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Downloading all archive.org metadata (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'd love to know if anyone's aware of a bulk metadata export feature or repository. I would like to have a copy of the metadata and .torrent files of all items.

I guess one way is to use the CLI but this relies on knowing which item you want and I don't know if there's a way to get a list of all items.

I believe downloading via BitTorrent and seeding back is a win-win: it bolsters the Archive's resilience while easing server strain. I'll be seeding the items I download.

Edit: If you want to enumerate all item names in the entire archive.org repository, take a look at https://archive.org/developers/changes.html. This will do that for you!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I just found out you can get all metadata with ia metadata ID > metadata.json (replace ID with gamefaqs_txt in example). So from there you could extract any information too, if you know how to handle json. (Edit: Just load the metadata.json in your browser to see a better formatted list.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like to pipe my json to python -m json.tool for quick formatting in the terminal.

[–] CHKMRK 1 points 2 weeks ago

Take a look at jq, it's a really nice tool for handling json in the terminal, also gron for searching json