JFK

An archives.gov link extractor and file downloader. Made for the "JFK Assassination Records - 2025 Documents Release" and MLK Records Release 2025.

Prerequisites

• Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey, or other Userscript manager
• Python

Instructions

Link Extractor Installation (Tampermonkey)

1. Open Tampermonkey
2. Click "Create New Script"

3. Drag and Drop "archiveExtractor.js" into the script window
4. On the "Userscript installation" page click "Install"

5. You're Done

Link Extractor Installation (Violentmonkey)

1. Open Violentmonkey
2. Click the "+" icon

3. Drag and Drop "archiveExtractor.js" into the script window
4. On the "Installing script" page click "Install"

5. You're Done

Link Extractor Usage

1. Navigate to archives.gov page
2. Click "Show All entries"

3. Click the "Start Script" button

4. Click "Download Links"

5. You're Done

Downloader Instructions

1. Download "dwn.py" and "requirements.txt"
2. Make a new directory (eg. "JFK", "MLK", "Files", etc..")
3. Place "dwn.py", "requirements.txt", and your "Release_Links.txt" into said directory
4. Open your Terminal or Command Prompt
5. cd into your newly made directory
6. Use ls or dir to confirm that you are in the directory with the files
7. Run pip install -r requirements.txt
8. Run python3 dwn.py Release_Links.txt
9. You're Done!