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Link Validation - "This operation is not supported for a relative URI"
I have the same issue.
CMS 7.18
Error log:
2015-02-05 14:24:17,517 [357] ERROR EPiServer.DataAbstraction.ScheduledJob: Job EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationJob failed
System.InvalidOperationException: This operation is not supported for a relative URI.
at System.Uri.get_Scheme()
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidator.ValidateHttpLink(Uri url)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.ValidateLink(Uri url)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.CheckAndUpdateStatus(SoftLink link)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.CheckAndUpdateStatus(IEnumerable`1 softLinks)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.ValidateLinks()
at EPiServer.DataAbstraction.ScheduledJob.<>c__DisplayClass9.<InternalExec>b__5()
System.InvalidOperationException: This operation is not supported for a relative URI.
at System.Uri.get_Scheme()
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidator.ValidateHttpLink(Uri url)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.ValidateLink(Uri url)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.CheckAndUpdateStatus(SoftLink link)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.CheckAndUpdateStatus(IEnumerable`1 softLinks)
at EPiServer.LinkAnalyzer.LinkValidationRunner.ValidateLinks()
at EPiServer.DataAbstraction.ScheduledJob.<>c__DisplayClass9.<InternalExec>b__5()
Feb 05, 2015 15:14
Hi,
Have seen this issue earlier and problem was related to link to www.site.com - this entry did not have an http:// header. It could also happen when a url has an invalid character or even due to a relative URI -entries in tblContentSoftlink.
What you can do is to run sql query below and see if it returns any hit. If yes, correct those links and re-run the job. You should be fine hopefully.
SELECT *FROM tblContentSoftlinkWHERE (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%~/link%') AND (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%http%') AND (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%https%') AND (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%mailto%')
/Shahid
Feb 05, 2015 15:51
The SQL query returned about 600 links, most of them was JavaScript methods and a few was relative links to Global Assets folder.
These links are not to be considered broken as they are working.
I have been in contact with the EPiServer Developer Support and they suggested the same query and adding a few exclusions to the LinkValidator configuration.
Our configuration is as follows:
<linkValidator
externalLinkErrorThreshold="10"
maximumRunTime="4:00:00"
recheckInterval="30.00:00:00"
userAgent="EPiServer LinkValidator"
proxyAddress=""
proxyUser=""
proxyPassword=""
proxyDomain=""
internalLinkValidation="Api">
<excludePatterns>
<add regex="^\."/>
<add regex="^\/"/>
<add regex="^cel" />
<add regex="^Documents" />
<add regex="^file" />
<add regex="^javascript" />
<add regex="^outbind" />
</excludePatterns>
</linkValidator>
However, the error message still persists.
Feb 11, 2015 13:39
Hi,
Did you solve this issue?
I have the same error on our site.
// Andreas
Mar 16, 2015 14:28
Like Shahid:
Run this query:
SELECT *
FROM tblContentSoftlink
WHERE (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%~/link%') AND (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%http%') AND (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%https%') AND (LinkURL NOT LIKE '%mailto%')
Every hit contains a broken link. Go to the page and correct the link.
Worked for me.
Mar 16, 2015 14:35
Thanks!
I tried it, I got a lot of tel:-links (tel:08010101). Can that be a problem for the link validator?
Mar 16, 2015 16:35
I added this in my episerver.config-file. Now the job is running.
<linkValidator> <excludePatterns> <add regex="^\."/> <add regex="^\/"/> <add regex="^cel" /> <add regex="^Documents" /> <add regex="^file" /> <add regex="^javascript" /> <add regex="^outbind" /> <add regex="^tel" /> </excludePatterns> </linkValidator>
Mar 16, 2015 17:03
You may have to change the exclusion list depending on your links. I added ^globalassets and removed ^Documents on my sites to get it to work.
Jun 08, 2015 13:20
I have a EPiServer CMS 7.13 web site and is trying to run the Link Validation scheduled job.
However, the job always fails and returns the error "This operation is not supported for a relative URI.".
I have not done any configuration at all and the Link Validation is completely default.
Thanks for helping.