# Broken Link Checker (Whole Website) (`bewitching_rebec_jvu/broken-link-checker-site`) Actor

Crawl a website and find every broken link and broken image (404s, 500s, timeouts, DNS errors), with the page each one appears on and its anchor text. Optional redirect report. Export to CSV/Excel.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bewitching_rebec_jvu/broken-link-checker-site.md
- **Developed by:** [first last](https://apify.com/bewitching_rebec_jvu) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 link checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Broken Link Checker for Whole Websites

Find every broken link and broken image on your website. Enter a URL. The Actor crawls the site, checks each unique link once, and reports the failures. Each result shows the link, the HTTP status or error, the page where the link appears, and its anchor text, so you can fix it in minutes.

### What you get

- **Broken links and images:** 404, 410, 500 errors, timeouts, DNS failures, and SSL errors
- **Where each one appears:** the source page, plus the anchor text or alt text
- **Link type:** internal or external, and link or image
- **Redirects (optional):** links that redirect, for clean-up after a site migration
- **Summary:** a `SUMMARY` record with pages crawled, links checked, and the broken count

Download the results as CSV, Excel, or JSON, or open the "Problems" table view.

### How to use it

1. Add your website URL.
2. Set **Max pages to crawl**.
3. Turn external links, images, and redirects on or off.
4. Click **Start**.

### Pricing

You pay per unique link checked. The crawler checks each URL only once, even if it appears on hundreds of pages. There are no monthly fees.

### Sample output

```json
{
  "problem": "broken",
  "linkUrl": "https://example.com/old-pricing",
  "statusCode": 404,
  "foundOnPage": "https://example.com/blog/launch-post",
  "anchorOrAltText": "see our pricing",
  "elementType": "link",
  "linkType": "internal"
}
```

### Good crawling manners

- The crawler follows `robots.txt`.
- It stays on your site when crawling.
- It sends one lightweight request per external link.
- It limits concurrency.
- It never logs in or bypasses access controls.

Only check sites you own or have permission to analyze.

### Use cases

- Monthly website maintenance
- Pre-launch QA and post-migration checks
- SEO clean-up, since broken links waste crawl budget
- Agencies auditing client sites

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Homepage or any page of each site to check. The crawler stays on the same site and respects robots.txt.

## `maxPages` (type: `integer`):

How many pages of the site to scan for links.

## `checkExternalLinks` (type: `boolean`):

Also verify links that point to other websites.

## `checkImages` (type: `boolean`):

Also verify <img> sources.

## `reportRedirects` (type: `boolean`):

Also list links that redirect (useful for cleaning up after a migration).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://books.toscrape.com/"
    }
  ],
  "maxPages": 100,
  "checkExternalLinks": true,
  "checkImages": true,
  "reportRedirects": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

## `summary` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://books.toscrape.com/"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bewitching_rebec_jvu/broken-link-checker-site").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://books.toscrape.com/" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bewitching_rebec_jvu/broken-link-checker-site").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://books.toscrape.com/"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call bewitching_rebec_jvu/broken-link-checker-site --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,bewitching_rebec_jvu/broken-link-checker-site"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/72iKIuRvPp3ZWZWcO/builds/GIphbcaqxXbZWhkDB/openapi.json