hlcomic.js

const axios = require("axios");
const fs = require("fs");


async function main() {
    const positions = [...Array(206).keys()].map(k => k.toString().padStart(3, '0'));

    for (const position of positions) {
        await download(position).catch(console.error);
    }

}

async function download(position) {
    const output = __dirname + '/output';
    const file = `concerned${position}.jpg`;

    const outputFile = `${output}/${file}`;

    if (await exists(outputFile)) {
        return;
    }

    const resource = `http://www.hlcomic.com:80/comics/${file}`;
    const url = `https://archive.org/wayback/available?url=${resource}&timestamp=2005`;

    const {data: {archived_snapshots}} = await axios.get(url);
    const {closest} = archived_snapshots;

    if (!closest?.available) {
        console.log(`Not exists`, resource, archived_snapshots);
        return;
    }

    const image = `https://web.archive.org/web/${closest.timestamp}id_/${resource}`;

    console.log(`Download:`, image, file);

    await axios({method: 'get', url: image, responseType: 'stream'})
        .then(response => response.data.pipe(fs.createWriteStream(outputFile)));

}

async function exists(file) {
    return new Promise(resolve => fs.stat(file, err => resolve(!err)));
}

main().catch(console.error);

// https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_the_Wayback_Machine#Specific_archive_copy