# pip install geekflare-api
from geekflare_api.client import GeekflareClient
from geekflare_api.models import RedirectCheckDto
with GeekflareClient(api_key="<api-key>") as client:
result = client.redirect_check(
RedirectCheckDto(
url="https://example.com"
)
)
print(result)Integrate Geekflare API via no-code automation platforms, or build natively using our SDKs and REST API.
We map out every single hop in the journey, letting you identify unnecessary redirects that slow down your site.
Debug routing issues by inspecting the HTTP response headers for each stage of the redirection chain.
Use the proxy to simulate requests from different countries and verify that your localization logic works.
Developer
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Its been couple of years we are using Geekflare API, we like its stable production ready performance and cost-effectiveness of accessing multiple APIs through a single plan.
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Developer
Finally found a screenshot API that handles full-page captures correctly. Most others mess up the rendering of dynamic elements. Geekflare API captures the whole thing.
Developer
If you are a developer building RAG pipelines, you need this. The URL to Markdown feature is much cheaper than the other big players in this space. It handles dynamic JS-heavy sites surprisingly well.
Search engines prefer clean and short redirect chains. Long chains (3 or more hops) waste crawl budget and slow down the user experience.
Yes. By setting the proxyCountry parameter, you can verify if a user in the UK is correctly redirected to the UK version of your site.
Yes. Our API provides the status code and headers for every step in the chain.
Yes, our API automatically follows multiple redirects to trace the complete path of a URL. This makes it an ideal link checker tool for uncovering the hops from the initial request to the final destination.
Absolutely. Our API is ready to identify long redirect chains and loops. By acting as a Link Status Checker, it highlights structural routing issues that could cause poor user experiences or SEO penalties.
Yes, to prevent infinite loops and maintain fast response times, our API tracks up to 10 redirects per request. When you use it to Check URL Redirect paths longer than that limit, the response will truncate and indicate where the chain was stopped.
Yes, our API returns the ultimate destination URL along with the HTTP status codes for every step in the chain. This data is essential for a reliable broken redirection checker to verify exactly where your traffic ultimately lands.
Yes, you can use our Redirect Checker API for real-time validation of a site status and redirect behavior. However, if your primary goal is to measure website status and performance, we recommend using our Site Load Time API instead.
Yes, the API returns clean JSON responses. This makes it easy to integrate into your dashboards, automated QA pipelines, or uptime alert systems to continuously monitor your domain's routing infrastructure.
Checking URL redirection consumes only 1 credit per request.
