validate-external-links.yml

name: External link validation

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: 0 11 * * *

jobs:
  linkvalidator:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      issues: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: lychee Link Checker
        id: lychee
        uses: lycheeverse/lychee-action@v2.1.0
        with:
          fail: false
          args: --accept=200,403,429 -s "https"  "**/*.html" "**/*.md" "**/*.txt" "**/*.json" --exclude "https://github.com/\[your*" --exclude "https://localhost:9200" --exclude-mail

      - name: Find Link Checker Issue
        uses: micalevisk/last-issue-action@v2
        id: known-issue
        with:
          state: open
          labels: |
            link-checker

      - name: Create Issue From File
        if: steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code != 0 && steps.known-issue.outputs.has-found != 'true'
        uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v5
        with:
          issue-number: "${{ steps.known-issue.outputs.issue-number }}"
          title: Link Checker Report
          content-filepath: ./lychee/out.md
          labels: link-checker