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libertytoolsio/scripts/check_external_links.py
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noether 2d8f79b7fd build: replace ad-hoc run with a full make workflow + helper scripts
The old Makefile was a single 'run' target (hugo server + pagefind --serve).
Replace it with documented targets:

  build         hugo --gc -> public/
  index         build + pagefind --site public -> public/pagefind/
  serve / run   index + pagefind's own server on 127.0.0.1:1414 (local)
  serve-lan     static-serve public/ on 0.0.0.0:8090 for other machines
  link-check    offline internal-link scan (lychee --scheme file) -> JSON
  link-fix      comment out confirmed-dead internal links, then rebuild
  external-check network scan of external links (report-only)
  clean / all

Add scripts/:
  serve_lan.py            stdlib static server rooted at public/ (prints LAN IP)
  fix_dead_links.py       idempotent internal dead-link comment-out
  check_external_links.py external link report (drives the daily cron job)

.gitignore: add linkcheck/, resources/_gen/ (regenerable Hugo asset cache),
__pycache__/, and .hermes/.
2026-10-11 08:58:50 -06:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Daily external-link liveness check.
Runs lychee over every http/https link in the site's content/*.md and prints a
concise report of the ones that failed (dead / 4xx / 5xx). Designed for a
scheduled job: read-only (HTTP GET only), always exits 0 so the job never
"fails" — the report is the output.
Defaults are absolute to the repo, so it runs from ANY working directory
(including a cron scheduler). Override with flags if the repo lives elsewhere.
Usage:
python3 scripts/check_external_links.py
python3 scripts/check_external_links.py --timeout 20 --retries 1
Report goes to stdout and to linkcheck/external_dead.txt (one dead URL per line
with its source file:line).
"""
import argparse
import json
import shutil
import subprocess
from pathlib import Path
DEFAULT_REPO = Path("/home/noether/libertytoolsio")
LYCHEE_CANDIDATES = ["lychee", str(Path.home() / ".local/bin/lychee")]
def find_lychee() -> str:
for c in LYCHEE_CANDIDATES:
p = shutil.which(c) if "/" not in c else (c if Path(c).exists() else None)
if p:
return p
raise SystemExit("lychee not found. Install it first (plan Task 7a).")
def main():
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
ap.add_argument("--repo", default=str(DEFAULT_REPO))
ap.add_argument("--timeout", type=int, default=20)
ap.add_argument("--retries", type=int, default=1)
ap.add_argument("--threads", type=int, default="8")
args = ap.parse_args()
repo = Path(args.repo).resolve()
content = repo / "content"
md_files = sorted(str(p) for p in content.rglob("*.md"))
if not md_files:
print(f"No markdown files under {content}/")
return
lychee = find_lychee()
cmd = [
lychee, "--format", "json",
"--scheme", "http", "--scheme", "https", # web links only
"--exclude", "mailto:", "--exclude", "tel:",
"--timeout", str(args.timeout), "--max-retries", str(args.retries),
"--threads", str(args.threads),
] + md_files
proc = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True)
# lychee exits non-zero when it finds dead links; we still parse the JSON.
try:
data = json.loads(proc.stdout)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
print("Could not parse lychee output. stderr:\n", (proc.stderr or "")[-2000:])
return
dead = []
for src, items in data.get("error_map", {}).items():
for it in items:
url = it.get("url", "")
if url.startswith(("http://", "https://")):
status = it.get("status", {}).get("text", "")
span = it.get("span", {})
# report the source path relative to the repo for readability
try:
rel = Path(src).resolve().relative_to(repo)
except ValueError:
rel = src
dead.append((str(rel), span.get("line"), url, status))
total_checked = data.get("total", 0)
ok = data.get("successful", 0)
outdir = repo / "linkcheck"
outdir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
with (outdir / "external_dead.txt").open("w") as f:
for src, line, url, status in sorted(dead):
f.write(f"{src}:{line}\t{url}\t[{status}]\n")
print(f"External link check: {total_checked} links checked, {ok} ok, {len(dead)} dead.")
if dead:
print("\nDead external links:")
for src, line, url, status in sorted(dead):
print(f" {src}:{line} {url} [{status}]")
print(f"\nFull list written to {outdir/'external_dead.txt'}")
else:
print("No dead external links found.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()