Re-enable replay of cnn.com's homepage for the Internet Archives WaybackMachine

README.md

Usage

1. npm install
2. npm run go

Requirements

1. node.js >= 8.0.0

package.json

{
  "name": "WaybackReplayCNN",
  "author": "John Berlin <jberlin@cs.odu.edu>",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "main": "replayCNN.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "scripts": {
    "go": "node replayCnn.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "puppeteer": "^0.13.0"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=8.0.0"
  }
}

replayCNN.js

const puppeteer = require('puppeteer')

function magic () {
  Object.defineProperty(window.document, 'domain', {
    configurable: true,
    enumerable: false,
    get () {
      return window.location.host
    },
    set (to) {
      console.log(`somebody tried to set the domain to ${to}`)
    }
  })
}

// change to whatever your screen size is. Puppeteer does not use the full width of your viewport
const viewPortSize = {
  width: 1920,
  height: 1080,
  mobile: false
}

async function go () {
  const browser = await puppeteer.launch({headless: false})
  const page = await browser.newPage()
  await page.evaluateOnNewDocument(magic)
  await page.setViewport(viewPortSize)
  // await page.goto('https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cnn.com/', {timeout: 60000})
  await page.goto('http://web.archive.org/web/20171212122910/http://www.cnn.com/', {timeout: 60000})
}

go().catch(error => {
  console.error(error)
})