GET /download/{identifier}/{filename}

archive.org:archive.org-api

Summary: Download file
Operation ID: downloadFile
Auth: unknown
Description

Download a specific file from an Archive.org item. Use the metadata endpoint to list available files.

Parameters (2)

filename (string, path, required)

Name of the file to download (from metadata/files list)

identifier (string, path, required)

Archive.org item identifier

Examples (4)

TitleTypeURLAction
Download PDF from book item curl https://archive.org/download/goody/goody_text.pdf
Download audio file from music item curl https://archive.org/download/commute_202003/commute_202003.mp3
Download torrent file for archived item curl https://archive.org/download/Wikipedia-page/Wikipedia-page_archive.torrent
Download file openapi-spec https://archive.org/download/nasa/nasa_files.xml

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 09:26:29.085142 503 3136ms
2026-03-23 09:25:24.749650 503 3162ms
2026-03-23 09:11:07.387637 200 4346ms
2026-03-23 09:00:39.202205 404 5849ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:11:07.387637 55f7d9e99b8e 7ce4494ba7ac
2026-03-23 09:25:24.749650 7ce4494ba7ac 5836ac570226
2026-03-23 09:26:29.085142 5836ac570226 ca895c875876