available: Check Wayback Machine availability

API: archive.org:archive.org-api
Endpoint: /wayback/available
Response format: application/json +1 format
Charset: utf-8
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 10592ms

Description

Check if a URL is available in the Wayback Machine and get the closest snapshot.

Parameters (2)

timestamp (string, query, optional)

Target timestamp in YYYYMMDDHHMMSS format (optional)

Constraints: {'pattern': '^[0-9]{14}$'}

url (string, query, required)

The URL to check for availability

Examples (5)

Check Wayback Machine availability openapi-spec
curl 'https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&timestamp=20200101000000'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/wayback/available",
    params={
        'url': 'https://example.com',
        'timestamp': '20200101000000',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("wayback/available", url="https://example.com", timestamp=20200101000000)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&timestamp=20200101000000");
const data = await resp.json();
Check Wayback availability with timestamp doc_extracted
curl 'http://archive.org/wayback/available?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xolator.com&timestamp=20130613055153'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "http://archive.org/wayback/available",
    params={
        'url': 'http://www.xolator.com',
        'timestamp': '20130613055153',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("wayback/available", url="http://www.xolator.com", timestamp=20130613055153)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("http://archive.org/wayback/available?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xolator.com&timestamp=20130613055153");
const data = await resp.json();
Check Wayback availability (first snapshot) doc_extracted
curl 'http://archive.org/wayback/available?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xolator.com'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "http://archive.org/wayback/available",
    params={
        'url': 'http://www.xolator.com',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("wayback/available", url="http://www.xolator.com")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("http://archive.org/wayback/available?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xolator.com");
const data = await resp.json();
Check Wayback Machine availability probe-gate
curl 'https://archive.org/wayback/available'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://archive.org/wayback/available")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("wayback/available")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/wayback/available");
const data = await resp.json();
Check Wayback Machine availability openapi-spec
curl 'https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=example.com&timestamp=20230101120000'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://archive.org/wayback/available",
    params={
        'url': 'example.com',
        'timestamp': '20230101120000',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("archive.org")
result = api.fetch("wayback/available", url="example.com", timestamp=20230101120000)

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=example.com&timestamp=20230101120000");
const data = await resp.json();

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