' Written: March 15, 2011
' Updated: April 29, 2012
' Author: Leith Ross
' Summary: Returns the status for a URL along with the Page Source HTML text.
Public PageSource As String
Public httpRequest As Object
Function GetURLStatus(ByVal URL As String, Optional AllowRedirects As Boolean)
Const WinHttpRequestOption_EnableRedirects = 6
If httpRequest Is Nothing Then
On Error Resume Next
Set httpRequest = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
If httpRequest Is Nothing Then
Set httpRequest = CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5")
End If
Err.Clear
On Error GoTo 0
End If
' Control if the URL being queried is allowed to redirect.
httpRequest.Option(WinHttpRequestOption_EnableRedirects) = AllowRedirects
' Clear any pervious web page source information
PageSource = ""
' Add protocol if missing
If InStr(1, URL, "://") = 0 Then
URL = "http://" & URL
End If
' Launch the HTTP httpRequest synchronously
On Error Resume Next
httpRequest.Open "GET", URL, False
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' Handle connection errors
GetURLStatus = Err.Description
Err.Clear
Exit Function
End If
On Error GoTo 0
' Send the http httpRequest for server status
On Error Resume Next
httpRequest.Send
httpRequest.WaitForResponse
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' Handle server errors
PageSource = "Error"
GetURLStatus = Err.Description
Err.Clear
Else
' Show HTTP response info
GetURLStatus = httpRequest.Status & " - " & httpRequest.StatusText
' Save the web page text
PageSource = httpRequest.ResponseText
End If
On Error GoTo 0
End Function
Sub ValidateURLs()
Dim Cell As Range
Dim Rng As Range
Dim RngEnd As Range
Dim Status As String
Dim Wks As Worksheet
Set Wks = ActiveSheet
Set Rng = Wks.Range("A1")
Set RngEnd = Wks.Cells(Rows.Count, Rng.Column).End(xlUp)
If RngEnd.Row < Rng.Row Then Exit Sub Else Set Rng = Wks.Range(Rng, RngEnd)
For Each Cell In Rng
Status = GetURLStatus(Cell)
Cell.Offset(0, 1) = Status
Next Cell
End Sub
