Users interested in contributing to the Internet Archive can get started with the HTML5 Uploader 1.7.0 by visiting the Internet Archive's website. The process involves:
| Attribute | Details | |-------------------|---------------------------------| | Name | Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader | | Version | 1.7.0 | | Release period | ~2016–2017 (post-Flash deprecation) | | License | GNU Affero General Public License v3 (AGPLv3) | | Language | JavaScript (ES5) | | Dependencies | None (vanilla JS, though often wrapped in jQuery in Archive’s UI) | | Target runtime | Modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari 10+) |
| Version | Flash fallback | Resumable | Chunked upload | Parallel parts | IndexedDB resume | |---------|----------------|-----------|----------------|----------------|------------------| | 0.9.x | Yes | No | No | No | No | | 1.0.0 | No | Partial | Yes (fixed 5MB)| Yes (2 parts) | No | | 1.7.0 | No | Yes | Yes (config) | Yes (config)| Yes | internet archive html5 uploader 1.7.0
Some advanced users bypass the HTML5 uploader entirely using ia command-line tools or direct S3 APIs. However, for 99% of users—librarians, musicians, and home archivists—the HTML5 uploader is the standard.
With 1.7.0, the gap between "casual browser upload" and "professional tool" just got a little smaller. The resumption feature alone should save terabytes of wasted data transfer globally. Users interested in contributing to the Internet Archive
<input type="file" id="fileInput" multiple> <div id="progress"></div><script src="https://archive.org/includes/html5uploader/1.7.0/html5uploader.js"></script> <script> var uploader = new HTML5Uploader( uploadUrl: 'https://s3.us.archive.org', chunkSize: 10 * 1024 * 1024, // 10 MB maxConcurrent: 3 );
uploader.on('uploadprogress', function(fileId, loaded, total) document.getElementById('progress').innerHTML = 'Uploaded ' + Math.round(loaded/total*100) + '%'; ); | Version | Flash fallback | Resumable |
uploader.on('uploadcomplete', function(fileId, url) console.log('File available at:', url); );
document.getElementById('fileInput').addEventListener('change', function(e) Array.from(e.target.files).forEach(function(file) uploader.addFile(file, description: 'My upload' ); ); uploader.start(); ); </script>
Version 1.7.0 breaks large files (e.g., a 50GB scanned book or a 4K video) into smaller "chunks" (usually 5MB to 10MB). If your Wi-Fi fails at 94%, the uploader does not restart from zero. It only retransmits the failed chunk. This transforms a frustrating experience into a viable one for large archives.