diff --git a/webarchiv.py b/webarchiv.py
index 189c7b173af8658a20597227ff2ef89eb0977488..ee597e88baed6c0c1df63f6519aeaa7ddcb59428 100644
--- a/webarchiv.py
+++ b/webarchiv.py
@@ -305,7 +305,21 @@ class WebarchivSession:
             print('Error:'.format(query_string))
 
     def getSnapshotUrl(self, seed, capture, onlysvg):
-        return self.api_path + 'snapshot?capture=' + capture + '&t=' + self.token + '&apikey=' + self.api_key + '&onlysvg=' + onlysvg + '&seed=' + seed;
+        return self.api_path + 'snapshot?capture=' + capture + '&t=' + self.token + '&apikey=' + self.api_key + '&onlysvg=' + onlysvg + '&seed=' + seed
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def resultContainsSeeds(response):
+        try:
+            return response.json()['subtype'] == 2
+        except:
+            return False
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def resultContainsCaptures(response):
+        try:
+            return response.json()['subtype'] == 3
+        except:
+            return False
 
     def savePage(self, url):
         self.connect()