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Wayback Machine Downloader

A C# implementation of wayback machine downloader. Download an entire archived website from the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Requirements

1. .NET Framework 4.0
2. This tool uses Command Line Parser 2.6.0 library

Basic Usage

Run wbm-dl with -u parameter followed by the website name, for example http://yoursite.com :

wbm-dl -u yoursite.com

Issuing the above command will download the website to the ./yoursite.com directory.

Advanced Usage

The additional parameter list will display when run without any parameters:

Wayback Downloader.NET Console for Windows 1.0.0.0
http://erlange.github.com 

  -u, --url      Required. The URL of the archived web site

  -o, --out      Output/destination directory

  -f, --from     From timestamp. Limits the archived result SINCE this timestamp.
                 Use 1 to 14 digit with the format: yyyyMMddhhmmss
                 If omitted, retrieves results since the earliest timestamp available.

  -t, --to       To timestamp. Limits the archived result  UNTIL this timestamps.
                 Use 1 to 14 digit with the format: yyyyMMddhhmmss
                 If omitted, retrieves results until the latest timestamp available.

  -l, --limit    Limits the first N or the last N results. Negative number limits the last N results.

  -a             All timestamps. Retrieves snapshots for all timestamps.

  -c, --count    (Default: 1) Number of concurrent processes.
                 Can speed up the process but requires more memory.

  -A, --All      Retrieves snapshots for all HTTP status codes.
                 If omitted only retrieves the status code of 200

  -X, --exact    Downloads only the url provided and not the full site.

  -L, --list     Displays only the list in a JSON format with the archived timestamps, does not download anything

  --help         Display this help screen.

  --version      Display version information.