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A program for checking urls.

Mar 18, 2016 5:08PM PDT

Hello. I got a text document which is include about 2000 urls in it. Probably most of all is dead. I'm looking for a program or any practical method to check whole list to find working links. I welcome your suggestions.

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Re: checking URL's
Mar 19, 2016 9:23AM PDT

Two steps, but I don't know of any existing program to do them. You might have to write some code or have it written.

1. Isolate the links in, for example, a text-file.
2. Have a program loop through the file, do an HTML GET-command to the link and report the return code.

Kees

Post was last edited on March 20, 2016 4:08 AM PDT

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checkin urls
Mar 19, 2016 9:57AM PDT

Thanks for your opinion Kees. But i have no idea what you're talking about exactly, i dont know anything about coding or programming Sad

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To check them with an app
Mar 19, 2016 10:05AM PDT

You would have to know the app's requirements for the list of URLs. So in essence you are a programmer.

https://www.google.com/#q=urlchecker does find something that may make it easier.

The first hit has a web page that you paste in the URLs and hit the check button.

How about that?

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urlchecker
Mar 19, 2016 12:58PM PDT

I already tried that website, but it didnt work for me. My url's are not for filesharing. I tried the "multi files checker" option and press the "get live/dead links" button on the bottom and nothing happened.

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Me too. My links are not for filesharing but it worked.
Mar 19, 2016 1:11PM PDT

At this point I think you have to reveal more detail. Some content from your text file.

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Checking URLs
Mar 22, 2016 4:50AM PDT

There are many software for checking URLs like brokenlinkchecker

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yes you can
Mar 23, 2016 12:12PM PDT

There is a site name "urlchecker.org" . There you can paste all the urls you want to check in one go.