WARCreate

Google Chrome Extension

“Create WARC files from any webpage”

What is it?

WARCreate is a Google Chrome extension that allows a user to create a Web ARChive (WARC) file from any browseable webpage. The resulting files can then be used with other tools like the Internet Archive's open source Wayback Machine. The tool is an evolving product with the end result pushing toward being a personal web archiving solution for those that wish to securely archive their metadata in a standardize way.

How Do I Install It?

Simply download the Google Chrome extension (.CRX) file and open the extension. Chrome should load it after confirmation but if not, just drag the file to a Chrome window and it should be handler properly.

What Are Its Features? What Features Will It Have?

The current goal of the tool is to allow a user to create WARC file from any page in a web browser. Future features consist of:

• • Encoding/Encryption Support for archive content privacy •
• • WARC merging - allow multiple archiving sessions to exist in a single WARC file automatically•
• • Memento integration •

Where Can I Download It?

WARCreate is currently in a very heavy development cycle from all of the suggestions given at JCDL. Our 1.0 publicly available release will be available soon. Please keep an eye on this page, the Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group's Blog and/or e-mail Mat Kelly to be notified when the first feature complete version has been released.

I Found A Bug! Where Do I Report It?

Send all bug reports to Mat Kelly