# Find 404 pages and broken internal links on your site

**Use case:** 

Scan every page in your sitemap for links to other pages of your own site, and list each one that answers 404, 410 or another error, or says 'not found' while answering 200 (a soft 404), with the page it is on and its anchor text. Links to other websites are skipped, so the run is quick. $0.20 per 1,000 URLs + $0.01 per run.

## Input

```json
{
  "sitemapUrls": [
    "https://www.markdownguide.org/sitemap.xml"
  ],
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/status_codes"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://the-internet.herokuapp.com/broken_images"
    }
  ],
  "maxUrls": 1000,
  "checkLinksOnSitemapPages": true,
  "checkExternalLinks": false,
  "checkImages": true,
  "checkIndexability": true,
  "respectRobotsTxt": true,
  "excludeUrlPatterns": [
    "/tag/",
    "?replytocom="
  ],
  "maxRedirects": 10,
  "requestTimeoutSecs": 20,
  "maxConcurrency": 20,
  "maxRequestsPerHost": 4
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "verdict": {
    "label": "Verdict",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "statusCode": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "statusText": {
    "label": "In words",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "redirectCount": {
    "label": "Redirects",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "finalUrl": {
    "label": "Ends at",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "problem": {
    "label": "Problem",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "issues": {
    "label": "Other issues",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "responseTimeMs": {
    "label": "Answer time (ms)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "foundOn": {
    "label": "Found on page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "anchorText": {
    "label": "Anchor text",
    "format": "text"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The Broken Link Checker & Sitemap Checker: Status & Redirects Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Find 404 pages and broken internal links on your site". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/wlMAZT2FxjZRHebwt) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Find 404 pages and broken internal links on your site" task

The Broken Link Checker & Sitemap Checker: Status & Redirects Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like sitemap urls, pages whose links to check, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Find 404 pages and broken internal links on your site" 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, verdict, 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 404 pages and broken internal links on your site" task via API](https://apify.com/rowsmithhq/sitemap-broken-link-checker.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Broken Link Checker & Sitemap Checker: Status & Redirects](https://apify.com/rowsmithhq/sitemap-broken-link-checker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/rowsmithhq/sitemap-broken-link-checker.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/sitemap-broken-link-checker.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`).