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[sanqui]

This looks great! Would be nice to have a way to see the source collection (e.g. "Save Page Now" or ArchiveBot) for a given capture.

[vigneshanand → sanqui]

Thanks for checking out, sanqui! That's an interesting use case, am curious as to why is that information useful for you?

[toomuchtodo → vigneshanand]

Data provenance. If it came from Save Page Now, the Internet Archive archived it. If it came from ArchiveBot, ArchiveTeam archived it.

[vigneshanand → toomuchtodo]

Makes sense . I will dig in to this further. Am sure wayback provides this detail somewhere in it's api.

[toomuchtodo → vigneshanand]

Some api docs here that aren’t easy to find: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Nsv52MvSjbLb2PCpHlat0gkz...

(yes, this is official documentation)

[vigneshanand → toomuchtodo]

It's still in draft. likely to change. Also, it's for the save api, won't get the required info there.

[toomuchtodo → vigneshanand]

Is there a more canonical url for that doc’s info? Also, is the CDX api the proper endpoint for Wayback provenance data?

[vigneshanand → toomuchtodo]

Don't know. However, You can keep track of the issue here: https://github.com/vegetableman/vandal/issues/8