Waybackpy
A Python package and CLI tool for interacting with the Wayback Machine's Save, CDX, and Availability APIs.
What is Waybackpy?
Waybackpy is a Python package and command-line tool that interfaces with the Wayback Machine's public APIs. It allows developers to programmatically save web pages to the Internet Archive, retrieve historical snapshots of URLs, and check archive availability. The tool simplifies automating web archiving tasks and accessing historical web data.
Developers, researchers, and archivists who need to automate interactions with the Wayback Machine, such as saving pages, querying historical data, or integrating archive functionality into applications.
Waybackpy offers a unified, well-documented Pythonic interface to all three Wayback Machine APIs, with both library and CLI support. It handles timestamp conversions and API complexities, making it easier to build reliable archiving workflows compared to manual API calls.
Overview
Wayback Machine API interface & a command-line tool
Use Cases
Best For
- Automating the archival of web pages via scripts
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