# Check redirect chains: HTTP to HTTPS and www redirects

**Use case:** 

Follow every redirect hop for eight well-known domains typed as plain http:// and see the full chain, each status code (301, 302, 307, 308), whether the site upgrades to HTTPS and where it finally lands. Use it to audit redirect chains after an SSL or domain change and to spot slow multi-hop redirects that waste crawl budget.

## Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "http://python.org",
    "http://github.com",
    "http://wikipedia.org",
    "http://apple.com",
    "http://microsoft.com",
    "http://amazon.com",
    "http://bbc.co.uk",
    "http://reactjs.org"
  ],
  "onlyProblems": false,
  "includeHtmlSignals": false,
  "checkSsl": true,
  "sslWarnDays": 14,
  "method": "auto",
  "followRedirects": true,
  "maxRedirects": 10,
  "timeoutSecs": 20,
  "maxConcurrency": 40,
  "maxConcurrencyPerHost": 8,
  "compareWithPrevious": false,
  "onlyChanges": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "statusText": {
    "label": "Status text"
  },
  "location": {
    "label": "Location"
  },
  "redirects": {
    "label": "Redirects"
  },
  "finalUrl": {
    "label": "Final URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "redirectPath": {
    "label": "Redirect path",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "httpsUpgrade": {
    "label": "Https upgrade"
  },
  "httpsDowngrade": {
    "label": "Https downgrade"
  },
  "redirectChain": {
    "label": "Chain (url, status, location)",
    "format": "object"
  }
}
```

## How it works

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

The Bulk URL Status Checker - HTTP Status & 301 Redirect Checker Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Check redirect chains: HTTP to HTTPS and www redirects". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/ZTUQEDxohJzWykaQ7) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Check redirect chains: HTTP to HTTPS and www redirects" task

The Bulk URL Status Checker - HTTP Status & 301 Redirect Checker Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like URLs, only report problems, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Check redirect chains: HTTP to HTTPS and www redirects" 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, status, status text, 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 "Check redirect chains: HTTP to HTTPS and www redirects" task via API](https://apify.com/tidytools/bulk-url-status-checker.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Bulk URL Status Checker - HTTP Status & 301 Redirect Checker](https://apify.com/tidytools/bulk-url-status-checker.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/tidytools/bulk-url-status-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/tidytools/bulk-url-status-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`).