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Redirect Chain Analyzer

Trace every redirect chain in bulk during domain migrations to prevent SEO loss from broken or looping redirects. A single redirect loop or chain longer than 3 hops can cause search engines to drop pages from the index entirely. This actor follows 301/302/307/308 redirects for each URL, records every hop, and reports the final destination and status — processing thousands of URLs in minutes.

Features

• Full chain visibility — records every redirect hop with URL, status code, Location header, and resolved next URL
• Bulk processing — analyze thousands of URLs in a single run with configurable concurrency
• Loop detection — identifies redirect loops and chains that exceed the configured hop limit
• HTTP method control — use HEAD requests for speed or GET when servers block HEAD
• Flexible input — accepts bare domains, HTTP URLs, or HTTPS URLs
• Error resilience — reports timeouts and connection errors per URL without stopping the run
• Redirect counting — separates total hops from actual redirect count for clear reporting

Input

Input Example

{
"urls":[
"http://example.com",
"https://example.com/old-page",
"http://www.example.com"
],
"maxRedirects":10,
"method":"HEAD",
"concurrency":10
}

Output

Each URL produces one dataset item with the complete redirect chain from input URL to final destination.

• inputUrl (string) — the original URL you provided
• finalUrl (string | null) — the URL after all redirects resolve
• finalStatus (number | null) — HTTP status code of the final destination
• hopCount (number) — total number of hops in the chain (including the final destination)
• redirectCount (number) — number of actual redirects (hopCount minus 1)
• hops (array) — ordered list of hops, each with url, status, location, and nextUrl
• checkedAt (string) — ISO timestamp
• error (string) — error message if the request failed (only present on errors)

Output Example

{
"inputUrl":"http://example.com",
"finalUrl":"https://www.example.com/",
"finalStatus":200,
"hopCount":3,
"redirectCount":2,
"hops":[
{
"url":"http://example.com",
"status":301,
"location":"https://example.com/",
"nextUrl":"https://example.com/"
},
{
"url":"https://example.com/",
"status":301,
"location":"https://www.example.com/",
"nextUrl":"https://www.example.com/"
},
{
"url":"https://www.example.com/",
"status":200,
"location":null,
"nextUrl":null
}
],
"checkedAt":"2025-11-20T14:30:00.000Z"
}

Pricing

You are charged per URL traced. Platform usage fees apply separately.

Use Cases

• Domain migration validation — verify all old URLs redirect correctly to their new destinations after a migration
• HTTP-to-HTTPS audit — confirm every HTTP URL properly 301-redirects to its HTTPS counterpart
• www/non-www canonicalization — check that www and non-www versions resolve to a single canonical URL
• Redirect chain cleanup — find chains with 3+ hops that slow down crawling and dilute link equity
• Vanity URL verification — confirm short URLs and marketing redirects land on the correct pages

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