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Is there any way to run a report of internal broken links in Confluence?

Kim Breas

Finding broken internal links (such as redirects) seems to be a random event. is there a way to run a report of broken links or any other way to easily find them?

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Accepted answers

Joe Clark

One of our tech writers wrote a Python script that you can use to check for content errors like broken links: http://blogs.atlassian.com/2011/12/scanning-confluence-for-content-errors/

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Kay Brown

You can use the reporting plugin with this code:

section}

{report-info:global:current date|format=MMMMM-dd-yyyy}
{section}

{section}

{report-block}
{space-reporter}

{text-sort:space:name}

{space-reporter}

{report-body}

{report-info:space:name|link=true}

{report-list}

{local-reporter:space:orphaned pages}
{text-sort:content:title}

{local-reporter}

{report-body-1}{report-info:content:title|link=true} (Created by)

{report-info:content:creator|link=true} {report-body-1}

{report-empty}_No orphans in this space_{report-empty}

{report-list}

{report-body}

{report-block}
{section}

Regards,

Kay

Joe Clark

One of our tech writers wrote a Python script that you can use to check for content errors like broken links: http://blogs.atlassian.com/2011/12/scanning-confluence-for-content-errors/

Joerg Bencke2

That would be nice, if the reporting plugin was not a commercial solution not availbale to everybody.

Joerg Bencke2

You could check for "orphaned" pages and for "list undefined pages" search, assuming that any broken link means for confluence, the page "has to be created yet".

Greg Kullberg1

Using the new 4.x editor, is it possible to copy/paste the above? It seems to want to paste the code as preformatted text instead of converting it to macros.

unknown

Thanks for this. I thought I should know the answer, and this was it. To do this:

You have to be a space administrator and repeat space by space
Select Browse > Space Admin > Advanced > Undefined pages

Works a treat.

Joe Clark

Greg, try using the "Insert Wiki Markup" dialog in the editor - it's in the Insert menu and will give you a plain-text window to type in wiki code.

Greg Kullberg1

Wow Joseph, my mind has just been blown! Didn't even realize that was possible in the 4.x editor. Thanks!

Vikash Kumar13

The undefined pages search is not 100% accurate, as the algorithm used to track links doesn't account for all links. Hopefully this can be fixed with future versions of the wiki renderer that allow more accurate tracking of link destinations. https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/latest/com/atlassian/confluence/pages/PageManager.html

Ira Sentesy

Despite the limitation mentioned, this is a good place to start fixing links if you're not using a script. For newer versions of Confluence, it can be found in Space Tools > Content Tools > Undefined pages.

Sagar Dubewar

This solution seems to be for the server instance of the confluence. Anyone knows the solution for the cloud instance?

Efleda Brophy

This would be a nice feature to add to Confluence, especially for those users who work with the Cloud version.