bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm

Check HTTP status codes on file links

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#1,831 opened on Jan 17, 2022

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Description

When an edition has a link out to a copy of the book, it would be great to automatically check that the link isn't returning a 404 or error type status code. I think this can be a HEAD request. I'm not sure when the best time to do it is.

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Investigate existing link validation in the codebase, implement a HEAD request to check status codes, and decide on the appropriate trigger time (e.g., on save, periodic batch).
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python
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backend
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3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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PythonHTTP
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70