Automate Broken Link Monitoring in Your CI/CD Pipeline

Every website accumulates broken links over time. Pages get deleted, URLs change, external sites go down. A single broken link can tank your SEO score and frustrate users. Here's how to catch them automatically. The Problem Manual link checking doesn't scale. If you're running a blog, documentation site, or web app with hundreds of pages, you need automated monitoring. Most teams discover broken links from angry users or plummeting search rankings — both too late. The Solution: Dead Link Checker API I built a Dead Link Checker API that crawls your site and returns every broken link with context. Here's what makes it useful: Crawls up to 50 pages per scan Checks both internal and external links — categorized separately Returns source page so you know where to fix Includes anchor text to identify which link is broken Summary statistics — total links, broken count, internal vs external breakdown JSON output — perfect for CI/CD integration Quick Start # Check a site for broken links curl "