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{{Short description|Online web archive}}
{{Distinguish|archive.org}}
{{Selfref|For a guide to using archive.today within Wikipedia, see [[Wikipedia:Using archive.today]].}}
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{{Infobox website
| name = archive.today
| logo =
| screenshot = Archive.is-Screenshot.png
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption = Screenshot of archive.today
| url = {{Plainlist|

* {{URL|https://archive.today/}}
* {{URL|https://archive.is/}}
* {{URL|https://archive.ph/}}
* {{URL|https://archive.vn/}}
* {{URL|https://archive.fo/}}
* {{URL|https://archive.li/}}
* {{URL|https://archive.md/}}
* {{Onion URL|archivecaslytosk}}
* {{Onion URL|archiveiya74codqgiix{{wbr}}o33q62qlrqtkgmcitqx5{{wbr}}u2oeqnmn5bpcbiyd}}
}}
| type = [[Web archiving]]
| language = [[Multilingualism|Multilingual]]
| registration = No
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2012|5|16}}<ref>{{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/2021.03.20-075425/https://blog.archive.today/post/77015559437/when-did-the-archive-is-site-originally-launch |date=20 March 2021 |title=Archive.is blog—When did the Archive-is site originally launch?|nolink=true}}</ref><ref>{{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/IfKji |date=29 April 2021 |title=Archive.is — Викиреальность|nolink=true}}</ref>
}}

'''archive.today''' (formerly '''archive.is''') is an [[archive site]] which stores snapshots of web pages.<ref name="cnet">{{cite web |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/22/create-publicly-available-web-page-archives-with-archive-is/ |title=Create publicly available web page archives with Archive.is |last1=Brinkmann |first1=Martin |date=22 April 2015 |website=[[Ghacks]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412072055/https://www.ghacks.net/2015/04/22/create-publicly-available-web-page-archives-with-archive-is/ |archive-date=12 April 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=13 June 2015}}</ref> It retrieves one page at a time similar to [[WebCite]], smaller than 50MB each, but with support for [[JavaScript]]-heavy sites such as [[Google Maps]] and [[progressive web application]]s such as [[Twitter]].

Archive.today records simultaneously two different 'snapshots' of a web-page. One is "Webpage" which includes any functional live links that are in the original. The other is "Screenshot" which provides a static and non-interactive visualization of the representation.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brunelle |first1=Justin F. |last2=Kelly |first2=Mat |last3=Weigle |first3=Michele C. |last4=Nelson |first4=Michael L. |date=25 January 2015 |title=The impact of JavaScript on archivability |url=https://www.cs.odu.edu/~mweigle/papers/brunelle-ijdl16.pdf |url-status=live |journal=International Journal on Digital Libraries |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=95–117 |doi=10.1007/s00799-015-0140-8 |s2cid=8433375 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527064810/https://www.cs.odu.edu/~mweigle/papers/brunelle-ijdl16.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2019}}</ref>

== Features ==
=== Functionality ===
Archive.today can capture individual pages in response to explicit user requests.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dascalescu |first1=Dan |author-link=Dan Dascalescu |url=https://wiki.dandascalescu.com/reviews/online_services/web_page_archiving |title=Web page archiving – Dan Dascalescu's Wiki (review) |publisher=Wiki.dandascalescu.com |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922192354/http://wiki.dandascalescu.com/reviews/online_services/web_page_archiving |archive-date=22 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="vice stealing">{{cite web |last1=Koebler |first1=Jason |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/read/dear-gamergate-please-stop-stealing-our-shit |title=Dear GamerGate: Please Stop Stealing Our Shit |date=29 October 2014 |work=[[Vice (magazine)#Website|Motherboard]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190527064603/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ypw5mj/dear-gamergate-please-stop-stealing-our-shit |archive-date=27 May 2019 |url-status=live |quote=There is no way for a website to protect itself from having an Archive.today user mirror the site. |access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=archive.is/faq |url=https://archive.today/faq |website=archive.is |access-date=15 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Since its beginning, Archive.Today has supported [[web crawler|crawling]] pages with [[URL]]s containing a now-deprecated [[hash-bang fragment]] ({{mono|#!}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.is/ |title=Home page of Archive.is in 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130112221411/http://archive.is/ |archive-date=12 January 2013 |url-status=dead |quote=It can save pages from Web 2.0 sites even with hashbang URLs, for example http://twitter.com/#!/medvedevrussia}}</ref>

