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Wayback Machine History: Site Age, Snapshots & Archived URLs

Use the Internet Archive's official CDX API to get a site's first and last archive date. Input: targets. Output (JSON/CSV): one row per item with type, target, firstSnapshot, lastSnapshot, siteAgeYears, originalUrl, capturedAt, statusCode, mimeType, archiveUrl.

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What it's for

Verify how old a business or domain really is
Recover deleted pages and old URLs for SEO redirects
See every change to a competitor's pricing page

Example input

{
 "targets": [
  "apify.com",
  "therealtour360.com"
 ],
 "mode": "summary"
}

Example output

{
  "type": "summary",
  "target": "therealtour360.com",
  "archived": true,
  "firstSnapshot": "2024-08-04T09:05:42Z",
  "lastSnapshot": "2025-03-10T20:01:10Z",
  "monthsWithSnapshots": 3,
  "distinctMonthlyVersions": 3,
  "activeMonthsByYear": {
    "2024": 1,
    "2025": 2
  },
  "firstSnapshotUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240804090542/therealtour360.com",
  "lastSnapshotUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250310200110/therealtour360.com",
  "siteAgeYears": 2.2
}

Input reference

Field	Type	Notes
`targets` required	array	Domains or page URLs, e.g. example.com or example.com/pricing.
`mode`	string	summary = one row per target (age, first/last capture, activity); snapshots = capture list of a page; urls = all distinct archived URLs under a domain.
`matchType`	string	exact page, prefix (path and below), host, or domain (incl. subdomains). 'urls' mode uses domain when exact.
`from`	string	YYYY-MM-DD (optional).
`to`	string	YYYY-MM-DD (optional).
`collapse`	string	snapshots mode: digest = only when content changed; timestamp:8 = one per day; timestamp:6 = one per month; none.
`statusFilter`	string	Only captures with this status (blank = all).
`mimeFilter`	string	e.g. text/html or application/pdf (blank = all).
`maxRowsPerTarget`	integer	Cap for snapshots/urls modes.
`maxConcurrency`	integer	Keep low; the Archive is a nonprofit.

Pricing

Pay per event: Target summary $0.003, Snapshot or URL row $0.0003. Plus Apify's small per-run start fee. Apify's free plan includes monthly credit to try it.

How to run

Open the Store page and click Try for free.
Fill in the input (or paste the example JSON in the JSON tab).
Click Start, then export results as CSV, Excel or JSON, or call it via the Apify API.
Optional: add a Schedule and a webhook/Slack/email integration for ongoing monitoring.

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