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Sample Requests

GET GET /wayback/v1/available

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available?tag=example&url=https://example.com&closest=either&timeout=5&callback=example&timestamp=example&status_code=200

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available?tag=example&url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&closest=either&timeout=5&callback=example&timestamp=example&status_code=200"

import requests
params = {
    "tag": "example",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "closest": "either",
    "timeout": "5",
    "callback": "example",
    "timestamp": "example",
    "status_code": "200"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available');
url.searchParams.set('tag', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('url', 'https://example.com');
url.searchParams.set('closest', 'either');
url.searchParams.set('timeout', '5');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('timestamp', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('status_code', '200');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("tag", "example")
	q.Set("url", "https://example.com")
	q.Set("closest", "either")
	q.Set("timeout", "5")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("timestamp", "example")
	q.Set("status_code", "200")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "tag" => "example",
  "url" => "https://example.com",
  "closest" => "either",
  "timeout" => "5",
  "callback" => "example",
  "timestamp" => "example",
  "status_code" => "200"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available?" . http_build_query([
    "tag" => "example",
    "url" => "https://example.com",
    "closest" => "either",
    "timeout" => "5",
    "callback" => "example",
    "timestamp" => "example",
    "status_code" => "200"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST POST /wayback/v1/available

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available?tag=example&url=https://example.com&closest=either&timeout=5&callback=example&timestamp=example&status_code=200

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curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available?tag=example&url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com&closest=either&timeout=5&callback=example&timestamp=example&status_code=200"

import requests
params = {
    "tag": "example",
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "closest": "either",
    "timeout": "5",
    "callback": "example",
    "timestamp": "example",
    "status_code": "200"
}
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available');
url.searchParams.set('tag', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('url', 'https://example.com');
url.searchParams.set('closest', 'either');
url.searchParams.set('timeout', '5');
url.searchParams.set('callback', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('timestamp', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('status_code', '200');

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("tag", "example")
	q.Set("url", "https://example.com")
	q.Set("closest", "either")
	q.Set("timeout", "5")
	q.Set("callback", "example")
	q.Set("timestamp", "example")
	q.Set("status_code", "200")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "tag" => "example",
  "url" => "https://example.com",
  "closest" => "either",
  "timeout" => "5",
  "callback" => "example",
  "timestamp" => "example",
  "status_code" => "200"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/archive.org/wayback/1.0.0/wayback/v1/available?" . http_build_query([
    "tag" => "example",
    "url" => "https://example.com",
    "closest" => "either",
    "timeout" => "5",
    "callback" => "example",
    "timestamp" => "example",
    "status_code" => "200"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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