Check a website for broken links and display the number of broken links found.

Broken Link Checker

Purpose

The Broken Link Checker function helps you identify any broken links on a webpage. It checks all the links on the provided URL and returns a list of broken links along with a list of active links.

Use Cases

• Checking for broken links on a website before publishing it
• Monitoring the health of your website by regularly checking for broken links

How to Use

1. Enter the URL of the webpage you want to check for broken links.
2. Optionally, you can set a limit on the maximum number of URLs to check.
3. Click on the "Check Links" button to start the process.

Input Values

1. URL - Enter the URL of the webpage you want to check. Default unit is inch.
2. Max URLs to Check - Set the maximum number of URLs to check. Default unit is 25.

Output Values

1. Error - Any errors encountered during the process.
2. Broken Links - List of broken links found on the webpage.
3. Good Links - List of active links on the webpage.

Any Other Instructions

• Make sure to enter the correct URL to check for broken links.
• The process may take some time depending on the number of URLs to check.

Code Analysis

1. The function sends a request to the provided URL.
2. It retrieves all the internal and external URLs from the webpage.
3. It then iterates through each URL, checking for broken links based on the HTTP response code.
4. Finally, it returns the list of broken links, active links, and any errors encountered during the process.

Technical Parameters

• url, max_urls_to_check

Return Values

• Error, Broken Links, Good Links

Example Expressions

You can use the following expressions to directly evaluate in a non-interactive manner using eval():

broken_links('https://example.com', 10)
broken_links('https://anotherexample.com', 50)

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