# Bulk URL Status Checker - Redirect & Broken Link Audit (`webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker`) Actor

\[💵 $1.00 / 1K] Check URLs in bulk for HTTP status codes, broken links, redirects, response times, final URLs, and redirect chains. Built for SEO audits, migrations, QA, and monitoring. CSV/JSON.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/webdata\_labs/bulk-url-status-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [WebData Labs](https://apify.com/webdata_labs) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Developer tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.60 / 1,000 checked urls

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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?

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- **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`.
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- **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

## Broken Link & Redirect Audit - $1 per 1,000 URLs

**Paste a URL list and get a clean audit of broken pages, redirect targets, and slow URLs - no crawler setup and no opening links by hand.**

Use it before a **site migration**, after changing redirects, or whenever you need to verify a sitemap or exported URL list. The default settings are ready to run: paste URLs, click **Start**, and download the report as CSV, JSON, or Excel.

**Typical cost:** 100 checked URLs cost about **$0.10** and 1,000 cost about **$1.00**, plus Apify platform usage. You are charged for checked URL rows only - the run summary is stored separately and is not a paid dataset item.

### ✅ What you get / ❌ what this isn't

| ✅ This Actor gives you | ❌ This Actor is not |
|---|---|
| Status code, final URL, full redirect chain | Not a browser - it does not run JavaScript |
| Broken-link, timeout, and error classification | Not a crawler that discovers new pages |
| Response time + content type per URL | Not a tool that fails the whole run on one bad URL |
| A separate run summary with totals | Not a single-URL checker you repeat by hand |

### 🔎 What you get

- HTTP status code and status text
- Final URL after redirects
- Full redirect chain (every hop)
- Broken-link classification for 4xx/5xx pages
- Timeout and request-error classification
- Response time in milliseconds
- Content-Type header
- SEO issue flags such as `client_error`, `server_error`, `long_redirect_chain`, `final_not_https`, `non_html_content`, and `slow_response`
- A separate run summary with totals, stored in the key-value store

### 👥 Who it's for

SEO and QA teams auditing links at scale. Common jobs:

- Check URLs before or after a site migration.
- Find 404s and 5xx pages in bulk.
- Audit redirect chains and final URLs.
- QA exported links from a CMS, sitemap, or crawler.
- Monitor high-value landing pages.
- Prepare clean URL health data for SEO reports.

### Example tasks

- [Check URLs before a site migration](https://apify.com/webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker/examples/check-urls-before-site-migration)
- [Find broken links from a URL list](https://apify.com/webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker/examples/find-broken-links-from-a-sitemap)
- [Audit redirect chains in bulk](https://apify.com/webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker/examples/audit-redirect-chains-in-bulk)

### ⚙️ How to check URLs in bulk

1. Open the Actor on Apify.
2. Paste your `urls` (full URLs or domains).
3. Keep `followRedirects` on to record the full chain.
4. Optionally set `maxUrls` as a budget safety cap.
5. Click **Start**.
6. Download CSV/JSON/Excel or pull from the Apify API.

The defaults work for most audits. Request timeout, parallel checks, redirect limit, and user agent are optional settings for unusually large, slow, or restricted websites.

### 📥 Input

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com",
    "http://example.com",
    "https://example.com/not-found"
  ],
  "maxUrls": 100,
  "followRedirects": true,
  "maxRedirects": 10,
  "timeoutMs": 15000,
  "concurrency": 20
}
```

- `urls` - full URLs or domains to check.
- `maxUrls` - safety cap for a run. Use `0` for no cap.
- `followRedirects` - follow redirects and record the chain.
- `maxRedirects` - max redirects per input URL.
- `timeoutMs` - per-request timeout.
- `concurrency` - parallel URL checks.

### 📤 Output

Each URL audit row includes:

