# HTTP Status Codes and URL Checker (`antonio_espresso/website-status-code-crawler`) Actor

A HTTP Status Codes Crawler is a tool that scans a website and retrieves HTTP status codes for each page. This helps in diagnosing errors and optimizing technical SEO.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/antonio\_espresso/website-status-code-crawler.md
- **Developed by:** [Antonio Blago](https://apify.com/antonio_espresso) (community)
- **Categories:** SEO tools, Automation
- **Stats:** 88 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$1.00 / 1,000 statuscodes

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## **Apify HTTPS Status Checker** 🚀

An **Apify Actor** that crawls websites and retrieves their **HTTP status codes** to help monitor site availability, detect broken links, and analyze redirects.

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### **📌 Features**

✅ **Extracts URLs from sitemaps** if available.\
✅ **Crawls websites when no sitemap is found** to collect URLs.\
✅ **Retrieves HTTP status codes** for each discovered URL.\
✅ **Detects broken links (404 errors)** and highlights them.\
✅ **Provides structured JSON output** with status summaries.\
✅ **Ideal for SEO audits, website monitoring, and performance analysis**.

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### **⚙️ Input Parameters**

The actor accepts the following input in **JSON format**:

```json
{
  "url": "https://example.com/",
  "max_urls": 10,
  "follow_links": true,
  "mode": "auto"
}
```

| Parameter     | Type     | Description                                         |
|--------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| `url`        | String  | The target URL or domain (required)                |
| `max_urls`   | Integer | Maximum number of pages to analyze (default: 5)   |
| `follow_links` | Boolean | Whether to follow links in the crawl (default: false) |
| `mode`       | String  | "sitemap", "crawl", or "auto" (default: "auto") |

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### **📤 Output Format**

The actor returns structured JSON output with two key sections:

#### **1️⃣ URL Details**

Each scanned URL along with its **status code**.

```json
{
  "details": [
    { "url": "https://example.com/", "status": 200 },
    { "url": "https://example.com/missing-page", "status": 404 }
  ]
}
```

#### **2️⃣ Status Code Summary**

Aggregates occurrences of each HTTP status code.

```json
{
  "overview": [
    { "Status Code": 200, "Count": 10 },
    { "Status Code": 404, "Count": 2 }
  ]
}
```

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### **🚀 How to Run**

#### **Option 1: Using Apify Console**

1. Go to the [Apify Actor Page](https://apify.com).
2. Click **Run** and provide the input JSON.
3. Retrieve results from the **Dataset Storage**.

#### **Option 2: API Execution (cURL)**

Run the actor directly via **API**:

```sh
cat > input.json <<'EOF'
{
  "url": "https://example.com/",
  "max_urls": 10,
  "follow_links": true,
  "mode": "auto"
}
EOF

curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_ACTOR_ID/runs?token=$API_TOKEN" \
  -X POST \
  -d @input.json \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
```

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### **🔍 Example Use Cases**

💡 **SEO Audits** → Identify broken links and redirects.\
💡 **Website Monitoring** → Track site uptime & status changes.\
💡 **Data Validation** → Ensure external links are working.\
💡 **Content Management** → Find outdated or broken content.

***

### **📚 Resources**

- [Apify Docs](https://docs.apify.com)
- [HTTP Status Codes Reference](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status)

***

### **🛠️ Author & Support**

Created by **Antonio Blago** [antonioblago.de](https://antonioblago.de)🛠️\
💬 Need help? Reach out via **[Apify Community](https://forum.apify.com/)**

***

# Actor input Schema

## `start_urls` (type: `array`):

List of URLs to start crawling from.

## `follow_links` (type: `boolean`):

Whether to follow links from the start URLs.

## `sitemap_mode` (type: `string`):

mode: 'sitemap' (only use sitemap), 'crawl' (only crawl), or 'auto' (default: try sitemap first)

## `max_depth` (type: `integer`):

The maximum depth for crawling from the start URL.

## `CLOSESPIDER_PAGECOUNT` (type: `integer`):

The maximum number of pages to crawl before stopping.

## `CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_DOMAIN` (type: `integer`):

Number of simultaneous requests per domain.

## `USER_AGENT` (type: `string`):

The user agent string for requests.

## `ROBOTSTXT_OBEY` (type: `boolean`):

Whether the crawler should obey the robots.txt rules.

## `DOWNLOAD_DELAY` (type: `integer`):

The time delay (in seconds) between requests.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "start_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/"
    }
  ],
  "follow_links": false,
  "sitemap_mode": "auto",
  "max_depth": 1,
  "CLOSESPIDER_PAGECOUNT": 5,
  "CONCURRENT_REQUESTS_PER_DOMAIN": 1,
  "USER_AGENT": "custom-user-agent apify",
  "ROBOTSTXT_OBEY": true,
  "DOWNLOAD_DELAY": 1
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "start_urls": [
        {
            "url": "https://apify.com/"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("antonio_espresso/website-status-code-crawler").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "start_urls": [{ "url": "https://apify.com/" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("antonio_espresso/website-status-code-crawler").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "start_urls": [
    {
      "url": "https://apify.com/"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call antonio_espresso/website-status-code-crawler --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,antonio_espresso/website-status-code-crawler"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/83sjVdcWZxVXPQV9g/builds/WZNcEUVENRybnkitx/openapi.json