Package 'linkrot'

Title: Check Webpages For Linkrot
Description: Find and assess URLs from a webpage to see if they're still active. External references are broken when websites and pages disappear or move; a process known as 'link rot'.
Authors: Matt Dray [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Matt Dray <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 0.0.0.9001
Built: 2024-11-18 06:09:58 UTC
Source: https://github.com/matt-dray/linkrot

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Assess a Web Page for Link Rot

Description

Fetch all web links from a given web page and check for a response.

Usage

detect_rot(page)

Arguments

page

Character. A valid URL to a webpage that contains links you want to check for link rot. Must start 'http://' or 'https://'.

Value

A tibble with six columns (page, link_url, link_text, response_code, response_category and response_success) and as many rows as URLs found on the web page provided by the user.

Examples

## Not run:  detect_rot("https://www.rostrum.blog/")