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ValExtLinks prints the HTTP response code for each link (except EI and IW links) in parentheses after the OK/NG/RD status of the link. Based on [[wp: | ValExtLinks prints the HTTP response code for each link (except EI and IW links) in parentheses after the OK/NG/RD status of the link. Based on [[wp:List of HTTP status codes|this Wikipedia list]], following are the codes understood by ValExtLinks. When no HTTP response could be retrieved by the Unix tool 'curl' which queries each link, you'll see "(000-xx)", where the one- or two-digit number after the dash is the [[../Curl codes|'curl' error code]]. | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
==2xx: Success== | ==2xx: Success== | ||
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;403 Forbidden | ;403 Forbidden | ||
:The request was valid, but the server is refusing action. The user might not have the necessary permissions for a resource. | :The request was valid, but the server is refusing action. The user might not have the necessary permissions for a resource, but most commonly this is caused by Cloudflare detecting that a bot is attempting to access a site. There is no workaround for this with the current ValExtLinks script, so add the URL to the [[../Exceptions|Exceptions list]] and move on. | ||
;404 Not Found | ;404 Not Found | ||