def validate_links()

in scripts/linkchecker.py [0:0]

• 32 lines of code
• 9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def validate_links(page):
    """Find and validate links on a content page.

    The checking records are consolidated into the global variable RESULT.
    """
    try:
        with open(page, "r") as f:
            data = f.readlines()
    except Exception as ex:
        print("[Error] failed in reading markdown file: " + str(ex))
        return

    content = "\n".join(strip_comments(data))

    # Single results: searches for pattern: []()
    link_pattern = r"\[([`/\w\s\n]*)\]\(([^\)]*)\)"
    regex = re.compile(link_pattern)

    matches = regex.findall(content)
    records = []
    for m in matches:
        r = check_target(page, m[0], m[1])
        if r:
            records.append(r)

    # searches for pattern: {{< api-reference page="" anchor=""
    apiref_pattern = r"{{ *< *api-reference page=\"([^\"]*?)\" *anchor=\"(.*?)\""
    regex = re.compile(apiref_pattern)

    matches = regex.findall(content)
    for m in matches:
        r = check_apiref_target(m[0], m[1])
        if r:
            records.append(r)

    # searches for pattern: {{< api-reference page=""
    apiref_pattern = r"{{ *< *api-reference page=\"([^\"]*?)\""
    regex = re.compile(apiref_pattern)

    matches = regex.findall(content)
    for m in matches:
        r = check_apiref_target(m, None)
        if r:
            records.append(r)

    if len(records):
        RESULT[page] = records