From 1451c146fc54cc0b3843f80997fe330c850a2274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: strictshot <alvin.kapoor.47@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 01:44:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] added the link_checker.py, up next is the cronjob .yml

---
 scripts/link_checker.py | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 scripts/link_checker.py

diff --git a/scripts/link_checker.py b/scripts/link_checker.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b908803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/link_checker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import os, json, urllib.request, urllib.error
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def send_discord(webhook_url: str, content: list[str]):
+    payload = {"content": "\n".join(content)}
+    print(payload)
+    req = urllib.request.Request(
+        webhook_url,
+        data=json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8"),
+        headers={"Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "link-checker/1.0"},
+        method="POST",
+    )
+    # lets try to use logs instead of print
+    try:
+        with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+            print("Discord status:", resp.status)
+            print(resp.read().decode("utf-8", errors="ignore"))
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+        print("Discord HTTPError:", e.code)
+        body = e.read().decode("utf-8", errors="ignore")
+        print("Discord response body:", body)
+        raise
+
+
+# can add a hardcoded webhook for the time being (when testing the file itself)
+# webhook = os.environ["DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL"]
+# here goes the user id of the user we want to ping
+# user_id = os.environ["USER_ID"]
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1]  # works only if the script is in /scripts
+URL_LIST_PATH = REPO_ROOT / "data" / "webpages" / "test_list.json"
+
+failed_urls = []
+
+with open(URL_LIST_PATH) as f:
+    urls = json.load(f)
+
+for url in urls:
+    url_status = urllib.request.urlopen(url).getcode()
+    print(f"url status: {url_status}")
+    # uncomment this so that ts actually works with 404 calls or any other calls which arent 200
+    # if url_status != 200:
+    #    failed_urls.append(f"FAILED URL: {url}")
+    # adds "FAILED URL:" before each url
+    failed_urls.append("FAILED URL: " + url)  # remove this after testing
+
+
+payload = failed_urls
+# this cmd is when we actually implement user_id
+# payload.insert(0, f"<@{user_id}>, these links are returning a 404! Check these links.")
+payload.insert(0, "@test, these links are returning a 404! Check these links.")
+# if failed_urls: # add 'not' later after testing and shit
+#     send_discord(webhook, payload)
+print(payload)  # remove this after testing