Search & Research

Open in Wayback Machine

Find archived captures of a selected web URL.

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Overview

What Open in Wayback Machine does

Opens the Wayback Machine capture timeline for the selected URL without making a background API request.

CategorySearch & Research
Action typeWeb action
ResultOpen another app or website
InternetRequired

Example

Action and outcome

Open in Wayback Machine example
ActionOutcome
Open in Wayback MachineSelected text: https://example.com/old-page?view=fullThe Wayback Machine opens its capture timeline for the selected URL.

Workflow

Use Open in Wayback Machine

Follow these steps to find archived captures of a selected web URL with ActionClip.

  1. Select the text you want to use.
  2. Choose Open in Wayback Machine from ActionClip.
  3. The destination opens with your selection ready to use.

Before you add it

Requirements and privacy

  • Before you start: Online Actions must be enabled. Select one complete HTTP or HTTPS URL.
  • Your selected text: The selected text is sent to web.archive.org as part of the URL when you run the action.

Inspect before installing

Action configuration

The definition below is included so you can inspect how the action works before downloading it.

Web action definition
https://web.archive.org/web/*/{{url_encoded__selected_text}}