Archive.today records only text and images, excluding [[XML]], [[Rich Text Format|RTF]], [[spreadsheet]] ([[Microsoft Excel file format|xls]] or [[OpenDocument|ods]]) and other [[static web page|non-static]] content. However, videos for certain sites, like [[Twitter]], are saved.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archive.today blog |url=https://blog.archive.today/post/657607767402659840/have-you-considered-allowing-small-mp4s-and-webms |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> It keeps track of the history of snapshots saved, returning to the user a request for confirmation before adding a new snapshot of an already saved Internet address.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.today/https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6062608?hl=en |title=Example snapshot history on archive.is}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Pages are captured with 1024 pixels of browser width. [[CSS]] is converted to [[CSS#Sources|inline]] CSS, removing [[responsive web design]] and selectors such as <code>:hover</code> and <code>:active</code>. Content generated using [[JavaScript]] during the crawling process appears in a frozen state.<ref name="frozen">JavaScript-generated loading animation of [[Dailymotion]] video [https://archive.today/20200121182128/https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3sexy8 appearing in a frozen state]</ref>
[[HTML class]] names are preserved inside the <code>old-class</code> [[HTML attribute|attribute]].

When [[Selection (user interface)|text is selected]], a JavaScript applet{{clarify|date=December 2020}} generates a [[URL fragment]] seen in the browser's [[URL bar]] that automatically highlights that portion of the text when visited again.

Web pages cannot be [[Redundancy (engineering)|duplicated]] from ''<nowiki>archive.is</nowiki>'' to ''[[web.archive.org]]'' as [[Remote backup service|second-level backup]], as archive.is places an exclusion for Wayback Machine and does not save its snapshots in WARC format. The reverse—from ''<nowiki>web.archive.org</nowiki>'' to ''<nowiki>archive.is</nowiki>''—is possible,<ref name="Wayback Mach to archive.is">{{cite web |url=http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia |archive-url= https://archive.vn/20130520191911/https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 May 2013 |title=Example: Page saved from Web Archive to Archive.is |access-date=23 October 2019 |language=es}}</ref> but the copy usually takes more time than a direct capture. Some web sites get deleted from [[Internet Archive]]'s listings retroactively or blocked from being saved due to their [[robots.txt]] file, but Archive.today does not use this.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archive.today FAQ |url= https://archive.ph/faq |website= archive.ph |url-status=live}}</ref>

The research toolbar enables advanced keywords operators, using {{code|*}} as the [[Wildcard character#Computing|wildcard character]]. A couple of [[quotation mark]]s address the search to an exact sequence of keywords present in the title or in the body of the webpage, whereas the ''insite'' operator restricts it to a specific Internet domain.<ref>For example, the string <nowiki>insite: https://en.wikipedia.org "World Cup"</nowiki> returns the [https://archive.today/search/?q=insite%3A+http%3Aen.wikipedia.org+"World+Cup"/ related snapshots]</ref>

Once a web page is archived, it cannot be deleted directly by any Internet user.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.archive.is/post/41395737942/how-can-i-delete-an-archived-page |title=Some Frequently Asked Question |date=24 January 2013 |website=archive.is |format= blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926093655/https://blog.archive.is/post/41395737942/how-can-i-delete-an-archived-page |archive-date=26 September 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref>

