# Bulk Redirect Checker: Full Redirect Chains & Status Codes (`globose_talent_mn9/redirect-checker`) Actor

Check thousands of URLs for redirects: every hop with status code (301, 302, 307, 308, meta refresh), final URL and status, redirect loops, HTTP to HTTPS upgrade and expected-target validation for site migrations. $0.30 per 1,000 URLs.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9/redirect-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Andrew Shamah](https://apify.com/globose_talent_mn9) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools
- **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 Redirect Checker: Full Redirect Chains & Status Codes

Paste a list of URLs and get the **complete redirect chain for each one**: every hop with its status code (301, 302, 303, 307, 308 and HTML meta refresh), the final URL and final status, redirect loops, HTTP → HTTPS upgrades and total time.

**$0.30 per 1,000 URLs** ($0.0003 each). Invalid URLs are free.

### Why use it

- **Site migrations**: give `old-url, expected-new-url` pairs and get a `matchesExpected` true/false for each line
- **SEO audits**: find redirect chains (more than one hop), temporary 302s that should be 301s, loops and redirects to 404s
- **Link checking**: see where short links, affiliate links and old backlinks really land
- **Bot vs. mobile**: check as Desktop Chrome, iPhone Safari or Googlebot

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `urls` | One per line. `old, new` or `old -> new` adds an expected target |
| `maxRedirects` | Max hops to follow (default 10) |
| `followMetaRefresh` | Follow `<meta http-equiv="refresh">` (default on) |
| `userAgent` | `desktop`, `mobile` or `googlebot` |
| `timeoutSecs`, `concurrency` | Speed controls |

URLs without a scheme are checked as `https://`. Write `http://` explicitly to test the HTTP → HTTPS redirect.

### Output

```json
{
  "url": "http://github.com/",
  "finalUrl": "https://github.com/",
  "finalStatusCode": 200,
  "redirectCount": 1,
  "redirectCodes": "301",
  "isRedirected": true,
  "hasPermanentRedirectOnly": true,
  "redirectLoop": false,
  "httpsUpgrade": true,
  "expectedUrl": null,
  "matchesExpected": null,
  "totalTimeMs": 182,
  "chain": [
    { "url": "http://github.com/", "statusCode": 301, "location": "https://github.com/", "type": "301", "server": "...", "timeMs": 60 },
    { "url": "https://github.com/", "statusCode": 200, "location": null, "type": null, "server": "github.com", "timeMs": 122 }
  ],
  "error": null
}
```

`error` is set for loops, network errors, too many redirects or a final 4xx/5xx status, so you can filter problems at once. Export to JSON, CSV or Excel, or use the API.

### Notes

- Only HTTP and HTML meta-refresh redirects are followed; JavaScript redirects are not executed.
- Requests are lightweight (no page rendering), so large lists finish quickly.

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# Actor input Schema

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

URLs to check, one per line. To validate a migration, write 'old-url, expected-new-url' (or 'old -> new') on a line; the result shows whether the final URL matches.

## `maxRedirects` (type: `integer`):

Stop following after this many hops (1-30).

## `followMetaRefresh` (type: `boolean`):

Also follow HTML <meta http-equiv="refresh"> redirects.

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

Browser identity used for requests (some sites redirect mobile or bots differently).

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

Seconds to wait for each hop.

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

How many URLs to check at once (1-50).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "http://github.com",
    "https://httpbin.org/redirect/3",
    "http://apify.com/store -> https://apify.com/store"
  ],
  "maxRedirects": 10,
  "followMetaRefresh": true,
  "userAgent": "desktop",
  "timeoutSecs": 20,
  "concurrency": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All checked URLs (overview table view).

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

Counts of redirected, direct, broken and invalid URLs.

# 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": [
        "http://github.com",
        "https://httpbin.org/redirect/3",
        "http://apify.com/store -> https://apify.com/store"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("globose_talent_mn9/redirect-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": [
        "http://github.com",
        "https://httpbin.org/redirect/3",
        "http://apify.com/store -> https://apify.com/store",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("globose_talent_mn9/redirect-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": [
    "http://github.com",
    "https://httpbin.org/redirect/3",
    "http://apify.com/store -> https://apify.com/store"
  ]
}' |
apify call globose_talent_mn9/redirect-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,globose_talent_mn9/redirect-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/lTMbXslvz1XQRciel/builds/cZfEKhnr4BMJtfv2r/openapi.json