Archive.org API

Provides search and metadata access to the Internet Archive's digital collections of books, audio, video, software, and archived web pages. Supports Wayback Machine URL lookups and direct file downloads from archive items.

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Slug: archive.org
Key: archive.org:archive.org-api
Base URL: https://archive.org/
Auth: none
Endpoints: 8
Category: literature
Reachable: yes
CORS: unknown
Tier: verified
Last checked: 2026-03-14 22:15:22.710717

Links

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

Topics

DATABASE, KNOWLEDGE

Endpoints (8)

Path Summary Response Auth
advancedsearch.php Search the Internet Archive text/html none
details/{identifier} Get item details (HTML page) text/html none
download/{identifier}/{filename} Download a file from an item text/html none
metadata/{identifier} Get item metadata application/json none
metadata/{identifier}/{field} Get Item Metadata Field application/json none
services/img/{identifier} Get item thumbnail/cover image image/jpeg none
services/search/v1/scrape Scrape Search API application/json none
wayback/available Check Wayback Machine availability application/json none