[GH-ISSUE #771] Feature Request: Ability to merge multiple webpages into one snapshot #487

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opened 2026-03-01 14:44:04 +03:00 by kerem · 1 comment

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2026-03-01 14:44:04 +03:00

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Originally created by @Victor239 on GitHub (Jun 14, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/771

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General question or discussion
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Request modification of existing behavior or design

What is the problem that your feature request solves

I was viewing a XenForo forum thread and wanted to be able to archive all of it.

Describe the ideal specific solution you'd want, and whether it fits into any broader scope of changes

I don't expect ArchiveBox to support identifying the next thread page and archiving it, and being able to do this for all forum software.

Instead I'd like if I could manually supply all the thread page URLs I'm interested in, and for ArchiveBox to be able to merge these webpages into a single snapshot. If you're interested in doing a full thread download I'd be very happy with that too but I also don't want it to be a maintenance burden. The merge-all-webpages-into-a-single-snapshot functionality is sufficient for now.

What hacks or alternative solutions have you tried to solve the problem?

Archiving each webpage of a thread separately.

How badly do you want this new feature?

It's an urgent deal-breaker, I can't live without it
It's important to add it in the near-mid term future
It would be nice to have eventually

Originally created by @Victor239 on GitHub (Jun 14, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/issues/771 ## Type - [ ] General question or discussion - [x] Propose a brand new feature - [ ] Request modification of existing behavior or design ## What is the problem that your feature request solves I was viewing a XenForo forum thread and wanted to be able to archive all of it. ## Describe the ideal specific solution you'd want, and whether it fits into any broader scope of changes I don't expect ArchiveBox to support identifying the next thread page and archiving it, and being able to do this for all forum software. Instead I'd like if I could manually supply all the thread page URLs I'm interested in, and for ArchiveBox to be able to merge these webpages into a single snapshot. If you're interested in doing a full thread download I'd be very happy with that too but I also don't want it to be a maintenance burden. The merge-all-webpages-into-a-single-snapshot functionality is sufficient for now. ## What hacks or alternative solutions have you tried to solve the problem? Archiving each webpage of a thread separately. ## How badly do you want this new feature? - [ ] It's an urgent deal-breaker, I can't live without it - [x] It's important to add it in the near-mid term future - [ ] It would be nice to have eventually

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@pirate commented on GitHub (Jun 14, 2021):

Probably not going to implement this as it would break a lot of the core assumptions in the data layer model. I'd recommend using tags to group related pages instead.

I the future we may include user scrips that can unroll many forum threads on a single page before archiving, which should also help solve this need.

@pirate commented on GitHub (Jun 14, 2021): Probably not going to implement this as it would break a lot of the core assumptions in the data layer model. I'd recommend using tags to group related pages instead. I the future we may include user scrips that can unroll many forum threads on a single page before archiving, which should also help solve this need.

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2026-03-01 14:48:47 +03:00

[PR #488] [MERGED] fix: Remove trailing slash from public index #1188

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2026-03-01 17:54:01 +03:00

[GH-ISSUE #487] Bugfix: WGET paths are not working as expected with trailing slashes #1826

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2026-03-01 18:00:27 +03:00

[PR #488] [MERGED] fix: Remove trailing slash from public index #2694

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2026-03-14 22:12:37 +03:00

[GH-ISSUE #487] Bugfix: WGET paths are not working as expected with trailing slashes #3337