You can access the Broken Link Checker programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://crawlee.dev" }] }
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("hereditary_model/broken-link-checker").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
15for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Broken Link Checker for Any Website API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Broken Link Checker API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Broken Link Checker API in JavaScript

Broken Link Checker API through CLI

Broken Link Checker OpenAPI definition

Broken Link Checker API

Website Broken Links & Redirects Checker

smart-digital/website-broken-links-redirects-checker

Analyzes websites to detect broken links (4xx/5xx) and redirects (3xx). Checks internal/external links on single pages or crawls entire sites. Provides detailed reports per page and site summary.

My Smart Digital

5.0

Dead Link Crawler

actually_good_at_this/dead-link-crawler

Scans any website and identifies broken links (4xx and 5xx status codes). Allows to find and fix broken links, perform SEO audits, identify orphaned pages and server errors, ensure all links work before going live, analyse competitors and discover what's broken on competitor sites.

john Y

Website Broken Link Checker

sthiven_r/website-broken-link-checker

Crawls a website and reports all broken links (404s, server errors, unreachable). SEO & maintenance audit.

Wilker Sthiven Rangel Manrique

Find Broken Links

crawlerbros/find-broken-links

Crawl a website (start URL + same-host pages up to a configurable depth) and report every link that returns a 4xx / 5xx status, times out, or has a DNS error. HTTP-only - no proxy or browser needed.

Crawler Bros

Broken Link Checker

jancurn/find-broken-links

Crawls a website and finds broken links. Unlike other similar SEO analysis tools, the actor also reports broken URL #fragments. The results are stored in a JSON and HTML report.

Jan Čurn

797

Broken Link Scanner

mahogany_songbird/broken-link-scanner

Find broken outbound links on a single page.

Britton Furness

Broken Link Finder

pillowy_travel/broken-link-finder

Finds and analyzes broken links on given web pages

SAHIL KUMAR

Bulk URL Status Checker — Broken Links, Redirects & SSL

hipersoft/bulk-url-checker

Check thousands of URLs over plain HTTP: status codes, broken links (404/410/5xx), full redirect chains, response time, content type, page title and SSL certificate expiry. No browser, no login.

hiper soft

Broken Link Checker

sootesting/broken-link-checker

Find broken links on any page — checks internal and external URLs for dead, timed-out, or SSL-error links and reports HTTP status per link. One report per page with failed URLs listed. Pay-per-event: $0.01 per batch of up to 200 pages.

soot

Broken Link Checker - Website Link Validator & 404 Finder

scrappy_garden/broken-link-checker

Crawl a website (or list of pages) and detect broken links (404/500), unreachable URLs, and invalid asset references. Generates a structured report for SEO audits, QA testing, and website maintenance.