Tools and APIs
Tools and APIs#
Here’s a list of the Internet Archive APIs, tools, and services.
Name |
Description |
Available as |
Interactive documentation |
Tutorials |
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Metadata is used for locating and viewing information. |
XML |
N/A |
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The Command-Line Tool (CLI) is for interacting with various archive.org services from the command-line. |
Binary program |
N/A |
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This is a Python interface for interacting with various archive.org services. |
Python library |
N/A |
Find the unique identifier of an item in a collection, Read the metadata of an item, Create an item |
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This API is for creating items, uploading files, and managing metadata on an Amazon S3-like server. |
Python library, REST API, SOAP API |
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This API is for fetching the entire metadata of an item in a single transaction. |
PHP library, REST API |
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This API is for fetching metadata. |
PHP library, REST API |
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This API is for updating metadata. |
PHP library, REST API |
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This API is for fetching number of fields for an item. |
PHP library, REST API |
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This API is for updating item metadata through JSON patches. |
JSON |
N/A |
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This API is for fetching identifiers that have changed within a particular time period. |
REST API |
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This API is for fetching the view data of items and collections. |
REST API |
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These microservices are stateless, representational programming interfaces that accept and return JSON payloads. |
N/A |
N/A |
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This API is for fetching information about running, pending, and completed tasks. |
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This API is for creating relationships between items on the Internet Archive. |
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This API is for storing reviews of items. Registered users can review items. |
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N/A |
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N/A |
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Wayback machine APIs |
These APIs are for determining if a URL is stored on the Wayback Machine and for querying, filtering and analysis of snapshot data. |
REST API |
See whether a website exists in the archives, Compare two versions of a website |
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Book Services |
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Books API |
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Works API |
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Editions API |
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ISBN API |
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Authors API |
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Subjects API |
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Search API |
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Search inside API |
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Partner API |
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Covers API |
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Recent Changes API |
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Editions API |