Get a snapshot by date

curl "https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors?url=example.com" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "Accept: application/json"
# Response: "data": [{"id": 42, ...}]

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$response = $client->get('https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors', [
    'headers' => [
        'Authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
        'Accept' => 'application/json',
    ],
    'query' => ['url' => 'example.com'],
]);
$data = json_decode($response->getBody(), true);
// $data['data'][0]['id'] => 42

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    params={"url": "example.com"},
)
data = response.json()
# data["data"][0]["id"] => 42

const response = await fetch(
    "https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors?url=example.com",
    {
        headers: {
            "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
            "Accept": "application/json",
        },
    }
);
const data = await response.json();
// data.data[0].id => 42

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors?url=example.com")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
request["Accept"] = "application/json"

response = http.request(request)
data = JSON.parse(response.body)
# data["data"][0]["id"] => 42

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET",
    "https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors?url=example.com", nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY")
req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")

resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()
// Parse JSON to find monitor ID

# Get the latest snapshot on or before September 5
curl "https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors/42/snapshots?captured_before=2026-09-05T23:59:59Z&status=completed&per_page=1" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -H "Accept: application/json"

# Download using the snapshot UUID from the response
curl -L "https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/snapshots/SNAPSHOT_UUID/screenshot" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" -o screenshot-sept5.png

$snapshots = Http::withToken('YOUR_API_KEY')
    ->get('https://api.snapshotarchive.com/v1/monitors/42/snapshots', [
        'captured_before' => '2026-09-05T23:59:59Z',
        'status' => 'completed',
        'per_page' => 1,
    ])->json('data');

if (count($snapshots) > 0) {
    $screenshotUrl = $snapshots[0]['files']['screenshot_url'];
}

resp = requests.get(f'{BASE}/monitors/42/snapshots', headers=headers,
    params={'captured_before': '2026-09-05T23:59:59Z', 'status': 'completed', 'per_page': 1})
snapshots = resp.json()['data']

if snapshots:
    img = requests.get(snapshots[0]['files']['screenshot_url'])
    with open('screenshot-sept5.png', 'wb') as f:
        f.write(img.content)

const { data: snapshots } = await fetch(
  `${BASE}/monitors/42/snapshots?captured_before=2026-09-05T23:59:59Z&status=completed&per_page=1`,
  { headers }
).then(r => r.json());

if (snapshots.length > 0) {
  const img = await fetch(snapshots[0].files.screenshot_url);
  // save or display the image
}

uri = URI("#{BASE}/monitors/42/snapshots?captured_before=2026-09-05T23:59:59Z&status=completed&per_page=1")
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri, headers)
resp = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
snapshots = JSON.parse(resp.body)['data']
puts snapshots.first['files']['screenshot_url'] if snapshots.any?

req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET",
    BASE+"/monitors/42/snapshots?captured_before=2026-09-05T23:59:59Z&status=completed&per_page=1", nil)
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+apiKey)
resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
// parse response and use files.screenshot_url