Wayback Machine

Archived web pages and website snapshots

Wayback Machine lets you explore archived websites, find the closest page capture to a past date, and review captures over time; the nearest capture may fall outside the requested period.

Get archived page

See the closest available archived version of a web page to a past date, with its title and readable text. Month and year dates use their first day; the nearest capture may fall outside the requested period.

Your information

Date

Past date as YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY, for example 2019-08-12.

Page

Website address to view, for example nike.com/pricing or https://example.com/.

1 credit per run

Example results

Days Away: 1
Main Text: Example Domain This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in examples without prior coordination or asking for permission. More information...
Page Title: Example Domain
Snapshot URL: web.archive.org
Snapshot Datetime: 2019-03-02T00:01:51+00:00

Example data · Run in Studio for fresh results.

About Wayback Machine

Wayback Machine’s Get archived page returns a page’s closest archived version to a requested date, given a website address and date.

List snapshots returns archived captures, status details, and content changes for a website address, with optional date and result filters.

Built by Fous from web.archive.org and checked automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026. Fous is not affiliated with Wayback Machine.

Actions

Get archived page

1 credit per run

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Date`date`	Text	Required	Past date as YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY, for example 2019-08-12.Example: 2019-08-12
Page`page`	Text	Required	Website address to view, for example nike.com/pricing or https://example.com/.Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Days Away`days_away`	Number	Number of calendar days between the requested date and capture date.Example: 1
Main Text`main_text`	Text	Readable text from the archived page, up to 20,000 characters.Example: Example Domain This domain is established to be used for illustrative examples…
Page Title`page_title`	Text	Title from the archived page, if present.Example: Example Domain
Snapshot URL`snapshot_url`	Text	Link to the captured page in the Wayback Machine.Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20190302000151/http://www.example.com/
Snapshot Datetime`snapshot_datetime`	Text	Closest archived capture date and time in UTC (ISO 8601).Example: 2019-03-02T00:01:51+00:00

Example result

For Date: 2019-03-01, Page: example.com

JSON

{
  "days_away": 1,
  "main_text": "Example Domain\nThis domain is established to be used for illustrative examples in documents. You may use this domain in examples without prior coordination or asking for permission.\nMore information..…",
  "page_title": "Example Domain",
  "snapshot_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20190302000151/http://www.example.com/",
  "snapshot_datetime": "2019-03-02T00:01:51+00:00"
}

List snapshots

1 credit per run

List archived captures of a web page, oldest first, with HTTP status and content changes. The total counts matching captures before the result limit; the first capture is retained as a baseline, with content_changed false. A change is determined by comparing consecutive archived content digests; missing digests cannot establish a change.

What you provide

Field	Type	Required	Description
Page`page`	Text	Required	Website address to look up, for example openai.com/pricing.Example: openai.com/pricing
To Date`to_date`	Date	Optional	Last capture date to include, for example 2023-12-31. Omit for all later dates.Example: 2023-02-28
From Date`from_date`	Date	Optional	First capture date to include, for example 2023-02-01. Omit for all earlier dates.Example: 2023-02-27
Max Results`max_results`	Number	Optional	Maximum captures returned, for example 50. The total still counts all matching captures.Example: 2
Changes Only`changes_only`	Yes or no	Optional	Include only the first capture and later captures with changed content, for example true.Example: No

What you get

Field	Type	Description
Snapshots`snapshots`	List
HTTP Status`snapshots[].http_status`	Text	Archived HTTP status number and name, if recorded.Example: 200 OK
Snapshot Link`snapshots[].snapshot_link`	Text	Link to the archived page.Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20230227230602/https://openai.com/pricing
Content Digest`snapshots[].content_digest`	Text	Archived content digest, if recorded.Example: AJMLKGSJXNTXTRO73KBQ6UIESMDFJO7K
Content Changed`snapshots[].content_changed`	Yes or no	Whether the content digest differs from the previous capture within the date range.Example: No
HTTP Status Code`snapshots[].http_status_code`	Number	Archived HTTP status number, if recorded.Example: 200
Snapshot Datetime`snapshots[].snapshot_datetime`	Date	Capture time in UTC.Example: 2023-02-27T23:06:02Z
Total Snapshots`total_snapshots`	Number	Number of matching captures after change filtering, before the result limit.Example: 5

Example result

For Page: openai.com/pricing, To Date: 2023-02-28, From Date: 2023-02-27, Max Results: 2, Changes Only: No

JSON

{
  "snapshots": [
    {
      "http_status": "200 OK",
      "snapshot_link": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230227230602/https://openai.com/pricing",
      "content_digest": "AJMLKGSJXNTXTRO73KBQ6UIESMDFJO7K",
      "content_changed": false,
      "http_status_code": 200,
      "snapshot_datetime": "2023-02-27T23:06:02Z"
    },
    {
      "http_status": "200 OK",
      "snapshot_link": "https://web.archive.org/web/20230228014742/https://openai.com/pricing",
      "content_digest": "JXR2SYZQHQ5WPR2JFYRWMQCFVWRZB4EB",
      "content_changed": true,
      "http_status_code": 200,
      "snapshot_datetime": "2023-02-28T01:47:42Z"
    }
  ],
  "total_snapshots": 5
}

For developers

Run this workflow from your own code. In Studio, turn on Developer mode and create an API key.

cURL

# First set your key: export FOUS_API_KEY='YOUR_FOUS_API_KEY'
: "${FOUS_API_KEY:?Set FOUS_API_KEY before running this example}"

curl 'https://api.fous.com/v1/query' \
  --fail-with-body --silent --show-error --max-time 120 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data-raw '{
  "api": "@wayback-machine",
  "visibility": "public",
  "operation": "get_archived_page",
  "version": 1,
  "input": {
    "date": "2019-08-12",
    "page": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace"
  },
  "response": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}'

What you can do with it

Review how a web page appeared on a past date
Track archived captures of a website over time
Identify captures with changed content
Compare archived page titles and readable text
Check archived HTTP status details

Questions

Is Fous affiliated with Wayback Machine?

No. Fous is not affiliated with Wayback Machine. This workflow reads the public web.archive.org website and returns its data.

How much does it cost?

Each run costs 1 credit. With pay-as-you-go, a credit costs 1¢; monthly plans cost less per credit.

Do I need a Wayback Machine account?

No. You only need a Fous account.

How current is the data?

Fous gets the data from web.archive.org when you run it; repeating the same request within a day may return the saved result. Fous checks this workflow automatically; it last passed a check on Sep 29, 2026.