Metadata-Version: 2.0
Name: waybacklapse
Version: 0.0.0
Summary: A tool for creating a timelapse from the Wayback Machine.
Home-page: https://github.com/kpurdon/waybacklapse
Author: Kyle W Purdon
Author-email: kylepurdon@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Download-URL: https://github.com/kpurdon/waybacklapse
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
Classifier: Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Requires-Dist: click (>=3.3,<4)

waybacklapse
============

A quick python project which can be run from the command line and will
generate a time-lapse of a given website using the WayBack Machine.

Installation
============

This tool currently has dependencies on external projects and is only
tested on a mac.

Install Dependencies
--------------------

::

    brew install imagemagick
    brew install phantomjs
    git clone https://github.com/fzaninotto/screenshot-as-a-service.git
    cd screenshot-as-a-service
    git checkout -t v1.1.0
    npm install

Install My Source
-----------------

::

    git clone https://github.com/kpurdon/waybacklapse.git
    cd waybacklapse
    virtualenv .waybacklapse
    . .waybacklapse/bin/activate
    pip install click requests

Running The Tool
================

Start the screenshot-as-a-service node app
------------------------------------------

::

    cd screenshot-as-a-service && node app

Run waybacklapse.py
-------------------

Example:
~~~~~~~~

The following will generate a GIF of google.com from 2000-2004 at a
yearly interval at a medium lapse speed. The screenshot images will be
stored in ./output/{currentdatetime}/ and the GIF will be in
./ouput/{currentdatetime}/timelapse/{somefn}.gif

TODO: More documentation on command options. TODO: Defaults on the
command options. (None for now)

::

    cd waybacklapse
    . .waybacklapse/bin/activate
    python waybacklapse.py google.com 2000 2004 output/ 75 yearly



