wayback VS NetNewsWire

In this tutorial, we will explore how to scrape data from the past using the Wayback Machine API. We'll be using Python and the requests library to make HTTP requests and retrieve archived versions of web pages. The code provided demonstrates a basic implementation of scraping historical data from a list of URLs within a specified date range.

A bit of context: I do a lot of archive digging with Apple's website. For the longest time, they hosted large files through Akamai. Most URLs looked something like this: http://a2032.g.akamai.net/5/2032/51/6cafb32dc21f74/1a1a1aaa2198c627970773d80669d84574a8d80d3cb12453c02589f25382f26493036bda4ebd305fd241a71b92f365ca/appleworks62_box.eps.hqx Unfortunately, those files shifted around from subdomain to subdomain (one period of time it was under a2032.g.akamai.net, another might be a1008.g.akamai.net) so finding all copies of a specific file was a pain in the ass. I recently learned that the IA has an API for the Wayback's Server that allows way more filtering than the web UI does. So to find every *.g.akamai.net URL they have archived, I used: http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=*.g.akamai.net/*

For the following step, you will need the Wayback Machine's CDX API, the documentation is here:https://github.com/internetarchive/wayback/tree/master/wayback-cdx-serverHowever, please note that there are errors in the documentation regarding the regex filtering syntax.

archive.org geocities scrapes go back to 1996, so it is plausible it could have survived:

https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=geocities.com&mat...

If you ever remember any of the details, the CDX API can probably help.

https://github.com/internetarchive/wayback/blob/master/wayba...

Query the Internet Archive’s CDX server for this info.

https://github.com/internetarchive/wayback/blob/master/wayba...

Archive.org has a cdx server you can quickly request information from: https://github.com/internetarchive/wayback/tree/master/wayback-cdx-server

Are the contents of these WARCs available as part of the Wayback Machine itself? If so, you might be able to use the CDX server to discover and download the content.

Wayback API to get a list of all versions of the page (https://github.com/internetarchive/wayback/tree/master/wayback-cdx-server#basic-usage).

NetNewsWire is excellent. Clean, responsive, blends into the desktop, and doesn't have memory leak issues like so many macOS RSS readers do. I wish all software could be like it.

https://netnewswire.com/

And like with most multiplatform apps, it doesn't look native at all on iOS. I prefer my current combination of: https://netnewswire.com + https://miniflux.app

Both open source too.

A few apps that are a joy to use:

https://ia.net/writer for writing.

https://usecontrast.com/ for checking contrast.

https://sipapp.io/ for picking colors.

https://nova.app/ for editing code.

https://cleanshot.com/ for screenshots.

https://getpixelsnap.com/ for measuring elements on screen.

https://netnewswire.com/ for reading things via RSS.

https://panic.com/transmit/ for file transfers.

https://usefathom.com/ for web analytics.

https://balsamiq.com/ for wireframes.

What else?

+1 for NetNewsWire. No pushes for engagement, no upsells for premium features, just a simple and rock solid app that does exactly what you want and does it well. I would 100% pay for it as it’s a very high quality app, but the developers would prefer happy users to focus elsewhere.

I’ve completely replaced my Twitter habits with a good ol RSS reader app. https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire they have an iOS app.

I use this as well, source on GitHub:

https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire

If you are using Miniflux for your RSS syncing you can already use it in NetNewsWire too now that Miniflux supports the Google Reader API. Apparently it will be exposed in a more obvious way in the Account dialog in the next version (6.2).

https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire/issues/2859...

Here’s an opensource and free RSS reader https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire