ToolAssay

Verify a URL

Verify a URL: does it resolve, what's the final status and redirect chain, is it archived on the Wayback Machine, and (optionally) does expected text appear on the page. Checked via direct fetch and the Internet Archive.

Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
244 msmedian answer time
$0.005listed price per call
$0.005price it asked us

Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.

Endpoint

POST https://goodsong.dev/verify/url

CategoryEverything else
Provider hostgoodsong.dev
Networkseip155:8453
Payment schemesexact
Self-reported calls, 30 days6 from 3 payers (the provider's figure, not ours)

Our checks, last 30 days

DayResultHTTPAskedTime
2026-09-24 valid payment request 402$0.005 244 ms

Example input (from the provider)

{
  "body": {
    "url": "https://example.com/blog/some-article"
  },
  "bodyType": "json",
  "method": "POST",
  "type": "http"
}

Promised output schema (from the provider)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "body": {
          "properties": {
            "expected_content": {
              "description": "Optional text that should appear on the page.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "expected_date": {
              "description": "Optional ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD); checks for an archived snapshot near this date.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "url": {
              "description": "The URL to verify. Must be http or https.",
              "format": "uri",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "url"
          ]
        },
        "bodyType": {
          "enum": [
            "json",
            "form-data",
            "text"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "POST",
            "PUT",
            "PATCH"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method",
        "bodyType",
        "body"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "output": {
      "properties": {
        "example": {
          "properties": {
            "canonical": {
              "type": [
                "object",
                "null"
              ]
            },
            "checks": {
              "type": "object"
            },
            "cost": {
              "type": "object"
            },
            "evidence": {
              "type": "array"
            },
            "latency_ms": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "verdict": {
              "enum": [
                "confirmed",
                "contradicted",
                "unknown"
              ],
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "type": "object"
        },
        "type": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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