Why

I need to be able to validate external links that might be derived from attributes.

With this application, you can validate any link directive that references a URL with either an HTTP or HTTPS method.

Installation

To install the application, complete the following steps:

1. npm i -g asciidoc-aware-link-check

Usage

To learn about supported options, enter the following command:

$ asciidoc-aware-link-check --help
Usage: asciidoc-aware-link-check [options] ASSEMBLY_FILE

Options:
  --no-progress  Hide progress bar.
  -q, --quiet    Display errors only.
  --csv          Output to stdout in CSV format. Outputs BROKEN_LINK,MODULE,LINE_NUM. This option implies --no-progress and --quiet.
  -n, --dry      Dry run.
  --asciibinder  Support asciibinder style include directives.
  -h, --help     output usage information

To validate links, enter the following command. Replace <ASSEMBLY_FILE> with the file name that includes any include statements needed to successfully build your documentation.

$ asciidoc-aware-link-check <ASSEMBLY_FILE>

To validate links for your entire documentation set, you might enter the following the command. Replace <ASSEMBLY_DIR> with the directory where you save your assembly files.

$ find <ASSEMBLY_DIR> -type f -name '*.adoc' | \
  xargs -L1 -I% -P1 asciidoc-aware-link-check %

Known issues

• A HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently is considered a broken link.

TODO

• Finish tests

Credits

This work is based on the asciidoc-link-check module.