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# waybackpy
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[](https://travis-ci.org/akamhy/waybackpy)
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[](https://codeclimate.com/github/akamhy/waybackpy/maintainability)
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[](https://www.codefactor.io/repository/github/akamhy/waybackpy)
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[](https://www.python.org/)
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[](https://pypi.org/project/waybackpy/)
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[](https://github.com/akamhy/waybackpy/graphs/commit-activity)
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[](https://github.com/akamhy/waybackpy/blob/master/LICENSE)
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Waybackpy is a Python library that interfaces with the [Internet Archive](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive)'s [Wayback Machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayback_Machine) API. Archive webpages and retrieve archived webpages easily.
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Table of contents
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=================
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* [Installation](#installation)
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* [Usage](#usage)
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* [As a Python package](#as-a-python-package)
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* [Saving an url using save()](#capturing-aka-saving-an-url-using-save)
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* [Retrieving the oldest archive for an URL Using oldest()](#receiving-the-oldest-archive-for-an-url-using-oldest)
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* [Retrieving the recent most/newest archive for an URL using newest()](#receiving-the-newest-archive-for-an-url-using-newest)
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* [Retrieving archive close to a specified year, month, day, hour, and minute using near()](#receiving-archive-close-to-a-specified-year-month-day-hour-and-minute-using-near)
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* [Get the content of webpage using get()](#get-the-content-of-webpage-using-get)
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* [Count total archives for an URL using total_archives()](#count-total-archives-for-an-url-using-total_archives)
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* [With Command-line interface](#with-the-command-line-interface)
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* [Save](#save)
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* [Oldest archive](#oldest-archive)
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* [Newest archive](#newest-archive)
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* [Total archives](#total-number-of-archives)
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* [Archive near a time](#archive-near-time)
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* [Get the source code](#get-the-source-code)
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* [Tests](#tests)
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* [Dependency](#dependency)
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* [License](#license)
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## Installation
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Using [pip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_(package_manager)):
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```bash
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pip install waybackpy
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```
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or direct from this repository using git.
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```bash
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pip install git+https://github.com/akamhy/waybackpy.git
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```
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## Usage
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### As a Python package
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#### Capturing aka Saving an url using save()
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```python
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import waybackpy
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new_archive_url = waybackpy.Url(
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url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariable_calculus",
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user_agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0"
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).save()
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print(new_archive_url)
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```
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```bash
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200504141153/https://github.com/akamhy/waybackpy
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPySaveExample></sub>
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#### Retrieving the oldest archive for an URL using oldest()
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```python
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import waybackpy
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oldest_archive_url = waybackpy.Url(
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"https://www.google.com/",
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"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:40.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/40.0"
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).oldest()
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print(oldest_archive_url)
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```
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```bash
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http://web.archive.org/web/19981111184551/http://google.com:80/
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyOldestExample></sub>
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#### Retrieving the newest archive for an URL using newest()
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```python
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import waybackpy
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newest_archive_url = waybackpy.Url(
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"https://www.facebook.com/",
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"Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:39.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/39.0"
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).newest()
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print(newest_archive_url)
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```
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```bash
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200714013225/https://www.facebook.com/
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyNewestExample></sub>
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#### Retrieving archive close to a specified year, month, day, hour, and minute using near()
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```python
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from waybackpy import Url
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user_agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.10; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/38.0"
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github_url = "https://github.com/"
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github_wayback_obj = Url(github_url, user_agent)
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# Do not pad (don't use zeros in the month, year, day, minute, and hour arguments). e.g. For January, set month = 1 and not month = 01.
