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linkinator-action
A happy little GitHub Action that checks your README.md and other markdown for broken links. Uses linkinator under the hood.
Example usage
With no arguments, this will scan your README.md
in the root of the GitHub repository:
on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:
name: ci
jobs:
linkinator:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: JustinBeckwith/linkinator-action@v1
Or you can pass many of the same parameters linkinator provides!
on:
push:
branches:
- main
pull_request:
name: ci
jobs:
linkinator:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: JustinBeckwith/linkinator-action@v1
with:
paths: test/fixtures/test.md
concurrency: 1
markdown: true
linksToSkip: "http://fake.local, http://fake.local/fake"
Inputs
paths
- Paths to scan for 404s. Defaults to*.md
.config
- Path to a config file to use. Looks forlinkinator.config.json
by default. Options defined via the GitHub Action config will take precedence.concurrency
- The number of connections to make simultaneously. Defaults to100
.recurse
- Recursively follow links on the same root domain. Defaults tofalse
.linksToSkip
- List of urls in regexy form to not include in the check. (skip
is also accepted)timeout
- Request timeout in ms. Defaults to 0 (no timeout).markdown
- Automatically parse and scan markdown if scanning from a location on disk. Defaults totrue
.serverRoot
- When scanning a local directory, customize the location on disk where the server is started. Defaults to the root of your GitHub repository.directoryListing
- Include an automatic directory index file when linking to a directory. Defaults tofalse
.retry
- Automatically retry requests that return HTTP 429 responses and include aretry-after
header.urlRewriteSearch
- Pattern to search for in urls. Must be used withurlRewriteReplace
.urlRewriteReplace
- Expression used to replace search content. Must be used withurlRewriteSearch
.verbosity
- Override the default verbosity for this command. Available options are "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARNING", "ERROR", and "NONE". Defaults to "WARNING".
Outputs
results
- An object with the results of the run.
Debugging
To view skipped links, failure details, and more debugging information enable step debug logging.