Link Checker #121

	name: Link Checker
	on:
	pull_request:
	branches:
	- main
	- find_linkcheckerrc
	push:
	branches:
	- main
	- find_linkcheckerrc
	schedule:
	# run every Sunday at 00:00 UTC
	- cron: '0 0 * * 0'

	jobs:
	verify:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	steps:
	- name: Checkout Repository
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	- name: Install Dependencies
	run: \|
	pip3 install --upgrade pip
	pip3 install linkchecker==10.2.1
	pip3 install requests
	- name: search for linkcheckerrc file
	id: find-file
	run: \|
	file_path=$(find /home/runner/.local/lib/python3.* -name linkcheckerrc)
	echo "linkcheckerrc located here: $file_path"
	echo "file_path=$file_path" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
	- name: amend linkcheckerrc to ignore 403 errors
	run: \|
	sed -i '/#ignoreerrors=/a ignoreerrors=\n ^http* ^403 Forbidden\n ^http* ^418 Unknown Code' $(echo ${{ steps.find-file.outputs.file_path }})
	- name: run linkchecker
	run: \|
	cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/
	nohup python3 -m http.server </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 &
	export LOCAL_HOST=$(hostname -i)
	linkchecker --verbose --check-extern http://${LOCAL_HOST}:8000/nav.html

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