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Check external links on a website for errors

Crawl a website and check the links that point away from it to other domains, not just its own pages. Get status code, redirect chain and the page each external link was found on.

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Broken Link Checker β€” Find 404s & Dead Links
Broken Link Checker β€” Find 404s & Dead Linkskeyman98/broken-link-checker
URL
Found on
Type
External
+3 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

Start URLs(required):https://crawler-test.com/
Check external links:true
Max pages to scan:10

Output fields

URL
Found on
Type
External
Status
Broken
Error

How it works

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The Broken Link Checker β€” Find 404s & Dead Links Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Check external links on a website for errors". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Check external links on a website for errors" task

The Broken Link Checker β€” Find 404s & Dead Links Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like start urls, check external links, and more, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Check external links on a website for errors" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as URL, found on, type, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Check external links on a website for errors" task via API.

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