Build on the 1990 Web Archive

Official SDKs, libraries, and CLI tools to seamlessly integrate 40+ years of preserved web history, archived assets, and historical metadata into your applications.

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Quick Start

Get up and running in seconds. Install your language's package and authenticate with your API key.

~ terminal

# Install via npm
$ npm install @1990archive/sdk

# Python
$ pip install archive-1990

# Configure environment
$ export ARCHIVE_API_KEY="your_live_key_here"
[✓] SDK ready. Run `archive --help` to begin.

Official SDKs & Libraries

Fully typed, production-ready libraries with comprehensive documentation and active community support.

🟨 JavaScript / TypeScript

v3.2.0

Official Node.js & browser SDK with full type definitions, streaming support, and offline cache capabilities.

npm i @1990archive/sdk

Docs GitHub Examples

🐍 Python

v2.8.1

Data-focused library optimized for historical web analysis, bulk downloads, and academic research pipelines.

pip install archive-1990

Docs PyPI Notebooks

🦀 Rust

v1.4.0

High-performance async client for large-scale crawling, validation, and distributed archival workflows.

cargo add archive-1990

Docs Crates.io Benchmarks

🐹 Go

v2.1.3

Concurrency-native client designed for microservices, edge functions, and real-time archive indexing.

go get github.com/1990archive/go-sdk

Docs GoDoc Examples

🐚 CLI Tool

v4.0.0

Terminal-first interface for quick lookups, snapshot exports, custom crawls, and offline collection management.

npx @1990archive/cli@latest

Docs Plugins Shortcuts

🔌 REST API

Language-agnostic HTTP endpoints for direct integration. Supports GraphQL, OpenAPI 3.0, and WebSocket streaming.

api.archive1990.com/v1

Swagger Sandbox Rate Limits

Code Examples

Common patterns for retrieving archived pages, extracting metadata, and streaming historical assets.

// Initialize the SDK import { ArchiveClient } from '@1990archive/sdk'; const client = new ArchiveClient({ apiKey: process.env.ARCHIVE_KEY }); // Fetch a historical snapshot const page = await client.pages.retrieve({ url: 'https://geocities.com/Heartland/3482', date: '1998-06-15', format: 'full' // html, css, images, meta }); console.log(page.title); // "Welcome to my 90s homepage!" console.log(page.assets.length); // 24

# Initialize the client from archive1990 import Client client = Client(api_key=ENV["ARCHIVE_KEY"]) # Stream historical pages matching a query results = client.search.stream( era="1995-1999", tags=["geocities", "webring"], limit=100 ) for snapshot in results: print(f"Found: {snapshot.title} ({snapshot.year})")

# Search and export a specific snapshot $ archive search "geocities" --era "1996-1998" --limit 5 # Download full archive to local disk $ archive snapshot https://example.com --date "1999-12-31" --output ./archive-1999/ # Generate a CSV report of crawled assets $ archive report --type assets --format csv --out assets_90s.csv

Core API Endpoints

Direct HTTP access to the archive. All endpoints support pagination, filtering, and authentication via Bearer tokens.

Method	Endpoint	Description
GET	/v1/pages	List and search archived pages by URL, date, or era
GET	/v1/pages/{id}	Retrieve full snapshot including HTML, CSS, and assets
POST	/v1/crawl	Submit a URL for asynchronous historical preservation
GET	/v1/assets/{id}	Download original images, GIFs, MIDI, or fonts
PUT	/v1/collections/{id}	Update user-generated archive collections & metadata