search_items
Pack: internet-archive · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/internet-archive/mcp
Search Internet Archive (archive.org) items by Lucene-style query. Finds archived books, audio, video, software, and images — e.g. “apollo”, “creator:NASA”, “grateful dead”. Optionally filter by mediatype. Returns identifier/title/creator/year/mediatype/downloads. NOTE: archive.org items, NOT Wayback Machine web-page snapshots. Keyless.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | yes | Lucene-style query (e.g. “apollo”, “creator:NASA”, “mediatype:audio AND grateful dead”). |
limit | number | no | Max results (default 20, max 100). |
page | number | no | Page number, 1-based (default 1). |
mediatype | string | no | Optional mediatype filter, ANDed into the query: “texts”,“audio”,“movies”,“software”,“image”. |
Example call
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/internet-archive/mcp \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_items","arguments":{}}}'Connect
Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:
{
"mcpServers": {
"internet-archive": {
"url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/internet-archive/mcp"
}
}
}See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.