linkcheck

Main package for link checking.

Functions

get_link_pat(arg[, strict])	Get a link pattern matcher for intern/extern links.
init_i18n()	Initialize i18n with the configured locale dir.
module_path()	Return absolute directory of system executable.

Exceptions

LinkCheckerError	Exception to be raised on linkchecker-specific check errors.
LinkCheckerInterrupt	Used for testing.

exception linkcheck.LinkCheckerError

Bases: Exception

Exception to be raised on linkchecker-specific check errors.

exception linkcheck.LinkCheckerInterrupt

Bases: Exception

Used for testing.

linkcheck.get_link_pat(arg, strict=False)

Get a link pattern matcher for intern/extern links. Returns a compiled pattern and a negate and strict option.

Parameters:

• arg (string) – pattern from config

• strict (bool) – if pattern is to be handled strict

Returns:

dictionary with keys ‘pattern’, ‘negate’ and ‘strict’

Return type:

dict

Raises:

re.error on invalid regular expressions

linkcheck.init_i18n()

Initialize i18n with the configured locale dir. The environment variable LOCPATH can also specify a locale dir.

Returns:

None

linkcheck.module_path()

Return absolute directory of system executable.

Modules

ansicolor	ANSI Color definitions and functions.
better_exchook2
bookmarks
cache	Store and provide cached data during checking in a thread-safe manner.
checker	Main functions for link checking.
cmdline	Utility functions suitable for command line clients.
colorama
command
configuration	Store metadata and options.
containers	Special container classes.
cookies	Parsing of cookies.
data
decorators	Simple decorators (usable in Python >= 2.4).
director	Management of checking a queue of links with several threads.
dummy	Dummy objects.
fileutil	File and path utilities.
ftpparse	Python implementation of a part of Dan Bernstein's ftpparse library.
htmlutil	HTML utils
httputil
i18n	Application internationalization support.
lc_cgi	Functions used by the WSGI script.
loader	Functions to load plugin modules.
lock	Locking utility class.
log	Logging and debug functions.
logconf	Logging configuration
logger	Output logging support for different formats.
memoryutil	Memory utilities.
mimeutil	File and path utilities.
network
parser	Main functions for link parsing
plugins	Module for plugin management.
robotparser2	Robots.txt parser.
socketutil
strformat	Various string utility functions.
threader	Support for managing threads.
trace
url	Functions for parsing and matching URL strings.