# Bulk HTTP Status Code Checker: Latency & Final URL (`globose_talent_mn9/http-status-checker`) Actor

Check HTTP status codes of many URLs at once: status, latency, content-type, final URL after redirects, response size. Fast fetch-only bulk URL health check. $0.30 per 1,000 URLs; failures free.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9/http-status-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew Shamah](https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, SEO tools, Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 url 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

## Bulk HTTP Status Code Checker – status, latency, final URL & size

Check the **HTTP status of hundreds of URLs in one run**. For each URL you get status code, latency (ms), content-type, response size, server header, and the final URL after redirects. Failures and timeouts are **free**.

Unlike a full redirect-chain auditor, this Actor focuses on fast bulk health checks: is it up, what status, how fast, what content-type.

### Use cases

- Monitor uptime / broken URLs in sitemaps and link lists
- Bulk QA of migrated URLs (status + final destination)
- Content-type audits before crawling or indexing

### Input

```json
{ "urls": ["https://apify.com", "https://example.com/missing"], "followRedirects": true }
```

### Output (one item per URL)

```json
{
  "url": "https://apify.com",
  "finalUrl": "https://apify.com/",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "ok": true,
  "redirected": true,
  "latencyMs": 182,
  "contentType": "text/html; charset=utf-8",
  "contentLength": 48210,
  "server": "cloudflare"
}
```

### Pricing

**$0.0003 per URL checked** ($0.30 per 1,000) + a tiny start fee. Network failures and timeouts are **free**.

### Notes

Uses Node `fetch` only (no browser). Prefer GET when hosts reject HEAD.

### Related Actors

- [Bulk Redirect Checker](https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9/redirect-checker) – full hop-chain + expected URL validation
- [Broken Link Checker](https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9/broken-link-checker)
- [SSL Certificate Checker](https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9/ssl-certificate-checker)
- [HTTP Security Headers Checker](https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9/security-headers-checker)

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

URLs to check (http/https). One per line.

## `method` (type: `string`):

HEAD is faster but some hosts reject it; GET is more reliable.

## `followRedirects` (type: `boolean`):

If true, report the final URL and status after redirects. If false, report the first response only.

## `timeoutSecs` (type: `integer`):

Seconds to wait for each request.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

URLs checked at once.

## `maxUrls` (type: `integer`):

Check at most this many (0 = all).

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

User-Agent profile to send.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://apify.com",
    "https://httpbin.org/status/404",
    "https://httpbin.org/status/301",
    "https://example.com",
    "https://github.com"
  ],
  "method": "GET",
  "followRedirects": true,
  "timeoutSecs": 15,
  "concurrency": 10,
  "maxUrls": 0,
  "userAgent": "desktop"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

All URLs (overview table).

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

Counts.

# 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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://apify.com",
        "https://httpbin.org/status/404",
        "https://httpbin.org/status/301",
        "https://example.com",
        "https://github.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("globose_talent_mn9/http-status-checker").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 = { "urls": [
        "https://apify.com",
        "https://httpbin.org/status/404",
        "https://httpbin.org/status/301",
        "https://example.com",
        "https://github.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("globose_talent_mn9/http-status-checker").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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://apify.com",
    "https://httpbin.org/status/404",
    "https://httpbin.org/status/301",
    "https://example.com",
    "https://github.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call globose_talent_mn9/http-status-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,globose_talent_mn9/http-status-checker"
        }
    }
}
```

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/NQaYwbtDg1jdinC7V/builds/8R5LHJ9KsK6SlOR0R/openapi.json