id = "internetarchive"
name = "Internet Archive"
homepage = "https://internetarchive.readthedocs.io/en/stable/"
description = "A Python and Command-Line Interface to Archive.org."
executables = ["ia"]
[dotfiles]
paths = []
secret = ["~/.config/ia.ini", "~/.ia"]
[commands]
format = 1
label = "Internet Archive"
description = "Download items from archive.org and search for items. Upload, metadata edits, deletion and tasks are outside this form."
quality = "ai-draft"
parser = { end_of_options = "--", interleave = "permute", long_equals = true, short_attached = false, short_bundles = false }
[[commands.subcommand]]
path = ["download"]
label = "Download an item"
description = "Download a whole item or selected files from archive.org."
[[commands.subcommand.source]]
id = "docs"
kind = "manual"
url = "https://internetarchive.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cli.html"
revision = "2026-10-27"
evidence = """
$ ia download TripDown1905
$ ia download TripDown1905 TripDown1905_512kb.mp4 TripDown1905.ogv
$ ia download TripDown1905 --glob="*.mp4"
$ ia download TripDown1905 --glob="*.mp4" --exclude "*512kb*"
$ ia download TripDown1905 --format='512Kb MPEG4'
$ ia download --search 'collection:glasgowschoolofart'
$ ia download --itemlist itemlist.txt
"""
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "identifier"
label = "Item identifier"
type = "string"
position = 0
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "files"
label = "Specific files"
description = "Leave empty to download the whole item."
type = "string"
position = 1
multiple = true
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "glob"
label = "Glob pattern"
type = "string"
option = ["--glob"]
multiple = true
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "exclude"
label = "Exclude pattern"
description = "Only valid together with a glob pattern."
type = "string"
option = ["--exclude"]
multiple = true
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "format"
label = "File format"
type = "string"
option = ["--format"]
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "search"
label = "Download search results"
type = "string"
option = ["--search"]
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "itemlist"
label = "Item list file"
type = "path"
path = { kind = "file", role = "input" }
option = ["--itemlist"]
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.task]]
id = "item"
label = "Download a whole item"
fields = ["identifier"]
required = ["identifier"]
[[commands.subcommand.task]]
id = "glob_files"
label = "Download files by glob"
fields = ["identifier", "glob", "exclude"]
required = ["identifier", "glob"]
[[commands.subcommand.group]]
id = "basic"
label = "Basic"
fields = ["identifier", "files", "glob", "exclude"]
[[commands.subcommand.group]]
id = "advanced"
label = "Advanced"
fields = ["format", "search", "itemlist"]
[[commands.subcommand]]
path = ["search"]
label = "Search items"
description = "Search archive.org and print results as JSON."
[[commands.subcommand.source]]
id = "docs"
kind = "manual"
url = "https://internetarchive.readthedocs.io/en/stable/cli.html"
revision = "2026-10-27"
evidence = """
$ ia search 'subject:"market street" collection:prelinger'
$ ia search --parameters="page=1&rows=20" "dogs"
$ ia search 'collection:glasgowschoolofart' --itemlist > itemlist.txt
"""
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "query"
label = "Query"
type = "string"
position = 0
min = 1
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "parameters"
label = "Extra parameters"
description = "For example page=1&rows=20."
type = "string"
option = ["--parameters"]
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.field]]
id = "itemlist"
label = "Print identifiers only"
type = "boolean"
option = ["--itemlist"]
sources = ["docs"]
[[commands.subcommand.task]]
id = "top20"
label = "Top 20 results"
fields = ["query", "parameters"]
required = ["query"]
set = { parameters = ["page=1&rows=20"] }
[[commands.subcommand.group]]
id = "basic"
label = "Basic"
fields = ["query", "parameters", "itemlist"]
