Active or inactive website link checking

banl_05 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi Monks,

How to check the set of website links are active or inactive.

Thanks

Balaji

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Re: Active or inactive website link checking by kcott (Archbishop) on Jul 01, 2013 at 09:48 UTC
G'day banl_05, Welcome to the monastery. Sounds like you want checklink. -- Ken	[reply]
Re: Active or inactive website link checking by Anonymous Monk on Jul 01, 2013 at 09:41 UTC
Like this :) `[ddg://link checker] [cpan://link checker] [google://link checker]` [download] link checker link checker link checker -> http://linkchecker.sourceforge.net/, http://validator.w3.org/checklink,	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Active or inactive website link checking by rpnoble419 (Pilgrim) on Jul 01, 2013 at 15:45 UTC
I think your question meant which links are valid or not valid. Active or inactive is a different animal altogether. To check if a link is active you would need to store a copy of the HTML file and compare it against a known sample. If there is a difference over time, then the link is still active. If there is no difference, the current download matched the control, then the link is not active.	[reply]

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