Search Services API

by archive.org

Overview

API for Internet Archive's Search-related services

Search Services is an open data API from archive.org. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 3 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication: No auth
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Unknown
Category: Open Data
Base URL: https://api.archive.org
Version: 1.0.0
Endpoints: 3
OpenAPI: Specification ↗
Spec updated: 2021-06-21

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.archive.org/search/v1/fields" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.archive.org/search/v1/fields", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.archive.org/search/v1/fields",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Method	Path	What it does
GET	`/search/v1/fields`	Fields that can be requested
GET	`/search/v1/organic`	Return relevance-based results from search queries
GET	`/search/v1/scrape`	Scrape search results from Internet Archive, allowing a scrolling cursor