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Link Extractor Scraper

Paste raw HTML, markdown, or plain text and instantly extract every unique URL. Filter by HTTPS/HTTP, search across results, and export links in bulk. 100% client-side ā€” no network requests made.

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Supports HTML, markdown, plain text, JSON, XML, CSS, and any URL-containing content.

šŸ’” Privacy: All URL extraction happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript regex. No input text, URLs, or results are transmitted to any server. Safe for confidential HTML, internal codebases, and client page sources.

Link Auditing: Why URL Extraction Matters for SEO and Security

Outbound and internal links embedded in a page carry significant SEO weight. Undetected broken links drain crawl budget, create frustrating user experiences, and signal poor maintenance to search engine crawlers. Extracting all URLs from a page source allows you to systematically audit, verify, and manage every link relationship.

Security auditors use link extraction to detect unexpected third-party script injections, mixed-content issues (HTTP resources on HTTPS pages), or unauthorized redirects embedded in HTML. Identifying every http:// URL on a secured site immediately highlights potential vulnerabilities.

Practical Use Cases

  • Broken Link Detection: Extract all URLs, then verify each with a status checker for 404/301 responses.
  • Mixed Content Audit: Filter for HTTP links on HTTPS pages to identify insecure asset loads.
  • Competitor Backlink Analysis: Paste scraped HTML to surface all outbound link targets at once.
  • Sitemap Verification: Extract links from XML sitemaps to verify counts and formats.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What kinds of input does the extractor support?

The extractor works on any raw text format ā€” HTML source code, CSS files, JavaScript bundles, markdown documents, CSV exports, JSON data, or plain prose. Any content containing http:// or https:// URLs will be scanned and extracted.

How does duplicate detection work?

URLs are stored in a JavaScript Set after cleaning. This means identical URLs are counted only once regardless of how many times they appear in the input. Trailing punctuation (e.g., periods, commas, brackets) is automatically stripped before comparison.

What is the 'Unique Domains' filter mode?

This filter shows only the first URL encountered per root domain (e.g., github.com), deduplicating at the hostname level rather than the full URL level. It is useful for auditing how many distinct third-party domains a page references.

Does this tool make any network requests or visit the URLs?

No. This is a pure string-parsing tool. It reads only the text you paste in the input box and processes it locally in your browser using regular expressions. No outbound requests are made and no data leaves your device.

How to Use This Tool

  1. 1Paste raw HTML source code, plain text, markdown, or any content containing URLs into the input area.
  2. 2Click 'Extract Links' to scan and deduplicate all URLs found in the input.
  3. 3Use the filter tabs to narrow results by HTTPS-only, HTTP-only, or unique domains.
  4. 4Search within extracted results using the inline search box to find specific URLs or domains.
  5. 5Click 'Copy All Links' to export the filtered URL list to your clipboard, or copy individual links using the row buttons.