actions-marketplace-validations/urlchecker-action

Automatically check for broken links in a project files. This includes python, markdwon, restructured text files and more.

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uses: actions-marketplace-validations/urlstechie_urlchecker-action@b643b43e2ac605e1475331c7b67247d242b7dce4 # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-10

tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?

name	description	required	default
git_path	A project to clone. If not provided, assumes already cloned in the present working directory.	no	—
subfolder	A subfolder to parse instead of the root directory.	no	—
force_pass	Force pass of checking, regardless of the result.	no	—
branch	If a project (git_path) is defined, use this branch. Defaults to master	no	master
cleanup	Cleanup (delete) repository to check after doing so (appropriate for when clone is done)	no	false
include_files	A comma seperated list of paths or patterns to include.	no	""
file_types	A comma-separated list of file types to cover in the URL checks	no	.md,.py,.rst,.html
print_all	Choose whether to include file with no URLs in the prints.	no	false
verbose	Choose whether to print a more verbose end summary with files and broken URLs.	no	false
serial	Run in serial (good for debugging)	no	false
retry_count	If a request fails, retry this number of times. Defaults to 1	no	1
save	A csv file path to save the results to.	no	""
timeout	The timeout (seconds) to provide to requests to wait for a response.	no	5
exclude_urls	A comma seperated links to exclude during URL checks.	no	""
exclude_patterns	A comma seperated patterns to exclude during URL checks.	no	""
exclude_files	A comma seperated list of paths or patterns to exclude during URL checks.	no	""
workers	Number of workers to run in parallel (defaults to 9)	no	—

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