Markdown / HTML Link Rot Detector

A Ruby script to detect link rot in HTML and markdown documents and replace broken links with an Internet Archive backup.

Getting Started

First, install the required dependencies for this project to work using bundle:

bundle install

Next, run the link rot detector program:

ruby watch.rb

The link rot detector program will check for links that return 404s or an invalid response. If such a link is found, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine API is queried to see if a snapshot of the site is available. If a snapshot is found, the link to the most recent snapshot is used to replace the broken link in the HTML / markdown document being read.

All changes are logged to a log file whose name is printed to the console when the program runs.

You can optionally use the --webhook flag to send a notification with a JSON payload to a server when the program has finished running. The payload looks like this:

{
    "message": "
        Cali has identified 0 broken links. These links have been replaced with archived versions.

        See below for the changes made.

        [List of broken links, if applicable]
    "
}

Technologies

The following libraries and technologies are used in this project:

• Ruby
• nokogiri
• logger
• dotenv
• HTTParty

Contributors

• capjamesg