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Link Checker: Daily #61

Link Checker: Daily

Link Checker: Daily #61

name: 'Link Checker: Daily'
# **What it does**: This script once a day checks all English links and reports in issue if any are broken.
# **Why we have it**: We want to know if any links break internally or externally.
# **Who does it impact**: Docs content.
on:
workflow_dispatch:
schedule:
- cron: '20 16 * * *' # Run every day at 16:20 UTC / 8:20 PST
permissions:
contents: read
issues: write
jobs:
check_all_english_links:
name: Check all links
if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
runs-on: ubuntu-20.04-xl
steps:
- name: Check that gh CLI is installed
run: gh --version
- name: Check out repo's default branch
uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
- uses: ./.github/actions/node-npm-setup
- name: Figure out which docs-early-access branch to checkout, if internal repo
if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' }}
id: check-early-access
env:
BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_READPUBLICKEY }}
run: node src/early-access/scripts/what-docs-early-access-branch.js
- name: Check out docs-early-access too, if internal repo
if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' }}
uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
with:
repository: github/docs-early-access
token: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_READPUBLICKEY }}
path: docs-early-access
ref: ${{ steps.check-early-access.outputs.branch }}
- name: Merge docs-early-access repo's folders
if: ${{ github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' }}
run: src/early-access/scripts/merge-early-access.sh
- name: Restore disk-cache file for external link checking
uses: actions/cache@13aacd865c20de90d75de3b17ebe84f7a17d57d2 # v4.0.0
with:
path: external-link-checker-db.json
key: external-link-checker-${{ hashFiles('src/links/scripts/rendered-content-link-checker.ts') }}
- name: Insight into external link checker DB json file (before)
run: |
if [ -f external-link-checker-db.json ]; then
echo "external-link-checker-db.json exists"
echo -n "Number of URLs in cache: "
jq '.urls | keys_unsorted' external-link-checker-db.json | wc -l
else
echo "external-link-checker-db.json does not exist"
fi
- name: Run link checker
env:
DISABLE_REWRITE_ASSET_URLS: true
LEVEL: 'critical'
# Set this to true in repo scope to enable debug logs
# ACTIONS_RUNNER_DEBUG = true
ACTION_RUN_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DOCS_BOT_PAT_WRITEORG_PROJECT }}
REPORT_AUTHOR: docs-bot
REPORT_LABEL: broken link report
REPORT_REPOSITORY: github/docs-content
CREATE_REPORT: true
CHECK_EXTERNAL_LINKS: true
PATIENT: true
# This means that we'll *re-check* external URLs once a week.
# But mind you that the number has a 10% chance of "jitter"
# to avoid a stampeding herd when they all expire some day.
EXTERNAL_LINK_CHECKER_MAX_AGE_DAYS: 7
# If we're unable to connect or the server returns a 50x error,
# treat it as a warning and not as a broken link.
EXTERNAL_SERVER_ERRORS_AS_WARNINGS: true
FAIL_ON_FLAW: false
timeout-minutes: 30
run: npm run rendered-content-link-checker
- name: Insight into external link checker DB json file (after)
run: |
if [ -f external-link-checker-db.json ]; then
echo "external-link-checker-db.json exists"
echo -n "Number of URLs in cache: "
jq '.urls | keys_unsorted' external-link-checker-db.json | wc -l
else
echo "external-link-checker-db.json does not exist"
fi
- uses: ./.github/actions/slack-alert
if: ${{ failure() && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' }}
with:
slack_channel_id: ${{ secrets.DOCS_ALERTS_SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
slack_token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_DOCS_BOT_TOKEN }}