Web Archive Downloader

A simple Python CLI tool to download files from a list of URLs (e.g., from the Wayback Machine or web archives). Files are saved directly into a specified output folder without creating extra subdirectories.

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📦 Features

• Download files from URLs in a .txt file
• Save all files in a single output directory
• Automatically handles missing filenames
• Basic error handling with clean output

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🚀 Installation

1. Clone this repository or download the script:

   git clone https://github.com/swarnimbandekar/ArchiveDownloader.git
   cd ArchiveDownloader

2. Install the required dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

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🧪 Usage

python3 archivedownloader.py -l urls.txt -o output/

Arguments:

• -l, --list: Path to a text file containing URLs (one per line)
• -o, --output: Directory where downloaded files will be saved

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Example: If urls.txt contains:

   https://web.archive.org/web/20220101000000/https://example.com/file1.pdf
   https://web.archive.org/web/20220101000000/https://example.com/image.jpg

The files will be saved in the output/ folder.

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