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Broken Link Checker & Bulk URL Status Checker

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$1.00 / 1,000 link checkeds

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Broken Link Checker & Bulk URL Status Checker

Broken Link Checker & Bulk URL Status Checker

Crawl a website and test every internal and external link, or bulk-check a list of URLs. Returns HTTP status, redirect chain, final URL, response time and which pages contain each broken link. Output only broken links to pay only for problems.

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$1.00 / 1,000 link checkeds

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Crawl a website and test every internal and external link, or bulk-check a list of URLs. Returns HTTP status, redirect chain, final URL, response time and which pages contain each broken link. Output only broken links to pay only for problems.

Why this actor

  • Two modes in one tool, 'foundOn' pages for each broken link, and an onlyBroken switch that makes clean sites nearly free.
  • Pay only for results: $1.00 per 1,000 link checkeds, no start fee, failed lookups are free.
  • Robust: automatic retries with exponential backoff, respects Retry-After, per-item error rows instead of crashed runs.
  • Clean, flat JSON/CSV/Excel output ready for Google Sheets, Make, Zapier, n8n, Clay, or the Apify API.

Use cases

  • SEO site audits and link-rot cleanup
  • Monitoring docs/marketing sites on a schedule
  • Validating URL lists before email campaigns or migrations
  • Checking redirect chains after a domain move

Input

FieldTypeDescription
urlsarraycheck mode: list of URLs to status-check. crawl mode: website(s) to crawl for broken links.
modestringBulk status check, or crawl a website and test every link on it.
maxPagesintegerPages crawled per site.
checkExternalbooleanAlso test outbound links.
onlyBrokenbooleanOutput only 4xx/5xx/timeouts (you are charged only for output rows).
concurrencyintegerParallel requests.
maxItemsinteger0 = no limit.

Example input:

{
"urls": [
"https://books.toscrape.com"
],
"mode": "crawl",
"maxPages": 4
}

Output

Each dataset item looks like this (real sample from a test run, long fields trimmed):

{
"url": "https://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js",
"statusCode": 404,
"ok": false,
"finalUrl": "https://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js",
"redirectCount": 0,
"redirectChain": null,
"contentType": "text/html; charset=UTF-8",
"responseTimeMs": 339,
"internal": false,
"foundOn": [
"https://books.toscrape.com",
"https://books.toscrape.com/catalogue/category/books/travel_2/index.html",
"https://books.toscrape.com/catalogue/category/books_1/index.html",
"\u2026"
],
"foundOnCount": 4,
"site": "https://books.toscrape.com",
"scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T05:57:17+00:00"
}

Rows that could not be processed contain an error field and are not charged.

Pricing

Pay-per-event: $0.001 per link checked (= $1.00 / 1,000). Use Max results to cap spend. Apify's free plan credit covers thousands of results per month.

Integrations & API

Run on a schedule in Apify Console, call via the Apify API / Python & JS clients, or connect to Make, Zapier, n8n, Google Sheets, Slack and webhooks. Works as a tool for AI agents via Apify MCP.

FAQ

Is it legal? The actor only reads publicly available data from public endpoints, without logins, and does not bypass paywalls or access controls. You are responsible for using the data in line with applicable laws (e.g. GDPR) and the source sites' terms.

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