Automatic web tester for 404 links?

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Is there any test framework or software that can automatically go through a site and find 404 errors from links?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '10 at 16:37

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You could use an extension for your favourite browser, i.e. LinkChecker for Firefox.

answered Jul 05 '10 at 16:37

mkluwe

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 28 '15 at 19:58

Are you looking for a tool that does complete validation/checking of the site? Or one that does use-case testing of specific parts of the site.

For the latter I recommend TestPlan, it has the ability to check the headers of pages and work with the so-called "meta" response of the page. The original web-site is no longer available but the project is now hosted on Launchpad.

For the former it isn't the best tool, but as part of a test framework it is easy enough to get it to scan through links on the site looking for errors.

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 05 '10 at 16:22

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If you're running on Windows there is this one.

answered Jul 05 '10 at 16:22

Andy Robinson

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Automatic web tester for 404 links?

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