```json
{
  "recordType": "url_audit",
  "inputUrl": "http://example.com",
  "finalUrl": "https://example.com/",
  "status": "redirect",
  "statusCode": 200,
  "ok": true,
  "broken": false,
  "redirected": true,
  "redirectCount": 1,
  "hasSeoIssue": false,
  "seoIssues": [],
  "responseTimeMs": 183,
  "contentType": "text/html",
  "redirectChain": [
    {
      "url": "http://example.com/",
      "statusCode": 301,
      "location": "https://example.com/"
    }
  ]
}
```

The `OUTPUT` record in the run's key-value store contains totals for checked, OK, broken, redirected, timeout, error, invalid URLs, and SEO issue flags. It is stored separately so you are not charged for a summary dataset row.

### 💵 How much does it cost?

This Actor costs **$1.00 per 1,000 checked URL rows** on the Free tier, plus Apify platform usage. A 100-URL audit costs about **$0.10**; a 10,000-URL migration audit costs about **$10.00**. Broken, redirected, timeout, and invalid URLs still count as checked results because each produces a diagnostic row. The separate run summary is not charged.

### 🔁 Run it on the Apify platform

Schedule recurring link-health monitoring, call it from the Apify API, export to CSV/JSON/Excel, or wire alerts into Make, Zapier, Slack, or webhooks when broken links appear.

### ⚠️ Limits and caveats

- This Actor uses HTTP requests only. It does not run a browser.
- It does not execute JavaScript on pages.
- It checks the URLs you provide; it does not crawl to discover new ones.
- One bad URL produces an error row, not a failed run.
- Redirect chains are captured manually so you can inspect every hop.
- `non_html_content` is an informational flag, not always a problem. PDFs, images, feeds, and downloads can be valid targets.

### 🧩 Related Actors

- **Website Contact Extractor** - once a domain is reachable, pull its public contacts.
- **Lead List Deduplicator & Normalizer** - clean and merge URL/contact exports before CRM import.

### ❓ FAQ

**Does it run JavaScript?** No. It uses HTTP requests only, which keeps it fast and cheap; client-side redirects are not followed.

**Does one bad URL fail the run?** No. A bad URL becomes an error row so the rest of the batch still completes.

**Can I check whole domains?** Yes - pass domains or full URLs; it checks exactly what you provide.

### 🛠️ Support

If a run fails or a field is missing, open an Actor issue with the run URL, the input you used, and the field or behavior you expected.

### ⭐ Rate this Actor

If this Actor saved you time, please take 30 seconds to leave a review on the **Reviews** tab of [Bulk URL Status Checker - Redirect & Broken Link Audit](https://apify.com/webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker) - reviews are the main trust signal other users see, and they directly decide which features get built next. If something is broken or a field is missing, please [open an issue](https://apify.com/webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker/issues) first - we typically respond within a day and would love the chance to fix it before you rate.

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

URLs to check. Accepts full URLs like https://example.com/page, and domains like example.com.

## `maxUrls` (type: `integer`):

Budget safety cap. At the default price, checking 100 URLs costs about $0.10 plus Apify platform usage. Use 0 for no cap.

## `followRedirects` (type: `boolean`):

Follow 3xx redirects and record the full redirect chain.

## `maxRedirects` (type: `integer`):

Maximum redirects to follow per URL before marking the row as too\_many\_redirects.

## `timeoutMs` (type: `integer`):

Timeout per URL request.

## `concurrency` (type: `integer`):

How many URLs to check in parallel. Increase for faster large audits.

## `userAgent` (type: `string`):

Optional HTTP User-Agent override. Leave the default unless a target requires a specific value.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com",
    "https://apify.com"
  ],
  "maxUrls": 100,
  "followRedirects": true,
  "maxRedirects": 10,
  "timeoutMs": 15000,
  "concurrency": 20,
  "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; BulkUrlStatusChecker/0.1; +https://apify.com)"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `OUTPUT` (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 = {
    "urls": [
        "https://example.com",
        "https://apify.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker").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 = { "urls": [
        "https://example.com",
        "https://apify.com",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "urls": [
    "https://example.com",
    "https://apify.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=webdata_labs/bulk-url-status-checker",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/IjTRQmhwWKR3kZYKo/builds/zW4E9sWGg3vBSCO8X/openapi.json