YACA

Yet Another Content Auditor

Generate a content audit of a website free and open-source.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Scrapy

Usage

$ ./yaca.py -h
usage: yaca.py [-h] [-d DEPTH] [-dl DELAY] [-c] [-ah] [-p] [-sd] [-ct CONTENTTYPE] domain

positional arguments:
  domain                Domain/URL - Starting point. <example>.<tld>

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d DEPTH, --depth DEPTH
                        Maximum depth of the crawl (default 0=unlimited)
  -dl DELAY, --delay DELAY
                        Delay between individual page downloads in seconds (float supported)
  -c, --children        Include links within the domain in JSON output
  -ah, --ahrefs         Include links outside the domain in JSON output
  -p, --parent          Include parent in CSV output
  -sd, --subdomains     Include subdomains
  -ct CONTENTTYPE, --contenttype CONTENTTYPE
                        Content-Type of pages that should be crawled (default = only text/html)

Example

./yaca.py brunch.io

url	content_type	status	title	h1
https://brunch.io/	text/html; charset=utf-8	200	Brunch - ultra-fast HTML5 build tool	Seeing your build tool in nightmares?
https://brunch.io/plugins	text/html; charset=utf-8	200	Brunch - ultra-fast HTML5 build tool	Plugins
https://brunch.io/skeletons	text/html; charset=utf-8	200	Brunch - ultra-fast HTML5 build tool	Skeletons
https://brunch.io/docs/getting-started	text/html; charset=utf-8	200	Brunch - ultra-fast HTML5 build tool	Brunch: Getting started
...	...	...	...	...

Related

YASM - Yet Another Site Mapper
Create a (visual) site map from the output of YACA.

License

MIT

Authors

• @AlmostBearded
• @d4geiger
• @LoLei

Background

Developed originally for the class Information Architecture and Web Usability.