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(Your own personal Way-Back Machine)
Save an archived copy of all websites you star using Pocket or Pinboard, indexed in an html file. Powered by the new [headless](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/04/headless-chrome) Google Chrome and good 'ol `wget`.
Save an archived copy of all websites you star using Pocket or Pinboard, indexed in an html file. Powered by the new [headless](https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/04/headless-chrome) Google Chrome and good 'ol `wget`. NEW: Also submits each link to archive.org!
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If you still need help, [the official Python docs](https://docs.python.org/3.6/using/unix.html) are a good place to start.
To swtich from Google Chrome to chromium, change the `CHROME_BINARY` variable at the top of `archive.py`.
If you're missing `wget` or `curl`, simply install them using `apt` or your package manager of choice.
**Archiving:**
1. Download your pocket export file `ril_export.html` from https://getpocket.com/export
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- wget of site, e.g. `en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example.html` with .html appended if not present
- `sreenshot.png` 1440x900 screenshot of site using headless chrome
- `output.pdf` Printed PDF of site using headless chrome
- `archive.org.txt` A link to the saved site on archive.org
You can tweak parameters like screenshot size, file paths, timeouts, etc. in `archive.py`.
You can also tweak the outputted html index in `index_template.html`. It just uses python