Lost blog posts were recovered from the Wayback Machine
Blog posts first published on in 2018 disappeared during a move to Hashnode. The site later moved to a simpler setup: plain HTML/CSS files kept in a and published for free through . The missing 2018-2019 posts were still saved by the .
Its CDX API can list saved pages for a domain, including the original address, saved time, and status code. Filtering for status code 200 found the working saved pages, which recovered 4 deleted posts. Filtering for image files also recovered 5 images.
The `if_` option helped download the raw files without the toolbar around them. The recovered files were cleaned up, committed to Git, and served as at a total hosting cost of $0.
Key points
- 4 deleted blog posts and 5 images were recovered from the .
- The CDX API listed saved pages for the old domain without using the calendar interface manually.
- Filtering for status code 200 helped find pages that had usable saved copies.
- Image files were recovered separately by filtering for image file types.
- The cleaned files were stored in Git and published as for $0 hosting cost.