API & Tools

Search the public historical screenshot collection. This API returns existing records; it does not capture a live website.

Search screenshots

GET https://w3snapshot.com/api/snapshots?q=google&year=1998&page=1&limit=20

Try the API. Responses contain total, page, limit and snapshots. The maximum page size is 100.

Use a website thumbnail

<img src="https://w3snapshot.com/thumbnail.php?url=google.com" alt="Historical Google website screenshot" />

The thumbnail URL redirects to the latest matching image in this collection. If no record matches, it returns 404. Keep the original image attribution and license when reusing it.

Your collection

Save screenshots from their detail pages and export their metadata from My Account.