ArchiveBox API

Name: ArchiveBox API API
Brand: ArchiveBox API
Availability: InStock

★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentDeveloper ToolsMonitoring Observabilitybearer, apiKey35 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Capture, list, and manage web archive snapshots on a self-hosted ArchiveBox instance, plus drive crawls and CLI operations.

Quickstart

Get started with ArchiveBox API in minutes using your preferred integration method.

# Add to your MCP client config (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf)
{
  "jentic": {
    "url": "https://api.jentic.com/mcp",
    "auth": "oauth"
  }
}

# Then ask your agent:
"archive a web page in ArchiveBox"

# → Jentic returns the GET /events tool with parameter schema, agent executes.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with ArchiveBox API API.

Capture a new snapshot of a URL into an ArchiveBox instance

List and filter the snapshot catalogue across the archive

Update or delete an existing snapshot record

Read individual archive results (e.g. WARC, screenshot, PDF) for a snapshot

Tag snapshots and query the archive by tag

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Use for: I need to archive a web page to our self-hosted ArchiveBox, List all snapshots tagged with a specific keyword, Get the archive results for a specific snapshot, Delete an outdated snapshot from the ArchiveBox catalogue

Not supported: Does not handle hosted public archive lookups, content moderation, or external CDN delivery — use for self-hosted snapshot capture and management only.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI document for ArchiveBox API, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for ArchiveBox API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. ArchiveBox is a self-hosted web archiving system that lets teams capture, search, and replay snapshots of web pages on infrastructure they control. The v1 ALPHA REST API exposes 35 endpoints covering snapshots, archive results, tags, crawls, CLI commands, and machine binary information. Authentication supports both bearer tokens and a cookie-based session for human users.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use ArchiveBox API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Self-Hosted Web Archive for Compliance

Capture and retain full-fidelity snapshots of customer-facing pages under the team's control rather than relying on a third-party archive. Compliance and legal teams use ArchiveBox to keep WARC, screenshot, and PDF copies of pages on their own infrastructure. POST /core/snapshots queues a new capture and the resulting archive results endpoints expose the captured artefacts.

Call POST /core/snapshots with the target URL, then poll GET /core/snapshot/{snapshot_id} until the snapshot status is complete and return the artefact URLs.

Tag-Based Research Collections

Build curated research collections by tagging snapshots and querying the archive by tag. Researchers and journalists use this to group sources for a story or investigation without leaving the archive. The /core/tags endpoint exposes the tag taxonomy and tag-filter queries on snapshots return the matching subset.

Call GET /core/tags to confirm the tag exists, then list snapshots filtered by that tag and return the snapshot IDs.

Snapshot Maintenance and Cleanup

Periodically prune outdated or duplicate snapshots to keep an ArchiveBox instance manageable. Operations teams use the update and delete endpoints to expire snapshots that are no longer relevant or to correct metadata after the fact. PATCH and DELETE on /core/snapshot/{snapshot_id} drive these workflows.

List snapshots older than a target date via GET /core/snapshots, then call DELETE /core/snapshot/{snapshot_id} for each ID returned.

AI Agent Web Archiving via Jentic

An agent that captures evidence or research pages on behalf of a user can call ArchiveBox through Jentic to queue snapshots without managing the bearer token directly. The agent searches for the snapshot operation, loads the schema, and executes the create-snapshot call. Jentic resolves the bearer token from its credential vault.

Use Jentic search 'archive a web page in ArchiveBox', load the schema for POST /core/snapshots, then execute with the target URL and return the new snapshot ID.

Key Endpoints

35 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for archivebox api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/core/snapshots

List all snapshots

POST

/core/snapshots

Create a new snapshot

GET

/core/snapshot/{snapshot_id}

Get a snapshot by ID

PATCH

/core/snapshot/{snapshot_id}

Update a snapshot

DELETE

/core/snapshot/{snapshot_id}

Delete a snapshot

GET

/core/archiveresults

List archive result artefacts

GET

/core/tags

List tags applied across the archive

GET

/core/snapshots

List all snapshots

POST

/core/snapshots

Create a new snapshot

GET

/core/snapshot/{snapshot_id}

Get a snapshot by ID

PATCH

/core/snapshot/{snapshot_id}

Update a snapshot

DELETE

/core/snapshot/{snapshot_id}

Delete a snapshot

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

ArchiveBox bearer tokens are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive scoped access — the raw token never enters the agent's context and is injected at request time as the Authorization header.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g. 'archive a web page in ArchiveBox') and Jentic returns matching ArchiveBox operations with their input schemas, so the agent can call the right endpoint without browsing docs.

Time to first call

Direct ArchiveBox integration: 1-3 days to wire bearer auth, snapshot polling, and tag filters. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Wayback Machine API

Hosted public web archive — use when self-hosting is not required.

Choose Wayback for the public Internet Archive corpus; pick ArchiveBox when the team needs the archive on its own infrastructure.

Complementary

Internet Archive Search Services

Public catalogue search for archived items — useful alongside a private ArchiveBox for cross-corpus research.

Pair with ArchiveBox when an investigation needs both private captures and the public Internet Archive index.

Complementary

NASA APOD API

Public open-data API often used in research pipelines that also archive supporting web pages with ArchiveBox.

Pair with ArchiveBox when an educational or research workflow needs both open-data sources and locally archived web pages.

FAQs

Specific to using ArchiveBox API API through Jentic.

Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for ArchiveBox API?

ArchiveBox does not publish an OpenAPI specification for its v1 ALPHA REST API. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call ArchiveBox API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.

What authentication does the ArchiveBox API use?

ArchiveBox supports two schemes: a bearer token in the Authorization header for machine-to-machine calls and a cookie-based session for human admin users. Through Jentic, the bearer token is stored encrypted in the vault and never enters the agent's context.

Can I create a new snapshot of a URL via the API?

Yes. POST /core/snapshots with the target URL queues a new capture. Poll GET /core/snapshot/{snapshot_id} until the status indicates completion to retrieve the resulting WARC, screenshot, and PDF artefact URLs.

How do I find all archive results for a snapshot?

Call GET /core/archiveresults with a filter on the snapshot ID, or fetch GET /core/archiveresult/{archiveresult_id} for an individual artefact. The archive results endpoints expose each captured format separately.

What are the rate limits for the ArchiveBox API?

Because ArchiveBox is self-hosted, rate limits are determined by the deployment's own configuration rather than a vendor-imposed quota. The OpenAPI spec does not declare hard limits — the practical ceiling is the worker concurrency you configure on your instance.

How do I archive a page through Jentic?

Install Jentic with pip install jentic, search for 'archive a web page in ArchiveBox', load the schema for POST /core/snapshots, then execute with the URL. Jentic injects the bearer token automatically.