# Internet Archive API: List archived snapshots of a page > Lists Wayback Machine captures of a web page, oldest first, with HTTP status and whether the content changed since the previous capture. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Internet Archive. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/web.archive.org/list-snapshots - Method: `web.archive.org/list_snapshots`, version 1 - Website: web.archive.org - Returns: total_snapshots, snapshots with datetime, link, HTTP status, content_changed, digest - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `page` | string | yes | `"example.com"` | Website address to look up, for example openai.com/pricing. | | `to_date` | string | no | `"2020-01-01"` | Last capture date to include, for example 2023-12-31. Omit for all later dates. | | `from_date` | string | no | `"2020-01-01"` | First capture date to include, for example 2023-02-01. Omit for all earlier dates. | | `max_results` | integer | no | `3` | Maximum captures returned, for example 50. The total still counts all matching captures. Default 50. | | `changes_only` | boolean | no | `false` | Include only the first capture and later captures with changed content, for example true. Default true. | ## Output From a run on Oct 23, 2026. Its input: ```json { "page": "example.com", "to_date": "2020-01-01", "from_date": "2020-01-01", "max_results": 3, "changes_only": false } ``` Its output: ```json { "snapshots": [ { "http_status": null, "snapshot_link": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200101002334/https://example.com", "content_digest": "JI6OR3QR4CI526JD6TMMNZNV4QPMPQCH", "content_changed": false, "http_status_code": null, "snapshot_datetime": "2020-01-01T00:23:34Z" }, { "http_status": null, "snapshot_link": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200101002938/https://example.com", "content_digest": "JI6OR3QR4CI526JD6TMMNZNV4QPMPQCH", "content_changed": false, "http_status_code": null, "snapshot_datetime": "2020-01-01T00:29:38Z" }, { "http_status": null, "snapshot_link": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200101012043/https://example.com/", "content_digest": "JI6OR3QR4CI526JD6TMMNZNV4QPMPQCH", "content_changed": false, "http_status_code": null, "snapshot_datetime": "2020-01-01T01:20:43Z" } ], "total_snapshots": 249 } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"web.archive.org/list_snapshots","input":{"page":"example.com","to_date":"2020-01-01","from_date":"2020-01-01","max_results":3,"changes_only":false}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Show me every archived version of example-news.com/front-page from 2019 to 2021, oldest first, with status codes - Did the pricing page at saas-tool.io/plans change between captures in 2022? List only the captures where content differed - List up to 20 Wayback Machine snapshots of myblog.org/about since March 2015 including HTTP status and digest values - I need the full capture history of the company's careers page at startup-corp.net through 2024-06-30, including all unchanged captures - Give me the archived snapshots of docs.python-tips.dev/install from 2017-01-01 to 2018-12-31 and tell me which ones had content changes ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "page" ], "properties": { "page": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Website address to look up, for example openai.com/pricing." }, "to_date": { "type": "string", "description": "Last capture date to include, for example 2023-12-31. Omit for all later dates." }, "from_date": { "type": "string", "description": "First capture date to include, for example 2023-02-01. Omit for all earlier dates." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 50, "maximum": 1000, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum captures returned, for example 50. The total still counts all matching captures." }, "changes_only": { "type": "boolean", "default": true, "description": "Include only the first capture and later captures with changed content, for example true." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "total_snapshots", "snapshots" ], "properties": { "snapshots": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "http_status": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "snapshot_link": { "type": "string" }, "content_digest": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "content_changed": { "type": "boolean" }, "http_status_code": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ] }, "snapshot_datetime": { "type": "string" } } } }, "total_snapshots": { "type": "integer" } } } ``` ## See more - [Internet Archive API: Get archived page](https://fous.com/methods/web.archive.org/get-archived-page.md): Finds the closest Wayback Machine capture of a web page to a past date and returns its title and readable text. - [BBC News API: Search articles](https://fous.com/methods/bbc.com/search-news.md): Finds BBC News articles matching search words, newest first or by relevance, with publication time, authors, section and summary, optionally limited to a date range. Date filters and newest order apply to the first 180 search matches; older or less relevant matches may be missed. - [Fox News API: Search articles](https://fous.com/methods/foxnews.com/search-news.md): Searches Fox News articles by keyword, with date filtering, ordering and pagination, over the first 100 matches. - [loc.gov API: Search historic newspapers](https://fous.com/methods/loc.gov/search-historic-newspapers.md): Searches historic U.S. newspaper pages (Chronicling America) by text, with optional state and issue-year filters. Returns relevance-ranked page records with snippets and image links; newspaper OCR may contain transcription errors. - [National Archives API: Search records](https://fous.com/methods/catalog.archives.gov/search-records.md): Searches public National Archives Catalog records by keywords, year range, material type and online availability, in catalog relevance order. - [CNBC API: Search articles](https://fous.com/methods/cnbc.com/search-news.md): Searches CNBC-published articles by keyword, with optional publication date range, sort order and pagination. Excludes videos, wire stories and press releases. - [The Verge API: Search news](https://fous.com/methods/theverge.com/search-news.md): Searches The Verge articles by keyword, with optional date filters, sorting and pagination. Only the first 100 matches from The Verge search are used. - [Wikipedia API: Get page views](https://fous.com/methods/wikipedia.org/get-page-views.md): Returns human-reader view counts for a Wikipedia article by day or month, with totals, daily averages and the peak period. - [All Internet Archive methods](https://fous.com/methods/archive.org.md)