# Broken Link & Image Checker – Dead Link Scanner (`winsome_xyster/my-actor-5`) Actor

Scan any website for broken links, broken images, and bad redirects — with screenshot proof. Built for SEO audits and agency reports

- **URL**: https://apify.com/winsome\_xyster/my-actor-5.md
- **Developed by:** [Abdul Rahman](https://apify.com/winsome_xyster) (community)
- **Categories:**
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Dead Link & Broken Image Graveyard Scanner

Crawl any website and get a complete report of every broken link, broken
image, and redirect chain — with full-page screenshots as proof you can
hand straight to a client or drop into an audit report.

### Why this exists

Broken links and images quietly hurt SEO rankings and make a site look
neglected, but manually clicking through every page to find them doesn't
scale past a handful of pages. This actor does that checking for you and
gives you evidence, not just a list of URLs.

### What you get in the results

For every page crawled:

- **Broken links** — every link returning a 400+ error or a connection failure
- **Broken images** — every image that fails to load
- **Redirect chains** — links that resolve to a different final URL than the one on the page (useful for cleaning up SEO-diluting redirect chains)
- **Screenshot** — a full-page screenshot of any page where an issue was found, saved to the Key-value store

### Input

| Field | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| **Website URL to scan** | The homepage or starting page of the site you want audited | — (required) |
| **Max pages to crawl** | Stops the crawl after this many internal pages | 20 |
| **Take screenshots** | Whether to capture a full-page screenshot when an issue is found | true |

### Output

Results are saved to the Dataset, one row per page crawled, with columns:
`pageUrl`, `brokenLinksCount`, `brokenLinks`, `brokenImagesCount`,
`brokenImages`, `redirectsCount`, `redirects`, `screenshotKey`.

Screenshots are saved to the Key-value store under the key shown in
`screenshotKey` for that row.

### Known limitations

A small number of platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter)
block automated link-checking regardless of technique. Links to these
domains are intentionally skipped rather than falsely reported as broken.
If your site links to profiles on these platforms, verify them manually.

### Who this is for

SEO agencies, freelance web auditors, and site owners who want to catch
what's quietly broken before it costs them rankings or trust.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrl` (type: `string`):

The homepage (or any starting page) of the site you want audited

## `maxPagesToCrawl` (type: `integer`):

Stops the crawl after this many internal pages, so it doesn't run forever on huge sites

## `takeScreenshots` (type: `boolean`):

Captures a full-page screenshot of any page where an issue was found

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrl": "https://example.com",
  "maxPagesToCrawl": 20,
  "takeScreenshots": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrl": "https://example.com"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("winsome_xyster/my-actor-5").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrl": "https://example.com" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("winsome_xyster/my-actor-5").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrl": "https://example.com"
}' |
apify call winsome_xyster/my-actor-5 --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,winsome_xyster/my-actor-5"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/qcRR2DSnCSUl4o0O1/builds/X34rT6ojZT8y6QxmZ/openapi.json