Verify link integrity in HTML games

[bosbrand]

The vdategame Lisette finally pushed me over the edge. I've been annoyed by the fact that the existence of the files referred by the HTML seems to be an everlasting source of bugs for ages. But now I finally decided to do something about it.

I've written a small Java program that reads all *.html and *.js files in a directory, and verifies the existence of all (recognized) file mentions.
Currently that means that all filenames directly surrounded by quotes are recognized.
For example

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document.write("<img src='buttonsetc/clock930.jpg'>");
or
<area shape="rect" coords="536,119,654,228" onClick="varMinus5('money')" href="dbandbarcheck3.html" title="Choose beer" />

but that should be simple to expand if needed.

A little sample of the tool at work:

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C:\Users\bosbrand\Documents\Code\Results>java -jar LinkVerifier.jar "c:\Div\Virtual Dates\Lisette\game"
dbandbar4.html -> dbandcheck4.html      link missing
hdare102.html -> images/dare2.jpg      link missing
hdare103.html -> images/dare3.jpg      link missing
hdare3_13.html -> dare3_15.html      link missing
hdare3_5.html -> dare3_7.html      link missing
hdare9_12.html -> hare9_15.html      link missing
restgame.html -> street3.html      link missing
restgame.html -> street4.html      link missing
restgame.html -> street5.html      link missing
restgame.html -> home1.html      link missing
restgame2.html -> restquizcheck8.html      link missing
tubcheck3.html -> bedcheck2.html      link missing
tubcheck3.html -> bedroom2.html      link missing
tubcheck4.html -> bedcheck2.html      link missing
tubcheck4.html -> bedroom2.html      link missing
tubcheck5.html -> tun21.html      link missing
tubcheck6.html -> tun51.html      link missing


And of course a downloadlink, just in case there actually is a demand out there...
https://rapidshare.com/files/2834667117/LinkVerifier.jar
(Hope this works, never used Rapidshare before)

[Ehlanna]

Bloody good idea!
If only the authors of such games would use it!

[ElKo]

Very nice tool!
But I don't think Chaotic will look at it.

[sylakone2]

Hi i have downloaded it but how do I actually get it to work double clicking doesn't do anything sorry my java knowledge is very limited I know java script will but it is completely different.

Thanks

[bosbrand]

Of course. I should have packaged it with a little readme. You'll need to fire it up from the command line. Wish I knew how to integrate it better into Windows, but that's ongoing research, I'm afraid.

Anyways. Quick HowTo:

Start a command line and cd to the place where the LinkVerifier.jar lives.
Start the verifier with a command like this:

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java -jar LinkVerifier.jar "c:\documents\dirToBeChecked"

The results should show up directly on the screen.

HTH.

[sylakone2]

Thanks heaps that tool will be very useful as i get further into my new game.

Cheers