---
title: "Archive.today"
description: "archive.is through its Memento TimeMap; bodies are the rendered wrapper page, not the original bytes."
canonical_url: "https://archives.agntn.dev/providers/archive-today"
---
# Archive.today

> archive.is through its Memento TimeMap; bodies are the rendered wrapper page, not the original bytes.

<provider-facts slug="archiveToday">



</provider-facts>

## Load it

```ts
import { createArchive, providers } from "@agntn/archives";

const archive = createArchive(providers.archiveToday());
```

## What it lists

`snapshots` reads `archive.is/timemap/<url>`, a Memento TimeMap in link format, and turns every `rel="memento"` entry into a page. `_meta` carries the capture `hash`, the `raw_date` the TimeMap printed, and the `position` in the list. Snapshot URLs point at `archive.md`, exactly as the TimeMap names them. The `from` and `to` window is applied after the fact.

A URL Archive.today never saved has no TimeMap at all. The endpoint answers 404 with `The archive has no Mementos for the requested URI`, and the provider reads that as an empty listing, not a failure. Every other 404 is still an error.

## Reading bodies

Archive.today does not expose original responses. `content()` fetches the capture page Archive.today rendered, so the body is that wrapper HTML around the archived page. It is still useful for text, and the `format=text` rendering in the agent tools reads well, but a `raw` diff against it shows Archive.today's markup, not the site's.

Every real capture answers with a `Memento-Datetime` header. A response without it is the bot protection page, and the provider reports that instead of handing it back as content.

## Gotchas

- Rate limits are strict. Retries and a cache are not optional here.
- The TimeMap lists `www.` and bare domain captures together under the domain you asked for.
- Do not diff an Archive.today body against another archive's; the helper refuses it, and for good reason.

## Where it lives

`src/providers/archive-today.ts`.


## Sitemap

See the full [sitemap](https://archives.agntn.dev/sitemap.md) for all pages.