the402 endpoint detail

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research.halowerk.com v1 web-archive

https://research.halowerk.com/v1/web-archive

answers 402

Queries the Internet Archive for the captured versions of a URL and returns them with capture time, HTTP status, MIME type and content digest, oldest and newest first. Because consecutive captures share a digest when nothing changed, the versions where the content actually differed are marked — that is the list worth reading, not the raw capture log. A target date returns the nearest snapshot with

We sent a real POST request to this endpoint and it answered 402 with payment requirements we could parse.
Price
$0.005
Network
base
Pay to
0x2880EdfFF13100677Bf97A3CBdF3Bc34771C4E5E
Spec dialect
v2 (declares x402Version 2)
Transport
PAYMENT-REQUIRED header
HTTP method
POST
Response latency
134 ms
Payment options
1 usable of 1
Last checked
2026-09-06T01:23:47.191Z (28d ago)
Category
search

Re-check it yourself:
curl "https://api.the402.dev/validate?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.halowerk.com%2Fv1%2Fweb-archive"