Wayback Machine Scraper — Website History & Snapshots
Extract every Wayback Machine (archive.org) snapshot of any URL, domain or subdomain — capture date, HTTP status, MIME type, content digest, byte size and direct snapshot links. Up to 50,000 rows, many URLs per run, $0.50 per 1,000 rows. No API key.
Wayback Machine Scraper — Website History & Snapshots returns 9 documented output fields, including inputUrl, timestamp, capturedAt, original and snapshotUrl. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 46 runs are recorded on Apify.
- 9
- Output fields
- 7
- Inputs
- 46
- Runs
- 2026-10-16
- Last run
01 — output
What it returns
Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.
| Field | Type | What it holds | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| inputUrl | stringnull | The input URL this row was produced for. Present on multi-URL runs so rows stay attributable. | example.com/pricing |
| timestamp | stringnull | The source's own timestamp for this record, unmodified. | 20231015143022 |
| capturedAt | stringnull | ISO 8601 timestamp of when this record was captured or archived. | 2026-10-16T08:17:07.000Z |
| original | stringnull | The URL exactly as it was captured or found. | https://example.com/pricing |
| snapshotUrl | stringnull | Direct link to view this record at its source. | https://web.archive.org/web/20231015143022/https://apify.com/ |
| mimeType | stringnull | MIME type of the content. | text/html |
| statusCode | integernull | HTTP status code recorded for this record. | 200 |
| digest | stringnull | Content hash. Two rows with the same digest hold identical content. | UXM5L6MWWKE4YESNBTX2OENTT62FEW4Y |
| length | integernull | Size of the content in bytes. | 48523 |
02 — sample
One record
Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.
{
"inputUrl": "example.com/pricing",
"timestamp": "20231015143022",
"capturedAt": "2026-10-16T08:17:07.000Z",
"original": "https://example.com/pricing",
"snapshotUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20231015143022/https://apify.com/",
"mimeType": "text/html",
"statusCode": 200,
"digest": "UXM5L6MWWKE4YESNBTX2OENTT62FEW4Y"
}03 — input
What you give it
| Input | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| urls | arrayrequired | URLs (or domains) to list snapshots for. |
| matchType | stringoptional | exact, prefix, host, or domain (domain = all subpages/subdomains). |
| from | stringoptional | YYYY-MM-DD (optional). |
| to | stringoptional | YYYY-MM-DD (optional). |
| collapseDuplicates | booleanoptional | Skip snapshots identical to the previous (by content digest). |
| maxSnapshotsPerUrl | integeroptional | Cap per URL. |
| maxItems | integeroptional | Hard cap overall. |
04 — run
Run Wayback Machine Scraper on your own input
It runs in the cloud on Apify. Nothing to install, and you are billed per result returned rather than per attempt.
05 — questions
Asked before running it
9 of 9 fields described
- What does Wayback Machine Scraper — Website History & Snapshots return?
- It returns 9 documented output fields: inputUrl, timestamp, capturedAt, original, snapshotUrl, mimeType, statusCode, digest and length. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value.
- What input does Wayback Machine Scraper — Website History & Snapshots require?
- urls is required. A further 6 inputs are optional. The full input schema, with types and defaults, is below.
- Does Wayback Machine Scraper — Website History & Snapshots need an API key or login?
- No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
- How do I run Wayback Machine Scraper — Website History & Snapshots?
- It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.