Extended Internet Wayback Machine Client
Get the timeline with all the snapshots (mementos) of a given URL taken by http://web.archive.org
const wayback = require('wayback-machine-e');
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) } ] }
Get the latest URL snapshot using Wayback Availability JSON API
const wayback = require('wayback-machine-e');
wayback.getClosest(url, function(err, closest) {
if (err) {
console.error(err);
return;
}
console.log('The closest snapshot for <%s>:', url);
console.log(closest);
});Example:
{ available: true,
url: 'http://web.archive.org/web/20111008092403/http://macbre.net:80/',
timestamp: '20111008092403',
status: '200' }
Get the html of a given Wayback URL
const wayback = require("wayback-mashine-e")
wayback.getWebpage(url, (err, data) => {
if(err) {
console.error(err);
return;
}
console.log('The html for url', url, 'is', data.html.length, 'characters long')
})Example:
{ archived: 20111008092000,
retreaved: 1648821878000,
html: "<!doctype html><head></head>\n<body>Hi!</body>"}