wayback-machine

Internet Wayback Machine Client

API

getTimeline

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Get the timeline with all the snapshots (mementos) of a given URL taken by http://web.archive.org

var wayback = require('wayback-machine');

wayback.getTimeline(url, function(err, timeline) {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err);
    return;
  }

  console.log('Timeline for <%s>:', url);
  console.log(timeline);
});

Timeline example:

{ original: 'http://macbre.net',
  timegate: 'http://web.archive.org/web/http://macbre.net',
  first: 
   { url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20080529061028/http://macbre.net/',
     time: Thu May 29 2008 08:10:28 GMT+0200 (CEST) },
  last: 
   { url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20150801212811/http://macbre.net/',
     time: Sat Aug 01 2015 23:28:11 GMT+0200 (CEST) },
  mementos: 
   [ { url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20080529061028/http://macbre.net/',
       time: Thu May 29 2008 08:10:28 GMT+0200 (CEST) },
     { url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20080701120010/http://macbre.net/',
       time: Tue Jul 01 2008 14:00:10 GMT+0200 (CEST) },
     { url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20080702181112/http://macbre.net/',
       time: Wed Jul 02 2008 20:11:12 GMT+0200 (CEST) },
       ...
     { url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20150801212811/http://macbre.net/',
       time: Sat Aug 01 2015 23:28:11 GMT+0200 (CEST) } ] }

getClosest

Docs

Get the latest URL snapshot using Wayback Availability JSON API

var wayback = require('wayback-machine');

wayback.getClosest(url, function(err, closest) {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err);
    return;
  }

  console.log('The closest snapshot for <%s>:', url);
  console.log(closest);
});

Closest example:

{ available: true,
  url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20111008092403/http://macbre.net:80/',
  timestamp: '20111008092403',
  status: '200' }