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Quick script to save URL to Wayback Machine
#! /usr/bin/env python
import sys, requests
# Usage: Pass URL to script, get back URL to Wayback Machine snapshot
base_url = 'http://web.archive.org'
r = requests.get(base_url + '/save/' + sys.argv[1])
if r.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
print base_url + r.headers['content-location']
else:
print 'Error in response: ' + str(r.status_code)
# or you could just return the original url
# print sys.argv[1]
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