# Broken links report: find 404 links and broken images

**Use case:** 

Find every broken link on a website: links to pages that answer 404 or 500, dead links to other sites, broken images and redirect chains, each with the page it sits on and its anchor text. Download the Links sheet as Excel or CSV and fix them one by one. $4 per 1,000 pages crawled; broken pages themselves are free.

## Input

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/"
    }
  ],
  "maxPages": 120,
  "useSitemap": true,
  "checkExternalLinks": true,
  "checkImages": true,
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "renderJavaScript": false,
  "includeSubdomains": false,
  "stayInStartFolder": false,
  "excludeUrlPatterns": [
    "/tag/",
    "?sort="
  ],
  "minWords": 200,
  "slowPageMs": 1500,
  "maxConcurrency": 5
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "Page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score (0-100)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "statusCode": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "criticalCount": {
    "label": "Critical",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "warningCount": {
    "label": "Warnings",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "noticeCount": {
    "label": "Notices",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "issues": {
    "label": "Problems",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "wordCount": {
    "label": "Words",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "responseMs": {
    "label": "Load time (ms)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "depth": {
    "label": "Clicks from start",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The SEO Audit Tool: Website Audit & SEO Checker, Excel Report Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Broken links report: find 404 links and broken images". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/UcgqClyflGROCuRaa) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Broken links report: find 404 links and broken images" task

The SEO Audit Tool: Website Audit & SEO Checker, Excel Report Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like website to audit, maximum pages, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Broken links report: find 404 links and broken images" 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 page, score (0-100), 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 "Broken links report: find 404 links and broken images" task via API](https://apify.com/rowsmithhq/seo-site-audit.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [SEO Audit Tool: Website Audit & SEO Checker, Excel Report](https://apify.com/rowsmithhq/seo-site-audit.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/rowsmithhq/seo-site-audit.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/rowsmithhq/seo-site-audit.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`).