[DX-1696] Check for broken external urls

[yurisasuke]

User description

We only check for internal broken links. We should also make sure that we also check for external ones.
DX-1696

This solution has been closed since:

1. It is treating some internal links as external links. (especially those links without http in them(relative links) )

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PR Type

enhancement, configuration changes

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Description

• Enabled checking for broken external URLs in the .htmltest.yml configuration file.
• Excluded specific URLs from the external link checks to prevent false positives.
• Removed an unnecessary preconnect link to Algolia in the footer scripts.

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Changes walkthrough 📝

	Relevant files
Enhancement	footer_scripts.html Remove preconnect link to Algolia in footer scripts            tyk-docs/themes/tykio/layouts/partials/footer_scripts.html Removed a preconnect link to Algolia. +0/-1
Configuration changes	.htmltest.yml Enable external link checking and exclude specific URLs    .htmltest.yml Enabled external link checking. Excluded specific GitHub and support URLs from checks. +3/-1

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⚡ Recommended focus areas for review Configuration Change The change to enable external link checking (CheckExternal: true) could potentially increase the build times and should be tested to ensure it does not affect the deployment pipeline adversely. Removed Code The removal of the preconnect link to Algolia might affect the performance of the site's search functionality. This should be verified to ensure that there are no negative impacts on user experience.

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Enhancement	Improve URL matching accuracy in the ignore list Add a trailing dollar sign to the regex for ignoring URLs to ensure it only matches the exact URLs specified, avoiding potential mismatches with similar URLs. .htmltest.yml [10-11] -- "^https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-docs" -- "^https://support.tyk.io" +- "^https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-docs$" +- "^https://support.tyk.io$" Suggestion importance[1-10]: 8 Why: Adding a trailing dollar sign to the regex ensures that only the exact URLs are matched, preventing potential mismatches with similar URLs. This enhances the accuracy of the ignore list, making it a valuable improvement.	8

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[yurisasuke]

closing as i look for a better solution.Current solution has so many unnecessary errors.

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Persistent review updated to latest commit caef11c

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Category	Suggestion	Score
Enhancement	Improve URL matching accuracy in the ignore list Add a trailing dollar sign to the regex for ignoring URLs to ensure it only matches the exact URLs specified, avoiding potential mismatches with similar URLs. .htmltest.yml [10-11] -- "^https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-docs" -- "^https://support.tyk.io" +- "^https://github.com/TykTechnologies/tyk-docs$" +- "^https://support.tyk.io$" Suggestion importance[1-10]: 8 Why: Adding a trailing dollar sign to the regex ensures that only the exact URLs are matched, preventing potential mismatches with similar URLs. This enhances the accuracy of the ignore list, making it a valuable improvement.	8

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Persistent review updated to latest commit 7871fe9

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