Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. It is your responsibility to ensure that any web archiving activity you undertake complies with all applicable laws and the terms of service of the website in question.

Limit your rips to content that is intentionally public. Consider contacting the site owner to request permission or an official data dump.

Short for "update," this implies an ongoing or repeated process rather than a one-time event.

Maintain a local JSON or SQLite database logging every successfully downloaded asset ID or file hash.

: A specific update for a tool designed to "rip" sites that track user activity or network packets. Private Forum Terminology