🔗 RouteCheck — Broken Link Buster for VS Code
Tired of chasing 404s like it's your job?
Let RouteCheck do the dirty work — directly from VS Code.
This extension helps you spot broken URLs like a boss. Whether you're checking a single suspicious link or a whole army of them from a file, RouteCheck will scan, validate, and report the results — all without leaving your code editor.
🚀 Features
🔍 Single Link Checker
Input a URL → Get the HTTP status → Done.
📂 File-Based Batch Checker
Feed it a .txt file with one link per line. Choose output format:
text (default)csv (Excel nerds, rejoice)json (for the API-inclined)
⚡ Parallel Mode
Because time is money. Add parallel checking to batch jobs for faster scans.
🧠 Smart URL Handling
- Accepts links with or without
https://
- Skips invalid garbage (looking at you, "hello world")
📤 Clean Output Reports
Results are saved automatically as:
link_status_report.txtlink_status_report.csvlink_status_report.json
🪄 All powered by Node.js and good intentions.
🛠️ Usage
👉 Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or ⌘+Shift+P)
Search for:
Check Single LinkCheck Links in File
Follow the prompts:
- Enter the URL or select a file
- Choose output format
- (Optional) Enable parallel mode
- View results in the Output panel and saved file
links.txt
https://google.com
example.com
not a url
www.github.com
✅ RouteCheck auto-corrects example.com and skips the broken stuff like not a url.
📂 Output Example (CSV)
URL, Status Code, Status Message
https://google.com, 200, OK
https://example.com, 200, OK
https://www.github.com, 200, OK
🤖 Built With
✨ Why?
Because broken links suck.
And may be you shouldn't have to leave VS Code to fix them. And may be that's the reason you're here.
🧙 Author
Crafted by a cinfinit who’s clicked too many dead links.
Maintained with love, and the occasional 418 status code.
📣 Feedback
Got an idea? Found a bug?
Open an issue or start a discussion — we love constructive chaos.
Happy link hunting! 🔗💥
