Archive APIs & File Recovery

Choose a guide, verify what your backups or archives actually contain, then plan recovery.

• Wayback Machine API: A Developer's Tutorial (2025)

  Master the Wayback Machine CDX API, Availability API, and Save Page Now API. Includes Python + curl code examples for SEO and recovery use cases.

• How to Recover a PDF from a Dead Website (2025)

  Find and recover PDFs from dead websites using the Wayback Machine CDX API. Includes Office docs, images, and other file types.

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