20,148
edits
Validate External Links/HTTP codes: Difference between revisions
Validate External Links/HTTP codes (view source)
Revision as of 19:00, 26 December 2025
, 26 December 2025removed __NOTOC__ directive
m (wording) |
m (removed __NOTOC__ directive) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
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]]. | ||
==2xx: Success== | ==2xx: Success== | ||
This class of status codes indicates the action requested by the client was received, understood, accepted, and processed successfully. | This class of status codes indicates the action requested by the client was received, understood, accepted, and processed successfully. | ||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
;200 OK | ;200 OK | ||
:Standard response for successful HTTP requests. | :Standard response for successful HTTP requests. | ||
;202 Accepted | |||
:The HTTP request has been accepted for processing, but may not be successful. | |||
==3xx: Redirection== | ==3xx: Redirection== | ||
| Line 35: | Line 38: | ||
;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 | ||
| Line 51: | Line 54: | ||
;418 I'm a teapot | ;418 I'm a teapot | ||
:This is a joke response code used by some sites. Probably equivalent to a 200. | :This is a joke response code used by some sites. Probably equivalent to a 200. | ||
;429 Too Many Requests | |||
:The user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time. Intended for use with rate-limiting schemes. | |||
==5xx: Server Errors== | ==5xx: Server Errors== | ||
| Line 66: | Line 72: | ||
;503 Service Unavailable | ;503 Service Unavailable | ||
:The server is currently unavailable (because it is overloaded or down for maintenance). Generally, this is a temporary state. | :The server is currently unavailable (because it is overloaded or down for maintenance). Generally, this is a temporary state. | ||
;520 Unknown error | |||
:A site had an unexpected/invalid interaction with Cloudflare. | |||
;530 Site is frozen | ;530 Site is frozen | ||