LESPiN Bulk Wayback Archiver

Bulk archive web pages to the Internet Archive

This tool archives URLs to the Internet Archive directly from your browser. Paste a list of URLs, click "Load URLs" to add or reset them in the queue, then click "Start" to begin processing. The page submits one URL at a time, waits for the Wayback Machine to accept the request, and then checks for an archived snapshot until the result appears or times out.

One URL per line or comma-separated list. Processing runs sequentially.

Advanced

Archive.org session: Logged out

This page can submit login directly to Archive.org using the same xauthn endpoint used by the official extension, but a normal website cannot verify Archive.org cookies automatically. Logged-in options below are best effort.

URL Status

How to Use This Page

Quick Start

  • Paste URLs into the text area at the top of the page.
  • Use one URL per line or a comma-separated list.
  • Click "Load URLs" to add them to the table or reset existing rows back to Pending.
  • Click "Start" to process the queue.

Buttons and Status

  • "Start" begins queue processing.
  • "Stop" prevents any new URLs from starting, but allows in-flight work to finish.
  • "Cancel" clears queued work and resets active rows back to Pending.
  • Each table row also has a "Run" button for one-off processing and a "Remove" button to delete the row.

How This Works

  • The page normalizes each URL and stores the queue state in browser cookies so the table survives refreshes.
  • When a URL starts, the browser sends a Save Page Now request directly to the Internet Archive.
  • Because a normal webpage cannot reliably read Save Page Now status responses cross-origin, the page then polls the public Wayback Availability API for that URL.
  • If a snapshot appears, the row becomes Success and stores the archive URL. If no snapshot appears before timeout, the row becomes Error.

Logged-In Options

  • The Advanced section can submit your login directly to Archive.org using the same `xauthn` endpoint used by the official extension.
  • After enabling your Archive.org session in this page, you can turn on Capture Outlinks, Email Results, and Save To My Web Archive.
  • Because this page is not an extension, it cannot confirm login state automatically; those features run on a best-effort basis.

Privacy and Data Flow

  • All requests are sent directly from your browser to archive.org or web.archive.org.
  • No proxy or local server is used by this page.
  • The only persistent local data is the URL list and row state stored in browser cookies for this site.

Important Limitations

Client-Only Mode

  • This page runs as a normal website, not as a browser extension.
  • That means it cannot read the full Save Page Now job response the same way the official addon can.

Status Detection

  • Success is inferred by polling the Wayback Availability API for a snapshot.
  • There can be a short delay between submission and the snapshot becoming visible to the availability endpoint.
  • If a URL already had an archived snapshot before you started, the page may report that existing snapshot after a short grace period.

Processing Model

  • URLs are processed sequentially.
  • Large batches may take time, and Internet Archive rate limits or temporary failures can still affect results.
  • For large batches, consider splitting your input into smaller chunks.