web-archive
archive.today (.ph / .is / .md / .li / .vn / .fo)
An on-demand archiver where anyone can submit a URL and get a permanent snapshot; it flattens dynamic pages into static copies and often gets past paywalls, with tens of millions of snapshots accumulated. Existing captures are found via its Memento timemap and opened as direct snapshot links on archive.ph and its mirror domains; saving a new page is done on the website and may require solving a CAPTCHA. Reach for it when a page changed or vanished too recently for other archives, or when a paywalled article needs a readable copy.
Why it’s useful & how it works
KEY FINDING: HTML /newest/ is 429 from both our direct IP and datacenter proxies, but the Memento TimeMap endpoint returns 200 both ways. Integrate via TimeMap (parse memento list) and hand a direct link for viewing. All mirrors share one backend; reachability depends on the resolver — Cloudflare 1.1.1.1/1.1.1.2 still breaks resolution (flagged as botnet). Use a non-Cloudflare DNS. Saving still needs residential + CAPTCHA solving.
What’s inside
Undisclosed; tens of millions+ snapshots.
API access
No REST API. Memento TimeMap: http://archive.ph/timemap/ <url> (works). Save via POST https://archive.ph/submit/ (url=).
Access
May require solving a captcha before it responds.