Refrot

A Python script to check a website for broken links, also known as link rot or reference rot.

How to install it

Install using:

pip3 install refrot

How to use it

refrot <url>

By default refrot checks all internal links, no matter how many levels, and a single level of external links. URLs with status codes other than OK (200) and Temporary Redirect (302) are displayed in the post-run summary.

Options

-h --help                   Show help.
-i --ignore-external-links  Ignore external links.
-u --user-agent AGENT       User agent.
-v --version                Show version number.

Contact Me

Send bug reports and patches to craig@seagrape.us.