Broken Link Checker API
Improve SEO rankings and user experience by identifying and fixingdead internal and external links.
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import requests
url = "https://api.geekflare.com/brokenlink"
payload = {"url": "https://example.com", "followRedirect": False}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)Why Geekflare Broken Link API
Deep Crawling
Recursively crawls your target URL to discover links embedded within the HTML.
Links Validation
We validate both internal and external navigation links to ensure your users never hit a dead end.
Error Reporting
Identify not just 404, but also 5xx and 3xx URLs.
Exact Identification
The response pinpoints exactly which link is broken instead of just giving high-level of broken links count..
Rotating Proxies
We rotate residential proxies to check websites from worldwide location without getting blocked.
Global Network
Requests are routed through our global edge network to ensure high reliability.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The API checks every link found on the page, regardless of whether it points to your own domain or a third-party website.
Search engines like Google may penalize websites with high numbers of broken links. Fixing these links helps preserve your crawl budget and ranking authority.
Broken links API consumes 5 credits per request.