Wayback Machine Lookup

PythonData

POST api.upapi.io/archive-wayback.get

Find the closest Wayback Machine snapshot of a URL (optionally near a target timestamp). Returns the snapshot URL, its capture timestamp, and HTTP status.

waybackarchiveinternet-archivepython

AuthAPI key

Cost1 unit

Timeout15s

Cache3600s

Request schema

Field	Type	Description
`url`req	string	URL to look up in the Wayback Machine
`timestamp`		Optional target time YYYYMMDDhhmmss (partial ok). Omit for the newest snapshot.· default: `null`

Response schema

Field	Type	Description
`found`req	boolean
`closest`req
`fetchedAt`req	string
`queriedUrl`req	string

Try it

urlrequired

URL to look up in the Wayback Machine

timestampoptional· default: null

Optional target time YYYYMMDDhhmmss (partial ok). Omit for the newest snapshot.

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Code examples

curl -X POST https://api.upapi.io/archive-wayback.get \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{ "url": "https://github.com" }'

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