How to check and fix broken links?

sifynm · ‎08-30-2017

Is there a way to check and fix a broken link? How to detect the same and automatically fix it using a script dynamically? I have referred to some of the documentations here https://community.servicenow.com/thread/177341?q=Broken%20links but was not of much help as it is not answered. Is there a way I can schedule a job to do a daily, weekly and monthly check and generate a report or trigger an alert when there is a broken link found.

sifynm · ‎08-31-2017

Dear Mr. Ankur Bawiskar,

Just include any website link here W3C Link Checker and you will come to know the results. Likewise, I want it on ServiceNow and the remaining is as mentioned in the query above. Hope, this I am sure makes it more specific. This I also believe is like answering my own question.

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Dave Smith1 · ‎09-01-2017

Nandan Manjunath wrote:

Dave,

For me it works fine

would like to make it work on ServiceNow

That was kinda my point, really: the W3C link checker fails on links that require authentication.

What links are you checking? KBs?

You may find this useful: https://github.com/dereklio/ServiceNowScripts/tree/master/Broken%20Links%20Checker

sifynm · ‎09-01-2017

Thank you for the link Mr. Dave smith. This is helpful but I am looking for something more precise.

Dave Smith1 · ‎09-01-2017

staceybailey mentioned to me she used a browser plugin with some measure of success - at least it gets around the authentication issues, since you're already logged in.

What browser(s) are you using?

sifynm · ‎09-01-2017

This was helpful as well.

sifynm · ‎08-31-2017

Ankur,

Do you require more information on the same?