
Build a Website Health Monitor in 50 Lines of Python
Have you ever wanted to automatically check if your website is healthy — broken links, SEO issues, and performance problems — all in one script? In this tutorial, I'll show you how to build a website health monitor using three free APIs. The entire script is under 50 lines of Python. What We're Building A script that takes a URL and returns: SEO score (0-100) with critical issues flagged Broken links found across the site Response time and performance metrics All from three API calls. No browser automation, no Selenium, no headless Chrome setup. Prerequisites You'll need: Python 3.6+ A free RapidAPI account ( sign up here ) Subscribe to these free APIs: Dead Link Checker SEO Audit The Script import requests import sys import json API_KEY = ' your-rapidapi-key-here ' HEADERS = { ' x-rapidapi-key ' : API_KEY , ' x-rapidapi-host ' : '' } def check_seo ( url ): HEADERS [ ' x-rapidapi-host ' ] = ' seo-audit8.p.rapidapi.com ' r = requests . get ( ' https://seo-audit8.p.rapidapi.com/api/seo '
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