link-check.js

const link = require('linkinator');
var chalk = require('chalk');

async function complex() {
  // create a new `LinkChecker` that we'll use to run the scan.

  const checker = new link.LinkChecker();

  // Respond to the beginning of a new page being scanned
  checker.on('pagestart', url => {
    console.log(`Scanning ${url}`);
  });

  // After a page is scanned, check out the results!
  checker.on('link', result => {

		if (result.state == 'BROKEN' && result.status != 0) {

			// check the specific url that was scanned
			console.log(chalk.white.bgBlack.bold(`Broken link: ${result.url}`));
			
			// What page linked here?
			console.log(chalk.yellow(`Found on: ${result.parent}`));
			
			// How did the scan go?  Potential states are `BROKEN`, `OK`, and `SKIPPED`
			// console.log(`${result.state}`);
			
			// What was the status code of the response?
			// console.log(`${result.status}`);
			
		}
	});

  // Go ahead and start the scan! As events occur, we will see them above.
  const result = await checker.check({
    path: '**/*.html',
    // port: 8673,
    recurse: true,
	directoryListing: true,
	verbosity: 'ERROR',
    linksToSkip: [
      'esdc.sabacloud.com',
	  'intranet.canada.ca',
	  'www.gcpedia.gc.ca',
	  '.*?.prv',
	  'dialogue'
    ]
  });

  // Check to see if the scan passed!
  console.log(result.passed ? 'PASSED :D' : 'FAILED :(');

  // How many links did we scan?
  console.log(`Scanned total of ${result.links.length} links!`);

  // The final result will contain the list of checked links, and the pass/fail
  const brokeLinksCount = result.links.filter(x => x.state === 'BROKEN' && x.status !== 0);
  console.log(`Detected ${chalk.red(brokeLinksCount.length + ' broken')} links.`);
}

complex();