Extension:ArchiveLinks

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ArchiveLinks Release status: experimental
Implementation	User interface, Special page
Description	Enables archival of external links with the aim of preventing Link Rot.
Author(s)	Kevin Browntalk
Last version	0.1
Database changes	yes
License	No license specified
Download	SVN
Parameters $wgArchiveLinksConfig
Hooks used ArticleSaveComplete LinkerMakeExternalLink LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates UnitTestsList
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Archive Links is an extension designed to fight link rot by preemptively archiving external links so that in the event that they go down a copy will still be available.

Installation

As is standard with other MediaWiki extensions, you may install this extension by:

• extracting the extension in the extensions folder
• adding require_once( "$IP/extensions/ArchiveLinks/ArchiveLinks.php" ); to LocalSettings.php
• and creating the tables (or running install.php or update.php).

Configuration

All configuration values are put in to a single global variable $wgArchiveLinksConfig as an array. It is important to remember when you are configuring the array not to remove all the values by redefining it by using the array() keyword.

Correct

$wgArchiveLinksConfig['config_value_1'] = true;
$wgArchiveLinksConfig['config_value_2'] = false;

Incorrect

$wgArchiveLinksConfig = array(
     'config_val_1' => true,
     'config_val_2' => false,
);

Configuration Options

The following is a list of the valid configuration options for $wgArchiveLinksConfig.

Config Value	Valid Options	Description of Value
archive_service	internet_archive wikiwix local webcitation	archive.org's archival service wikiwix.org's archival service (archiving new links real time on some wikipedia, and all from the past ) if you would like to run a local spider this is the option that should be chosen webcitation.org's archival service
generate_feed	true false	If this option is set to true the queue table will be used to generate an archive feed that can be accessed via the API by bots and external services. If you would like to run your own local spider this must be set to false.
Example	Example

See Also

• Design Doc