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Poster: TL7 Date: Sep 15, 2019 4:22pm
Forum: forums Subject: YouTube comment archival using Wayback Machine. (Archive.Today is crippled now.)

When archiving any YouTube video with any URL parameter after it (e.g. &lc=; &t=; etc.), the Internet Archive rejects it.

Archive.Today can be used to archive YouTube comments using direct comment linking ( &lc= ).

But Archive.Today has a serious problem since about a year: They have introduced new bandwidth limitation.
When archiving too many pages, their server blocks the user's ID for the rest of the day.
This limitation did not always exist, and I miss the times when it did not exist.

But because Archive.Today is now crippled by this limitation, I suggest the Wayback Machine (at least web.archive.org/save/'s non-liveweb archiver) to be able to archive YouTube comments and automatically scroll down (AJAX).

Until late 2017, Archive.Today could archive YouTube comments without requiring the "&lc=" parameter and a linked comment in the URL.
I suggest the Wayback Machine to archive comments regardless.

I also suggest it to archive both newest comments and top comments, because some YouTubers change the preset via their video manager, and both new and top comments could include historical information.

I would appreciate it, if the Internet Archive considered implementing this functionality.
I hope you understand it.

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Poster: lambinganatteleserye Date: Sep 23, 2022 11:37pm
Forum: forums Subject: Re: YouTube comment archival using Wayback Machine. (Archive.Today is crippled now.)

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Poster: Kaiky259 Date: Mar 17, 2023 10:51am
Forum: forums Subject: Re: YouTube comment archival using Wayback Machine. (Archive.Today is crippled now.)

Can you please remove this bot?

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Poster: boconnor Date: Sep 16, 2019 9:34am
Forum: forums Subject: Re: YouTube comment archival using Wayback Machine. (Archive.Today is crippled now.)

Would it be possible to give me an example URL that does not work?

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Poster: TL7 Date: Sep 22, 2019 10:13am
Forum: forums Subject: Example URL

http://web.archive.org/save/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Hznox7kaw&disable_polymer=1

(or any other YouTube watch URL with URL parameters appended to it, including “&feature=youtu.be” )