Skyblog

Skyblog
URL	Blogs - Skyrock.com
Status	Offline
Archiving status	Partially saved
Archiving type	DPoS
Project source	skyblog-grab
Project tracker	skyblog
IRC channel	#archiveteam-bs (on hackint) (formerly #bowlofpetunias (on hackint))
Data[how to use]	archiveteam_skyblog

Skyblog is a French blogging platform/social network hosted by the French radio station Skyrock. It announced on 16 June 2023 that 'to comply with legislation on personal data' it would shut down on 21 August 2023.

Anonymized data will supposedly be saved by the INA (French radio and television archive) and BNF (national library of France). No provisions were made for exporting user data except some instructions on using general 'website downloading' software.

Site structure

Blog IDs appear to be sequential, with a maximum of ~124M. Blogs can be enumerated at endpoints such as https://www.skyrock.com/common/r/skynautes/card/<user-id>, which resolves to https://<username>.skyrock.com/profil/. Each subdomain provides a sitemap.xml and atom.xml.

Individual posts are found at https://<username>.skyrock.com/<post-id>-<post-slug>.html. Post IDs appear to be sequential and globally unique. Post slugs are not required; an incorrect or absent slug will redirect to the canonical URL as long as the blog name is correct.

There is a URL shortener at http://sk.mu/. Its slugs for posts consist of the letter a followed by a base62-converted integer <user-id> × 1011 + <post-id>, which is impractical to brute-force. For example:

• a post with post ID 3356709138 published by a blog with blog ID 33265738 would have a slug "a" + base62_convert("3326573803356709138") → http://sk.mu/a3XJK5i0uTK2.
• a post with post ID 15 published by a blog with blog ID 132030 would have a slug "a" + base62_convert("13203000000000015") → http://sk.mu/aYt8dzQD03.

There is an API.