APIs

APIs specific to Arquivo.pt that enable the full exploration of its functions

• Arquivo.pt API (Full-text & URL search)
• Image Search API v1.1 (beta version)

APIs based on international standards to enable interoperability among web archives and code reuse

• CDX-server API (URL search)
• Memento API (URL search)

Usage limits

Each API has the following usage limits (thresholds), please check if you are exceeding these limits if you start receiving the HTTP response status Error 429 too many requests:

• Arquivo.pt API (Full-text & URL search): 250 requests per minute
• Image Search API v1.1 (beta version): 400 requests per minute
• CDX-server API (URL search): 250 requests per minute
• Memento API (URL search): 400 requests per minute

Learn more

• Training module on Automatic processing of information preserved from the Web (module C)

Contact us

If you have any trouble using our APIs, please contact us so that we can try to help you.

Short link to this page: arquivo.pt/api