# Internet Archive

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/internet-archive/  
**Website:** https://archive.org  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library offering free access to millions of books, movies, software, music, and archived web pages. It provides services such as the Wayback Machine, Open Library, and various APIs for searching and retrieving digital content, supporting researchers, historians, and the general public.

## Kin Score — 4.9 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 4.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 53.6 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 5.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | na |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (1)

- **Internet Archive API** — Internet Archive provides access to digital library resources via its website.

## Security (1)

- **Internet Archive Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Digital Library, Non-Profit, Archival, Open Access, Research

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/internet-archive/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.