# Wayback Machine Search

## Overview

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| **Status** | private |
| **Method** | `GET` |
| **Endpoint** | `/v2/wayback/machine-search` |
| **Base URL** | `https://api.piloterr.com` |
| **Credit Cost** | 1 credit per call |
| **Documentation** | https://www.piloterr.com/library/wayback-machine-search |

## Description

Extract historical snapshots of websites with our Wayback Machine Search API for comprehensive data insights.

## Authentication

- **Key Name:** `x-api-key`
- **Location:** HTTP Header
- **Get an API key:** https://app.piloterr.com/register

## Example Request

```bash
curl --location --request GET 'https://api.piloterr.com/v2/wayback/machine-search' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'
```

## Documentation

## Overview
Extract historical snapshots of websites with our Wayback Machine Search API for comprehensive data insights.

## Quickstart
```
GET https://api.piloterr.com/v2/wayback/machine-search?query=example
```

## Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | yes | Search query or target identifier |

## Main use cases
- Integrate Wayback Machine Search data into enrichment, analytics, and monitoring pipelines
- Automate large-scale extraction from Wayback without maintaining scrapers
- Power internal dashboards and workflow automations with live Wayback data