While saving a [[Linked list#Basic concepts and nomenclature|dynamic list]], archive.today searchbox shows only a result that links the previous and the following section of the list (e.g. 20 links for page).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3A%22thomas+aquinas%22&fq=&dblist=638&start=21&qt=page_number_link |title=Example of dynamic list| website= Worldcat.org}}</ref> The other web pages saved are filtered, and sometimes may be found by one of their occurrences.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The search feature is backed by Google CustomSearch. If it delivers no results, archive.is attempts to utilize [[Yandex Search]].{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

If a page has already been archived, archive.is asks the user to confirm archiving a new revision, instead of immediately archiving it.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

While loading a page, a list of URLs to individual page elements among their content sizes, [[List of HTTP status codes|HTTP statuses]] and [[MIME type]]s is shown. This list can only be viewed during the crawling process.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

One can download archived pages as a ZIP file, except pages archived {{as of|2019|11|29|since=y|post=,|lc=y}} when Archive.Today changed their browser engine from [[PhantomJS]] to [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.archive.today/post/623883809154383872/the-download-zip-button-has-been-giving-a-not |title=Archive.is blog |date=17 July 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201003125618/https://blog.archive.today/post/623883809154383872/the-download-zip-button-has-been-giving-a-not |archive-date=3 October 2020}}</ref>

{{as of|2013|7|since=y}} archive.today supports the [[Memento Project]] [[application programming interface]] (API).<ref name="WSRG">{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Michael L. |url=https://ws-dl.blogspot.nl/2013/07/2013-07-09-archiveis-supports-memento.html |title=Archive.is Supports Memento |publisher=Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at [[Old Dominion University]] |work=Research and Teaching Updates |date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727194715/https://ws-dl.blogspot.de/2013/07/2013-07-09-archiveis-supports-memento.html |archive-date=27 July 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=17 September 2013 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mementoweb.org/depot/native/archiveis/ |title=archive.is |website=Memento Protocol Information |publisher=Memento Development Group |access-date=17 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915191950/https://mementoweb.org/depot/native/archiveis/ |archive-date=15 September 2013}}</ref>

== History ==
Archive.today was founded in 2012. The site originally branded itself as archive.today, but in May 2015, changed the primary mirror to archive.is.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blog.archive.is/post/118010496181/why-did-you-change-the-url-back-from-archive-today |title=Why did you change the URL back from archive-today to archive-is? |work=Archive.is Blog |date=3 May 2015 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6YwqBNeBD?url=http://blog.archive.is/post/118010496181/why-did-you-change-the-url-back-from-archive-today |archive-date=1 June 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>

In January 2019, it began to [[Deprecation|deprecate]] the archive.is domain in favor of the archive.today mirror.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=archiveis |number=1081276424781287427 |title=Please do not use archive.IS mirror for linking, use others mirrors [.TODAY .FO .LI .VN .MD .PH]. .IS might stop working soon. |date=4 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106000101/https://twitter.com/archiveis/status/1081276424781287427 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Worldwide availability ==
=== Australia ===
{{see also|Internet censorship in Australia}}
In March 2019, the site was blocked for six months by several [[Australia]]n internet providers in the aftermath of the [[Christchurch mosque shootings]] in an attempt to limit distribution of the footage of the attack.<ref>{{cite web |title=ISPs in AU and NZ start censoring the internet without legal precedent |url=https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/03/isps-in-au-and-nz-start-censoring-the-internet-without-legal-precedent/ |website=Private Internet Access |access-date=20 March 2019 |date=19 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/03/new-zealand-isps-say-theyre-blocking-sites-that-fail-to-remove-christchurch-shooting-video/ |title=New Zealand ISPs Say They're Blocking Sites That Fail To Remove Christchurch Shooting Video |date=19 March 2019 |work=[[Gizmodo Australia]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518223849/https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2019/03/new-zealand-isps-say-theyre-blocking-sites-that-fail-to-remove-christchurch-shooting-video/ |archive-date=18 May 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref> It is still blocked in Australia {{as of|2021|7|lc=y|post=.}}

