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layout: default
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title: Browsing Web Archives
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nav_order: 1
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parent: Usage
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permalink: /docs/browsing
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---
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# Browsing Web Archives via the ReplayWeb.page
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## Table of contents
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1. TOC
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{:toc}
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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 browser.
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### Remote Archives
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To load a remote archive, simply enter the URL of the archive and click `Replay!`.
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(See: [Supported Locations](locations.md) for details on where archives can be loaded from).
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The archive will be downloaded, either fully or [only as needed (if possible)](streaming-archives.md) and presented on the archive page.
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The system supports WARC files, as well as several other formats (See: [Supported Formats](formats.md) for more details on supported formats)
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Once loaded, the page is redirected to the archive collection page.
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### Local 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 `Replay` 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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(This process is similar to how [Webrecorder Player](https://github.com/webrecorder/webrecorder-player) works, but happens entirely in the browser.
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It will be identified by a `file://` URL and is not accessible outside your browser.
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## Archive View
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Once an archive is loaded, you are taken to the archive view, and you are ready to explore and replay the web archive!
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This view has several tabs:
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- **Curated Pages** - This tab exists if the archive has curated lists of pages. Currently this is available only for Webrecorder WARCs, but may be possible
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with other formats (see: [Web Archive Zip Format](webarchive-zip-format.md)
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- **URL Resources** - This tab allows searching the archive by URLs, as well as by MIME type. For many archives with no page or curatorial metadata, this is
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a way to explore the archive data in more detail.
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Once a URL is selected, you will be taken to the Replay tab which renders the archived page directly in your browser.
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## Index of Archives
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The ReplayWeb.page homepage lists an index of all archives loaded in your browser.
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Once loaded, the archive remains cached in the browser for quick access. This view will be unique to your browser.
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To remove the archive from your browser, click on the 'X'. (Of course, this does not delete the archive from its original location, only your local copy of it)
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<hr>
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Next: [Sharing Links to Archived Pages](linking.md)
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