Site Link Analyzer

SLA is a simple broken links checker, with built in caching.

Install

Install using Ruby

$ gem install sla

Install using Docker

alias sla='docker run --rm -it --network host -v /tmp/sla_cache:/app/cache dannyben/sla'

The --network host flag is only necessary if you intend to check links on localhost.

Features

Easy to use command line interface.
Built in caching, to avoid overtaxing the server.
Show and save list of broken links to a log file.
Exits with non zero code on failure, for CI integration.

Usage

$ sla --help
Site Link Analyzer

Usage:
  sla URL [options]
  sla --help | -h | --version

Options:
  --verbose, -v
    Show detailed output

  --simple, -s
    Show simple output of errors only

  --depth, -d DEPTH
    Set crawling depth [default: 5]

  --external, -x
    Also check external links

  --ignore, -i URLS
    Specify a list of space delimited patterns to skip
    URLs that contain any of the strings in this list will be skipped

  --cache, -c LIFE
    Set cache life [default: 1d]. LIFE can be in any of the following formats:
      10  = 10 seconds
      20s = 20 seconds
      10m = 10 minutes
      10h = 10 hours
      10d = 10 days

  --cache-dir DIR
    Set the cache directory

  -h --help
    Show this help

  --version
    Show version number

Parameters:
  URL
    URL to scan

Environment Variables:
  SLA_SLEEP
    Set number of seconds to sleep between calls (for debugging purposes)

Examples:
  sla example.com
  sla example.com -c10m -d10
  sla example.com --cache-dir my_cache
  sla example.com --depth 10
  sla example.com --cache 30d --external
  sla example.com --simple > out.log
  sla example.com --ignore "/admin /customer/login"

Contributing / Support

If you experience any issue, have a question or a suggestion, or if you wish to contribute, feel free to open an issue.

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