=== China ===
{{see also|Internet censorship in China}}

According to [[GreatFire]].org, archive.today has been blocked in China {{as of|2016|3|post=,|since=y|lc=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.greatfire.org/archive.is |title=archive.is is 100% blocked in China |date=12 August 2018 |website=GreatFire Analyzer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180812150852/https://en.greatfire.org/https/archive.is |archive-date=12 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> archive.li {{as of|2017|9|post=,|since=y|lc=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.greatfire.org/https/archive.li |title=archive.li is 100% blocked in China |date=12 August 2018 |website=Great Fire Analyzer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180812154815/https://en.greatfire.org/https/archive.li |archive-date=12 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and archive.fo {{as of|2018|7|since=y|lc=y|post=.}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.greatfire.org/https/archive.fo |title=archive.fo is 100% blocked in China |date=12 August 2018 |website=Great Fire Analyzer |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180812152220/https://en.greatfire.org/https/archive.fo |archive-date=12 August 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Finland ===
On 21 July 2015, the operators blocked access to the service from all [[Finland|Finnish]] [[IP address]]es, stating on [[Twitter]] that they did this in order to avoid escalating a dispute they allegedly had with the Finnish government.<ref name="ilta_Suom">{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/2015072220070969_du.shtml |title=Suomalaisilta estettiin haktivistien suosimalla verkkosivulla käynti |last1=Lapintie |first1=Lassi |date=22 July 2015 |work=Iltalehti |trans-title=Finns' access to website used by hacktivists blocked |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527064017/https://www.iltalehti.fi/digi/a/2015072220070969 |archive-date=27 May 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=4 March 2016 |language=fi}}</ref>

=== Russia ===
{{see also|Internet censorship in Russia}}

In [[Russia]], only HTTP access is possible; HTTPS connections are blocked.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tjournal.ru/21966-roskomnadzor-zablokiroval-servis-archive-is-hranyashchiy-kopii-veb-saytov |script-title=ru:Роскомнадзор заблокировал сервис archive.is, хранящий копии веб-сайтов |last1=Elistratov |first1=Vladimir |date=29 January 2016 |access-date=30 January 2016 |website=TJournal |title=Roskomnadzor zablokiroval servis archive.is, khranyashchiy kopii veb-saytov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830055553/https://tjournal.ru/21966-roskomnadzor-zablokiroval-servis-archive-is-hranyashchiy-kopii-veb-saytov |archive-date=30 August 2017 |url-status=live |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160203/08365233504/russia-blocks-another-archive-site-because-it-might-contain-old-pages-about-drugs.shtml |title=Russia Blocks Another Archive Site Because It Might Contain Old Pages About Drugs |last1=Cushing |first1=Tim |date=4 February 2016 |work=[[Techdirt]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323131754/https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160203/08365233504/russia-blocks-another-archive-site-because-it-might-contain-old-pages-about-drugs.shtml |archive-date=23 March 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=26 February 2016}}</ref>

== Cloudflare DNS availability ==
Since at least May 2018 it has not been possible to reach the site when using [[Cloudflare]]'s [[1.1.1.1]] [[Domain Name System|DNS]] service.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-05-15|title=Archive.is - Error 1001|url=https://community.cloudflare.com/t/archive-is-error-1001/18227|access-date=2021-12-02|website=Cloudflare Community|language=en}}</ref> Cloudflare staff have stated that the problem is on the end of archive.today as its authoritative nameservers return invalid records when queried from within Cloudflare's network.

== See also ==
{{Portal|Internet}}

{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Digital preservation]]
* [[List of Web archiving initiatives]]
* [[Internet Archive]]
* [[Link rot]]
* [[Perma.cc]]
* [[Wayback Machine]]
* [[Web archiving]]
* [[WebCite]]
{{Div col end}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Archive.today|lcfirst=yes}}
* {{official|https://archive.today/}}

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