Created JS code to search for dead links in the README.md and README-etc.md

link_test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+const fetch = require('node-fetch');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+function readContent(filePath) {
+  return fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+}
+
+function findLinks(content) {
+  return content.match(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/g).map(link => {
+    const [linkText, linkUrl] = link.match(/\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)/);
+    return { linkText, linkUrl };
+  });
+}
+
+async function testLink(linkObj) {
+  try {
+    const response = await fetch(linkObj.linkUrl);
+    if (response.status === 404 || response.status === 502) {
+      return { ...linkObj, isWorking: false };
+    }
+    return { ...linkObj, isWorking: true };
+  } catch (error) {
+    return { ...linkObj, isWorking: false };
+  }
+}
+
+async function testLinksInFile(filePath, notWorkingLinks) {
+  const content = readContent(filePath);
+  const links = findLinks(content);
+
+  for (const linkObj of links) {
+    const result = await testLink(linkObj);
+    if (!result.isWorking) {
+      notWorkingLinks.push({ filePath, linkObj });
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  const notWorkingLinks = [];
+
+  await testLinksInFile('README.md', notWorkingLinks);
+  await testLinksInFile('README-etc.md', notWorkingLinks);
+
+  const brokenLinks = notWorkingLinks.filter(link => !link.isWorking);
+
+  if (brokenLinks.length > 0) {
+    console.log('Broken Links:');
+    for (const { filePath, linkObj } of brokenLinks) {
+      console.log(`- Link "${linkObj.linkText}" in ${filePath} (${linkObj.linkUrl})`);
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.log('All links are working.');
+  }
+}
+
+main();

package.json

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
   },
   "license": "CC0 1.0",
   "dependencies": {
-    "markdownlint": "^0.6.1"
+    "axios": "^1.4.0",
+    "markdownlint": "^0.6.1",
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.12"
   }
 }