From b6f3d6f808544d4d2486dee3b272c0082d3b9a82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: hartator Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 22:05:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add explanations to use exact url flag to Readme --- README.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2ceb7d3..9082dc9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -26,15 +26,16 @@ It will download the last version of every file present on Wayback Machine to `. ## Advanced Usage -Usage: wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com + Usage: wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com -Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine. + Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine. Optional options: -d, --directory PATH Directory to save the downloaded files into Default is ./websites/ plus the domain name -f, --from TIMESTAMP Only files on or after timestamp supplied (ie. 20060716231334) -t, --to TIMESTAMP Only files on or before timestamp supplied (ie. 20100916231334) + -e, --exact_url Download only the url provied and not the full site -o, --only ONLY_FILTER Restrict downloading to urls that match this filter (use // notation for the filter to be treated as a regex) -x, --exclude EXCLUDE_FILTER Skip downloading of urls that match this filter @@ -43,11 +44,12 @@ Download an entire website from the Wayback Machine. -c, --concurrency NUMBER Number of multiple files to dowload at a time Default is one file at a time (ie. 20) -p, --maximum-snapshot NUMBER Maximum snapshot pages to consider (Default is 100) - Count an average of 150,000 snapshots per page - -l, --list Only list file urls in a JSON format with the archived timestamps, won't download anything. + Count an average of 150,000 snapshots per page + -l, --list Only list file urls in a JSON format with the archived timestamps, won't download anything -v, --version Display version + ## Specify directory to save files to @@ -80,6 +82,17 @@ Wayback Machine Downloader will then fetch only file versions on or before the t Example: wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com --to 20100916231334 + +## Exact Url + + -e, --exact_url + +Optional. If you want to retrieve only the file matching exactly the url provided, you can use this flag. It will avoid downloading anything else. + +For example, if you only want to download only the html homepage file of example.com: + + wayback_machine_downloader http://example.com --exact_url + ## Only URL Filter