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As the person who runs usesthis.com, let me tell you it's a massive pain in the ass (I have a JSON file for every item I link to, and so many just... die.)
by waferbaby 7y ago
As the person who runs usesthis.com, let me tell you it's a massive pain in the ass (I have a JSON file for every item I link to, and so many just... die.)
- j88439h84 7y agoHave you considered linking to a Wayback Machine archive page instead?
- waferbaby 7y agoIt's funny, I was seriously considering doing just that a day or so ago. I think I might.
- all2 7y agoYou could have a service that runs in the background (say once a week) on all outbound links that checks for 404s and then automatically updates the outbound link to the archive.org link. That or have both links.
- pabs3 7y agoHave you considered automatically submitting the links to the archive.org save API? Unfortunately it doesn't support HEAD anymore, only GET but basically just request this URL: https://web.archive.org/save/$URLoflink https://web.archive.org/save/$URLoflink
- waferbaby 7y agoOoh, neat!