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For links that are now defunct/gone (such as #2 on the chronological list), can you pull the web archive at the closest date to the submission? (dead) http://y
by degenerate 9y ago
For links that are now defunct/gone (such as #2 on the chronological list), can you pull the web archive at the closest date to the submission?
(dead) http://yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm http://yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm ===> https://web.archive.org/web/20100108205037/http://yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20100108205037/http://yorktownhi... (archive from 6 days later)
I don't think this can be done programmatically though... thanks for putting this together. I enjoy the old posts a lot, too.
- Momquist 9y agoThe url can be found via the archive's API, and you can specify a timestamp. http://archive.org/wayback/available?url=http://yorktownhistory.org/homepages/1900_predictions.htm×tamp=20010203 http://archive.org/wayback/available?url=http://yorktownhist... It returns a json with, notably, the closest archived page given the timestamp. https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php
- degenerate 9y agoThat's way more fantastic than I thought their API would be! Thanks. Hope OP sees it.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- madethemcry 9y agoI also stumbled upon this too. The article was archived, I wonder why it's not redirecting. Now I'm finally enjoying this post too. http://yorktownhistory.org/wp-content/archives/homepages/1900_predictions.htm http://yorktownhistory.org/wp-content/archives/homepages/190...
- mannykannot 9y agoFWIW, #4 "Two 4000 ft plumb bobs hung down a mine shaft, with baffling results (1901)" can be found at http://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/hollow/tamarack.htm http://www.lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/hollow/tamarack.htm