This performs a simple test to see if a given url is archived and currenlty accessible in the Wayback Machine.
archive_available(url, timestamp)
| url | URL to retrieve information for |
|---|---|
| timestamp | (optional) timestamp to use when checking for availability. If not specified,
the most recenty available capture in Wayback is returned. If you don't pass in a
valid R "time-y" object, you will need to ensure the character string you
provide is in a valid subset of |
data frame
If a resource is found, the returned data frame will have available set to TRUE
and the closest_url, timestamp and status fields populated. If the resource is
not found, the url field will be populated along with a status field that has a
value of "404".
https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php
# NOT RUN { rproj_avail <- archive_available("https://www.r-project.org/") str(rproj_avail) ## Classes ‘tbl_df’, ‘tbl’ and 'data.frame': 1 obs. of 5 variables: ## $ url : chr "https://www.r-project.org/" ## $ available : logi TRUE ## $ closet_url: chr "http://web.archive.org/web/20170830061210/http://www.r-project.org/" ## $ timestamp : POSIXct, format: "2017-08-30" ## $ status : chr "200" # }