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```
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```python
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github_archive_near_2010 = github_wayback_obj.near(year=2010)
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print(github_archive_near_2010)
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```
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```bash
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https://web.archive.org/web/20100719134402/http://github.com/
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```
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```python
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github_archive_near_2011_may = github_wayback_obj.near(year=2011, month=5)
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print(github_archive_near_2011_may)
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```
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```bash
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https://web.archive.org/web/20110519185447/https://github.com/
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```
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```python
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github_archive_near_2015_january_26 = github_wayback_obj.near(
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year=2015, month=1, day=26
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)
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print(github_archive_near_2015_january_26)
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```
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```bash
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https://web.archive.org/web/20150127031159/https://github.com
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```
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```python
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github_archive_near_2018_4_july_9_2_am = github_wayback_obj.near(
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year=2018, month=7, day=4, hour = 9, minute = 2
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)
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print(github_archive_near_2018_4_july_9_2_am)
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```
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```bash
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https://web.archive.org/web/20180704090245/https://github.com/
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```
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<sub>The library doesn't supports seconds yet. You are encourged to create a PR ;)</sub>
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyNearExample></sub>
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#### Get the content of webpage using get()
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```python
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import waybackpy
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google_url = "https://www.google.com/"
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User_Agent = "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.85 Safari/537.36"
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waybackpy_url_object = waybackpy.Url(google_url, User_Agent)
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# If no argument is passed in get(), it gets the source of the Url used to create the object.
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current_google_url_source = waybackpy_url_object.get()
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print(current_google_url_source)
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# The following chunk of code will force a new archive of google.com and get the source of the archived page.
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# waybackpy_url_object.save() type is string.
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google_newest_archive_source = waybackpy_url_object.get(
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waybackpy_url_object.save()
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)
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print(google_newest_archive_source)
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# waybackpy_url_object.oldest() type is str, it's oldest archive of google.com
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google_oldest_archive_source = waybackpy_url_object.get(
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waybackpy_url_object.oldest()
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print(google_oldest_archive_source)
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyGetExample#main.py></sub>
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#### Count total archives for an URL using total_archives()
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```python
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import waybackpy
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URL = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Python (programming language)"
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UA = "Mozilla/5.0 (iPad; CPU OS 8_1_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12B435 Safari/600.1.4"
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archive_count = waybackpy.Url(
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url=URL,
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user_agent=UA
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).total_archives()
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print(archive_count) # total_archives() returns an int
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```
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```bash
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2440
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyTotalArchivesExample></sub>
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### With the Command-line interface
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#### Save
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```bash
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$ waybackpy --url "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media" --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --save
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200719062108/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyBashSave></sub>
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#### Oldest archive
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```bash
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$ waybackpy --url "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX" --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --oldest
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https://web.archive.org/web/20040803000845/http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/SpaceX
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyBashOldest></sub>
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#### Newest archive
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```bash
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$ waybackpy --url "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube" --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --newest
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https://web.archive.org/web/20200606044708/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyBashNewest></sub>
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#### Total number of archives
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```bash
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$ waybackpy --url "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel" --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --total
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853
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyBashTotal></sub>
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#### Archive near time
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```bash
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$ waybackpy --url facebook.com --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --near --year 2012 --month 5 --day 12
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https://web.archive.org/web/20120512142515/https://www.facebook.com/
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyBashNear></sub>
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#### Get the source code
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```bash
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$ waybackpy --url google.com --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --get url # Prints the source code of the url
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$ waybackpy --url google.com --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --get oldest # Prints the source code of the oldest archive
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$ waybackpy --url google.com --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --get newest # Prints the source code of the newest archive
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$ waybackpy --url google.com --user_agent "my-unique-user-agent" --get save # Save a new archive on wayback machine then print the source code of this archive.
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```
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<sub>Try this out in your browser @ <https://repl.it/@akamhy/WaybackPyBashGet></sub>
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## Tests
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* [Here](https://github.com/akamhy/waybackpy/tree/master/tests)
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## Dependency
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* None, just python standard libraries (re, json, urllib, argparse and datetime). Both python 2 and 3 are supported :)
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## License
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[MIT License](https://github.com/akamhy/waybackpy/blob/master/LICENSE)
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