[dang]

Ok, I've pinned archive links to the top of those threads.

[ignoramous]

Hi Dang, how about an archive mirror link next to flag for links older than, say, 30d? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21766547

[dang]

How can it be automated in a reliable way? Archive links don't necessarily take you to a readable copy of the article. Someone has to check that, no?

[ignoramous]

Not sure if the Wayback Machine supports API-based on-demand archival, but they do partner with firms like Cloudflare to auto archive websites: https://archive.is/O9SAO

There's availability API but it won't tell us if the archived webpage does indeed display content (say, if it was behind a paywall or cookie banner): https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php

archive.is, which breaks past some of the paywalls, apparently (haven't tried it myself) supports the Memento protocol: https://github.com/palewire/archiveis/blob/master/archiveis/...

[dang]

Thanks, that's interesting!

> There's availability API but it won't tell us if the archived webpage does indeed display content (say, if it was behind a paywall or cookie banner

Right - that's the problem. It takes a human to tell if the archive link is worth anything.

I do want to do something better with this someday (someyear?) - most likely a way for community members to submit and vet archive links, and then (if so) an "archive" button in the detail bar to point to it.

[yellow_lead]

Thanks!