What does Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes return?

It returns 17 documented output fields: url, anchorText, foundOn, httpStatus, state, dead, reason, redirectedTo, siteStillAlive, fixType, suggestedUrl and confidence. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value. The remaining 5 are listed in the output schema below.

What input does Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes take?

All 9 inputs are optional and ship with usable defaults, so it runs as-is. They are listed with their types below.

Does Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes need an API key or login?

No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.

How do I run Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes?

It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.

Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes

Finds broken links on your pages and, for each one, suggests the fix: the last working capture from the Internet Archive, whether the site itself still exists, and the exact next action. A report you can act on, not a list of 404s.

Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes returns 17 documented output fields, including url, anchorText, foundOn, httpStatus and state. Every field carries a declared type, a written description and an example value. 34 runs are recorded on Apify.

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17: Output fields
9: Inputs
34: Runs
2026-10-15: Last run

01 — output

What it returns

Every field the extractor writes to its dataset, with its type, a written description and an example value.

Field	Type	What it holds	Example
url	stringnull	The URL this row describes.	https://example.com/pricing
anchorText	stringnull	Anchor Text as recorded for this row.	View the full comparison
foundOn	stringnull	Where this value was found — the page, field or section.	<foundOn>
httpStatus	integernull	HTTP status code returned by the request.	200
state	stringnull	State, province or region name.	active
dead	booleannull	Whether the target is no longer reachable or maintained.	true
reason	stringnull	Why this row carries its status.	row retrieved successfully
redirectedTo	stringnull	URL the request was redirected to before settling.	<redirectedTo>
siteStillAlive	booleannull	Whether the site still responds after the change was detected.	true
fixType	stringnull	How the fix was applied — upgrade, patch or workaround.	<fixType>
suggestedUrl	stringnull	Suggested Url as recorded for this row.	<suggestedUrl>
confidence	stringnull	How confident the Actor is in this result, from 0 to 1. Not a probability of correctness.	<confidence>
action	stringnull	Action recommended or taken for this row.	upgrade
archivedAt	stringnull	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the page was archived.	<archivedAt>
checkedAt	stringnull	ISO 8601 timestamp of the most recent check.	2026-10-16T09:12:44.000Z
status	stringnull	Outcome recorded for this row.	ok
linksChecked	integernull	How many links were checked.	214

02 — sample

One record

Assembled from the example values declared on the schema above, not invented at render time.

{
  "url": "https://example.com/pricing",
  "anchorText": "View the full comparison",
  "foundOn": "<foundOn>",
  "httpStatus": 200,
  "state": "active",
  "dead": true,
  "reason": "row retrieved successfully",
  "redirectedTo": "<redirectedTo>"
}

03 — input

What you give it

Input	Type	Description
pages	arrayoptional	Pages whose outbound links should be checked. Every <a href> on each page is extracted and tested.
urls	arrayoptional	A list of specific links to check. Use this to feed in output from another crawler, or when the page renders links with JavaScript.
findReplacements	booleanoptional	For every dead link, look up the last working capture in the Internet Archive and suggest it as the fix. This is the whole point of the actor — leave it on.
brokenOnly	booleanoptional	Return only dead links. Turn this OFF to get a full audit of every link with its status (and a link-rot percentage).
skipInternal	booleanoptional	Ignore links pointing at the same domain as the page they were found on, and check only outbound links.
maxLinksPerPage	integeroptional	Cap on how many links to take from each scanned page.
concurrency	integeroptional	How many links to check at once. Lower this if you are checking many links on one host.
maxItems	integeroptional	Hard cap on results. You are never charged beyond this.
proxyConfiguration	objectoptional	Optional proxy. Not needed for most sites.

04 — run

Run Broken Link Resurrector on your own input

It runs in the cloud on Apify. Nothing to install, and you are billed per result returned rather than per attempt.

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05 — questions

Asked before running it

17 of 17 fields described

What does Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes return?: It returns 17 documented output fields: url, anchorText, foundOn, httpStatus, state, dead, reason, redirectedTo, siteStillAlive, fixType, suggestedUrl and confidence. Each field declares its type, a description of what it holds, and an example value. The remaining 5 are listed in the output schema below.
What input does Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes take?: All 9 inputs are optional and ship with usable defaults, so it runs as-is. They are listed with their types below.
Does Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes need an API key or login?: No. None of its inputs is a credential, and it reads only public data. Nothing to sign up for before the first run.
How do I run Broken Link Resurrector — Dead Links & Fixes?: It runs on Apify. Start it from its listing with the inputs above, or call the Apify API with the Actor's ID. Results land in a dataset you can export as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read through the Apify API into your own pipeline.