Command-line tool

internetarchive

brew/internetarchive

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Python wrapper for the various Internet Archive APIs

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

pipx install internetarchive

macOS

brew install internetarchive
pipx install internetarchive

Linux

pipx install internetarchive

Configure `ia` with API keys (some functions won't work without this step)

ia configure

Upload one or more items to `archive.org`

ia upload identifier path/to/file --metadata="mediatype:data" --metadata="title:example"

Download one or more items from `archive.org`

ia download item

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