# Find broken links on your website

**Use case:** 

Crawl a site and list every dead link with the pages and anchor text that contain it. Sites that merely block bots are reported separately, so you can fix real problems first.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrl": "https://docs.apify.com/",
  "maxPages": 20,
  "maxLinks": 150,
  "checkExternalLinks": true,
  "includeWorkingLinks": false,
  "concurrency": 5
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "state": {
    "label": "State",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "foundOnCount": {
    "label": "Found on",
    "format": "integer"
  },
  "foundOn": {
    "label": "Pages",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "finalUrl": {
    "label": "Final URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Broken Link Checker with Bot-Block Detection Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find broken links on your website". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/s3zqnRlXH7KvHX4Bp) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find broken links on your website" task

The Broken Link Checker with Bot-Block Detection Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like start url, max pages to crawl, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find broken links on your website" 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 link, state, status, and more.

### 4. 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 "Find broken links on your website" task via API](https://apify.com/metaparse/broken-links.md).

## FAQ

### Which sites can I check?

Any public site you name. It reads public pages and follows normal web requests, with no login.

### What does blocked mean?

The server refused a robot, for example with a 403 or 429. The link often works in a browser, so check it by hand.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Broken Link Checker with Bot-Block Detection](https://apify.com/metaparse/broken-links.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/metaparse/broken-links.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

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 full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/metaparse/broken-links.md

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`).