# Broken Link Checker for News & Media Sites

**Use case:** 

Identify dead 404 links on news and media websites. Get a detailed link audit, including source pages and status codes.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com"
    }
  ],
  "maxPagesToCrawl": 50,
  "checkExternalLinks": true,
  "onlyBroken": true,
  "maxConcurrency": 10
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "linkUrl": {
    "label": "Link URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "anchorText": {
    "label": "Anchor text",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "linkType": {
    "label": "Link type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "statusCode": {
    "label": "Status code",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "ok": {
    "label": "OK",
    "format": "boolean"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Broken Link Checker - Find Dead 404 Links](https://apify.com/logiover/broken-link-checker) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/logiover/broken-link-checker) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.