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I implemented some options for that purpose in SingleFile [1]. They allow you to save the page when you bookmark it and eventually replace the URL of the page w

by gildas 6y ago

I implemented some options for that purpose in SingleFile [1]. They allow you to save the page when you bookmark it and eventually replace the URL of the page with the file URI on your disk. [1] https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile

johnchristopher 6y ago
Cool, I was so into maff back in the days. I'll give it a try. (I even wrote this before checking out your link: Have you heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Archive_Format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Archive_Format from two or three Internets ago ? If so what's your thoughts on it ?)
- gildas 6y ago
  I would recommend you to take a look at SingleFileZ [1], it should remind you of something ;) [1] https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFileZ https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFileZ
toomuchtodo 6y ago
Why a zip file instead of a WARC file? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_ARChive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_ARChive
- gildas 6y ago
  Because it's easier to produce and extract. The zip format also allows creating self-extracting files (I'm referring to SingleFileZ). I'm not sure this is possible with the WARC format.
  - toomuchtodo 6y ago
    I see you answered this in a thread a year ago [1] (came up in a Google search), my apologies. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21426056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21426056
- walski 6y ago
  see: https://github.com/c9fe/22120#why-not-warc-or-another-format-like-mhtml- https://github.com/c9fe/22120#why-not-warc-or-another-format... > Both WARC and MHTML require mutilatious modifications of the resources so that the resources can be "forced to fit" the format. At 22120, we believe this is not required
  - gojomo 6y ago
    This is false. If you're doing WARC correctly, HTTP resources/responses are stored verbatim. Perhaps the only possible purer format would be packet captures, say of the full HTTPS session, along with the session keymatter and connection metadata to later extract the verbatim HTTP resources. That'd be interesting, but I doubt that's what this "22120 format" (for which I see no documentation links) does.

by gildas 6y ago

johnchristopher 6y ago

Cool, I was so into maff back in the days. I'll give it a try. (I even wrote this before checking out your link: Have you heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Archive_Format https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Archive_Format from two or three Internets ago ? If so what's your thoughts on it ?)

gildas 6y ago
I would recommend you to take a look at SingleFileZ [1], it should remind you of something ;) [1] https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFileZ https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFileZ

toomuchtodo 6y ago

Why a zip file instead of a WARC file? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_ARChive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_ARChive

gildas 6y ago
Because it's easier to produce and extract. The zip format also allows creating self-extracting files (I'm referring to SingleFileZ). I'm not sure this is possible with the WARC format.
- toomuchtodo 6y ago
  I see you answered this in a thread a year ago [1] (came up in a Google search), my apologies. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21426056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21426056
walski 6y ago
see: https://github.com/c9fe/22120#why-not-warc-or-another-format-like-mhtml- https://github.com/c9fe/22120#why-not-warc-or-another-format... > Both WARC and MHTML require mutilatious modifications of the resources so that the resources can be "forced to fit" the format. At 22120, we believe this is not required
- gojomo 6y ago
  This is false. If you're doing WARC correctly, HTTP resources/responses are stored verbatim. Perhaps the only possible purer format would be packet captures, say of the full HTTPS session, along with the session keymatter and connection metadata to later extract the verbatim HTTP resources. That'd be interesting, but I doubt that's what this "22120 format" (for which I see no documentation links) does.