`search_url`

Pack: wayback · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wayback/mcp

Search the Wayback Machine CDX index for archived snapshots of a URL. Returns timestamps, HTTP status codes, MIME types, and archive URLs. Filter by date range. Example: search_url(“example.com”, from: “2020”, to: “2023”, limit: 10).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`url`	string	yes	URL to search for in the archive (e.g., “example.com” or “https://example.com/page”)
`from`	string	no	Start date filter as YYYYMMDD or partial (e.g., “2020”, “202301”)
`to`	string	no	End date filter as YYYYMMDD or partial (e.g., “2023”, “20231231”)
`limit`	number	no	Max number of results to return (default 25, max 1000)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "url": "example.com",
  "from": "2020",
  "to": "2023",
  "limit": 10
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wayback/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_url","arguments":{"url":"example.com","from":"2020","to":"2023","limit":10}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_url', {
  "url": "example.com",
  "from": "2020",
  "to": "2023",
  "limit": 10
});

More examples

{
  "url": "https://example.com/page",
  "from": "202301",
  "to": "20231231"
}

Response shape

Always returns: url, count, snapshots

Field	Type	Description
`url`	string	The URL that was searched
`count`	number	Number of snapshots found
`snapshots`	array	Array of archived snapshots

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The URL that was searched"
    },
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Number of snapshots found"
    },
    "snapshots": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of archived snapshots",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "timestamp": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Raw timestamp from CDX index (YYYYMMDDhhmmss)"
          },
          "date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Formatted date as YYYY-MM-DD"
          },
          "original_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Original URL of the archived page"
          },
          "status_code": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "HTTP status code when archived"
          },
          "mime_type": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "MIME type of the archived resource"
          },
          "size_bytes": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Size of archived resource in bytes"
          },
          "archive_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Direct URL to the archived snapshot"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "timestamp",
          "date",
          "original_url",
          "status_code",
          "mime_type",
          "size_bytes",
          "archive_url"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "url",
    "count",
    "snapshots"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wayback": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/wayback/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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