14 22:15:22.710717

Links

Homepage: https://archive.org/
API Base: https://archive.org/
SDKs:

100.0%

Uptime (7d)

2113ms

Avg latency (7d)

26

Probes (7d)

Latency (7d)

Success Rate (7d)

Topics

DATABASE, KNOWLEDGE

Endpoints

Method Path Summary Auth Last Status Latency
GET advancedsearch.php Search Archive.org items — 200 1023ms
GET details/{identifier} Get item details (HTML page) — 200 2708ms
GET download/{identifier}/{filename} Download file — 503 3136ms
GET metadata/{identifier} Get item metadata — 200 1105ms
GET metadata/{identifier}/{field} Get Item Metadata Field — 200 3128ms
GET services/search/v1/scrape Scrape Search API — 200 1456ms
GET wayback/available Check Wayback availability — 200 5361ms