📝Link Backup API

Backs up a link to the Wayback Archives (https://wayback.archive.org/), and responds with the URL to the entry.

The API host for all tools is tools.datalabs.net.

Link Backup API

POST https://tools.datalabs.net/linkBackup
Host: tools.datalabs.net
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "key": "DATALABS_API_KEY", // Required - DataLabs API Key
  "url": "https://example.com/" // Required - URL to be backed up.
}

import requests

api_key = "DATALABS_API_KEY"
tool = "linkBackup"
url = "https://example.com/"

url = f"https://tools.datalabs.net/{tool}?key={api_key}&url={url}"
headers = {
    'Host': 'tools.datalabs.net'
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

try:
    response_data = response.json()
except ValueError:
    response_data = response.text

print(response_data)

const axios = require('axios');

const api_key = "DATALABS_API_KEY";
const tool = "linkBackup";
const url = "https://example.com/";

const url = `https://tools.datalabs.net/${tool}?key=${api_key}&url=${url}`;
const headers = {
    'Host': 'tools.datalabs.net'
};

axios.get(url, { headers })
    .then(response => {
        console.log(response.data);
    })
    .catch(error => {
        if (error.response) {
            console.log(error.response.data);
        } else {
            console.log(error.message);
        }
    });

package main

import (
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    apiKey := "DATALABS_API_KEY"
    tool := "linkBackup"
    url := "https://example.com/"

    url := fmt.Sprintf("https://tools.datalabs.net/%s?key=%s&url=%s", tool, apiKey, url)
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("Host", "tools.datalabs.net")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making HTTP request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
        fmt.Printf("Non-OK HTTP status: %s\n", resp.Status)
        return
    }

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response body:", err)
        return
    }

    var responseData map[string]interface{}
    if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &responseData); err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error unmarshaling JSON:", err)
        fmt.Println(string(body))
    } else {
        fmt.Println(responseData)
    }
}

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
using Newtonsoft.Json; // Ensure this directive is present for JsonReaderException

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        // Call the async method
        MainAsync(args).GetAwaiter().GetResult();
    }

    static async Task MainAsync(string[] args)
    {
        string apiKey = "DATALABS_API_KEY";
        string tool = "linkBackup";
        string url = "https://example.com/";
        
        string url = string.Format("https://tools.datalabs.net/{0}?key={1}&url={2}", tool, apiKey, url);
        
        using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
        {
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Host", "tools.datalabs.net");
            
            try
            {
                HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(url);
                response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
                
                string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                
                try
                {
                    var responseData = JObject.Parse(responseBody);
                    Console.WriteLine("Response data:");
                    Console.WriteLine(responseData);
                }
                catch (JsonReaderException jsonEx)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("JSON Parsing error: " + jsonEx.Message);
                    Console.WriteLine("Response body:");
                    Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
                }
            }
            catch (HttpRequestException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Request error: " + e.Message);
            }
        }
    }
}

Example Response

{
    "success": true,
    "url": "http://web.archive.org/20240607024546/http://www.example.com/"
}

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