# NetIntel Wayback Machine Lookup

> NetIntel Wayback Machine Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from netintel.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Checks whether a URL has been archived in the Wayback Machine and returns snapshot details, capture history, and an archive quality grade

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://netintel.dev/wayback/lookup
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/netintel-wayback-machine-lookup-faee7921
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_YXzbyAxjU7RBkILv1z4Ua

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 netintel-wayback-machine-lookup-faee7921
```

Example prompt: Has https://example.com ever been archived on the Wayback Machine, and if so when was it first and last captured? Try to find a snapshot from around January 15, 2024.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to verify a URL's archival history, check if a historical snapshot exists near a specific date, or assess how well-covered a domain is in the Internet Archive. Prefer this over direct Wayback Machine queries when you need a structured, graded response with capture statistics in a single API call.

## Known failure modes

- URL not yet archived — is_archived returns false with no snapshot data
- Invalid or malformed URL input causes a 400-level error
- Timestamp format not matching YYYYMMDD or YYYYMMDDHHmmss results in a parsing error
- Wayback Machine API unavailable causes upstream timeout or 503
- Payment not completed via x402 results in 402 Payment Required response

## How this service works

Query the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to check if a URL has ever been archived, get the closest snapshot to a given date, retrieve the most recent capture, and return archival history stats — so agents can access historical web content, verify past content claims, and recover deleted pages.

## Output

Returns a JSON object containing: whether the URL is archived (is_archived boolean), an archive quality grade (e.g. 'A'), a numeric score (0-100), first and last capture timestamps, an estimated capture count, and a snapshot object with the closest matching archived URL, its timestamp, HTTP status code, and formatted date. If a timestamp was requested, that is also echoed back.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "url"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "URL to check in the Wayback Machine (e.g. https://example.com)"
      },
      "timestamp": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Optional target date in YYYYMMDD or YYYYMMDDHHmmss format to find the closest snapshot"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "url": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Echoed in normalized form (may gain a trailing slash)"
      },
      "grade": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "score": {
       "type": "number"
      },
      "findings": {
       "type": "array"
      },
      "snapshot": {
       "type": [
        "object",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "is_archived": {
       "type": "boolean"
      },
      "last_capture": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "first_capture": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "timestamp_requested": {
       "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
       ]
      },
      "capture_count_estimate": {
       "type": "number"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "grade": "A",
  "score": 100,
  "findings": [],
  "snapshot": {
   "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240115120000/https://example.com",
   "timestamp": "20240115120000",
   "status_code": "200",
   "formatted_date": "2024-01-15T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "is_archived": true,
  "last_capture": "2024-03-10T08:00:00Z",
  "first_capture": "1996-12-02T00:00:00Z",
  "timestamp_requested": null,
  "capture_count_estimate": 5400
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/netintel-wayback-machine-lookup-faee7921/health.json
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