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layout: default
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title: Loading Web Archives
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nav_order: 1
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parent: Usage
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permalink: /docs/loading
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# Browsing Web Archives via the ReplayWeb.page
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## Table of contents
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## Loading Web Archives
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Using [https://replayweb.page](https://replayweb.page), you can select a web archive file from a local
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file or remote URL to load into the site.
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Archives loaded by ReplayWeb.page are identified by their unique URL, which can be entered directly or selected from a local file chooser.
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### Loading Local Web Archives
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Using the `Choose File...` button, you can pick any local archive file to load for replay.
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The click `Load` to load the file.
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The archive is laoded in the browser directly and *not* uploaded anywhere -- it never leaves your computer!
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The archive will be identified by a `file://` URL and is not accessible outside your browser. As expected,
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this URL is not shareable.
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This behavior is similar to how [Webrecorder Player](https://github.com/webrecorder/webrecorder-player) worked, but happens entirely in the browser. <br>The [ReplayWeb.page App](https://github.com/webrecorder/replayweb.page/releases) is also an option for [opening local files when offline](offline#replaywebpage-as-standalone-desktop-electron-app)
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### Loading Remote Web Archives
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To load a remote archive, simply enter the URL of the archive and click `Load`.
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See [Supported Locations](locations) for details on where archives can be loaded from.
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The archive will be downloaded, either fully or on-demand (if possible) and presented on the archive page.
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The system supports WARC files, as well as several other formats
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See: [Supported Formats](formats) for more details on supported formats.
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### Loading Remote Archives from Google Drive
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ReplayWeb.page also supports loading archives directly from Google Drive.
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ReplayWeb.page can be used to open .warc, .warc.gz files directly from google drive using the following steps.
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1. Install [ReplayWeb.page Google Drive Integration](https://gsuite.google.com/u/2/marketplace/app/replaywebpage/160798412227)
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2. Navigate to any WARC (.warc, .warc.gz) files or WACZ (Web archive collection) files that you have on google drive.
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3. You should see an 'Open With ReplayWeb.page' option at the top.
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4. Clicking on this should redirect to ReplayWeb.page and begin loading. Google Drive loaded archives will have a source URL starting with `googledrive://`.
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### Loading Large Files: Full vs On-Demand Loading
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Due to the nature of the WARC format, the entire file must be read on first use to generate an index.
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For WARC files **>25MB**, only the index is initially stored in the browser, and the actual content is loaded 'on-demand',
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when the content is first accessed. This leads to faster loading and saves memory when dealing with large archives.
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[Web Archive Collection (WACZ)](wacz-format) are always loaded on-demand, as no indexing is required.
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The initial archive view should load almost instantly as a result.
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If an archive could not be loaded, an error will be displayed instead of the progress.
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Please report any issues encountered via [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/webrecorder/replayweb.page/issues)
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Once an archive has successfully loaded, you will be redirected to the archive view from where you can explore the archive.
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Next: [Exploring the Archive](explore)
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