SPE - Report - External Link Checker.ps1

<#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Lists the items with broken external links in the current language.
        
    .NOTES
        Daniel Scherrer
        Adapted from the Broken Links Checker Report by Michael West.
#>

$database = "master"
$root = Get-Item -Path (@{$true="$($database):\content\home"; $false="$($database):\content"}[(Test-Path -Path "$($database):\content\home")])

$props = @{
    Parameters = @(
        @{Name="root"; Title="Choose the report root"; Tooltip="Only items in this branch will be returned."; Columns=9}
    )
    Title = "Broken External Links Report"
    Description = "Choose the criteria for the report."
    Width = 550
    Height = 300
    ShowHints = $true
}

$result = Read-Variable @props

if($result -eq "cancel"){
    exit
}

$items = Get-ChildItem -Path $root.ProviderPath -Recurse

if($items.Count -eq 0){
    Show-Alert "There are no items found which have broken links in the current language."
} else {
    
    $bel_items = @();
    
    foreach($item in $items) {
        foreach($field in $Item.Fields) {
            if ($field.Type -eq 'General Link' -and $field.Value -like '*linktype="external"*') { 
                $found = $field.Value -match '.*url="(.*?)".*'
                if($found) {
                    $url = $matches[1]
                }
                
                try{ 
                    $response = Invoke-WebRequest $url -UseBasicParsing -method head
                } 
                catch {
                    $statuscode = $_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.Value__
                    
                    if(!$statuscode) {
                        $statuscode = "Not reachable"
                    }
                    
                    $reportItem = @{'FieldName'=$field.Name;
                                    'Item'=$Item;
                                    'FieldValue'=$url;
                                    'StatusCode'=$statuscode;
                    }

                    $bel_items = $bel_items + $reportItem
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    $props = @{
        InfoTitle = "Items with broken external links"
        InfoDescription = "Lists the items with broken external links searching the latest version in the current language."
        PageSize = 25
    }
    
    $bel_items |
        Show-ListView @props -Property @{Label="Status Code"; Expression={$_.StatusCode} },
            @{Label="External Url"; Expression={$_.FieldValue} },
            @{Label="Field Name"; Expression={$_.FieldName} },
            @{Label="Name"; Expression={$_.Item.DisplayName} },
            @{Label="Path"; Expression={$_.Item.ItemPath} }
}
Close-Window

This is fantastic. I'll have to give it a try! Maybe we could make the current report give you options to do both.

Thank you Michael. Yes, that's a good idea!

Btw. I have not found a good solution to add custom properties to the report and enable the functionality of the oob "Open-Item"-Button in the same way. Is it possible and a good approach to reflect the properties of the report-object about a Sitecore-Item-Type or a Property with the Name "Item" (or combination)? What do you think?

Hi @daniiiol you can use the Add-Member command to enrich the objects with additional properties. use help Add-Member -Examples for more details.