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Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine.
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INSTRUCTIONS! Use this working version instead. #292

Open azcguy opened 6 months ago

azcguy commented 6 months ago

This repository is outdated, so people use an up to date fork instead, this "issue" is just instructions for people on how to get it working.

  1. Install required ruby version
  2. Download zip / clone fork from ShiftaDeband https://github.com/ShiftaDeband/wayback-machine-downloader
  3. Navigate to wayback-machine-downloader\bin
  4. On windows, you can launch power shell by shift + right click empty space in folder and selecting Open power shell
  5. From here you can run the program with ruby wayback_machine_downloader instead of normal wayback_machine_downloader if you installed it as gem

You can also uninstall the original non functional gem if you installed it previously with gem uninstall wayback_machine_downloader

Don't forget to star ShiftaDeband

hunter97529kek commented 6 months ago

worked, thanks

BorisTheBrave commented 5 months ago

Thanks for this!

Ironic that a tool for recovering dead websites has itself died.

KannaCrossing commented 5 months ago

It returns that the download is completed, however there are no files at all in the directory.

I used a custom path so I know I am looking in the right place.

ruby D:\sites\wayback-machine-downloader-feature-httpGet\bin\wayback_machine_downloader http://metal-gear-survive-map.de/t/ -f 20201109025636 -a -d D:\downloads\survive is what I used. I got no errors when I used it, the files just don't exist.

birbwatcher commented 4 months ago

do not working too, just showing "Getting snapshot pages......"

LaserOnyx commented 4 months ago

Same bro I just want to download an old site

lastlament commented 4 months ago

it only downloads the index.html for me, how can I fix this?

SHiLLySiT commented 3 months ago

This worked for me! I had to wait a few minutes after seeing "Getting snapshot pages". The site I was interested in was small, so I'd assume if you're trying to download something large, it will take longer.

indianajson commented 3 months ago

Worked for me!

Why hasn't this fix been merged into the main branch yet?

SleepyPeko commented 2 months ago

Got this working under ubuntu 22.04 WSL2!

I just used "~/wayback-machine-downloader/bin$ ruby wayback_machine_downloader -t 20240906185059 -d /home/yourusername/yourdownloadfolderorwhatever http://domain.com/"

antoni-devlin commented 2 months ago

Confirmed still working today!

dissocia commented 1 month ago

the downloading works, but it often creates files like "%3fKovuLKD ThisIsMyStory2.wmv 100 43816" when it thinks ".wmv 100 43816" is the filetype, rather than .html. i have a program that can turn these into .html in small batches, but if there's a way to just stop it from happening that'd be nice. also, what am i supposed to do once the websites are downloaded? i can't really navigate them like i would an actual website; i have to manually click each html to see the pages

kersvanbinsbergen commented 1 month ago

Thanks for the update, this works as a charm.

But! :-) I like to download the files edited by wbm. Coz i get no permalinks and sites willl work smooth offline