Powershell script to loop over a list of URLs, make a HTTP HEAD request and check for (first) 301 response.

Check list of URLs for 301.ps

#-------------
# Script to loop over a list of URLs, make a HTTP HEAD request and check for (first) 301 response
#   INPUT: A txt file with one URL per line
#   
#   OUTPUT: A CSV file with columns for:
#               - RequestURI = the URI from than line in input file
#               - StatusCode = response status code (blank if error code!)
#               - Error = Error message (for 404 or 500 errors)
#

$linksFilePath = "C:\Temp_Stuff\{your input file}.txt"
$outCSVPath = "C:\Temp_Stuff\{your output file}.csv"

get-content $linksFilePath |
 Foreach { $uri = $_; try { Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Method HEAD -MaximumRedirection 0 -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -UseBasicParsing } catch { 
        New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property @{ Error = $_ } } } |
 Select @{Name="RequestURI";Expression={$uri}}, StatusCode, @{Name="RedirectTo";Expression={$_.Headers["Location"]}}, Error |
 Export-Csv $outCSVPath

Hi,
I want to check redirects created for multilingual website, the URL contains "locale" keyword, so I need to replace it with language and then check where it is redirected to. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks

Hi,
I want to check redirects created for multilingual website, the URL contains "locale" keyword, so I need to replace it with language and then check where it is redirected to. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks

@shivagra : this little powershell script loops over a list of URLs and lists any redirects. So, maybe you could create and "input file" with all your locale Urls (one per line) and use this script?

Tnx for this.Its saved my day , when i need checking for nodes with forbiden access mesages.
By Karel