# Internet Archive Item Metadata Lookup

> Internet Archive Item Metadata Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from clonecho.builda.company, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns full item metadata (title, description, files, etc.) for a given Internet Archive identifier

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://clonecho.builda.company/x402/s/archive-metadata
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/internet-archive-item-metadata-lookup-73dd7aa7
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_Y3tT1dNE_fX1InuLm1KFa

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability internet-archive-item-metadata-lookup-73dd7aa7 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the full metadata for the Internet Archive item with the identifier 'prelinger-001' — I want to see its title, description, file list, and any subjects or collections it belongs to?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured metadata about a specific Internet Archive item and already have its identifier. Prefer it over scraping archive.org directly, as it returns clean JSON. Best for agents that need to enrich item records, verify archive content, or build downstream workflows around archived media.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent identifier returns an error or empty result
- Identifier with special characters may need URL encoding
- Rate limiting or payment failure returns 402
- Malformed query parameter returns an error

## How this service works

Returns the full item metadata for an Internet Archive identifier q. Query: ?q= Returns JSON.

## Output

A JSON object containing the full item metadata for the specified Internet Archive identifier, including fields such as title, description, uploader, date, subject tags, collections, available file formats, and file listings.

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/internet-archive-item-metadata-lookup-73dd7aa7/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clonecho.builda.company](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clonecho.builda.company/llms.txt)