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Broken JS

JavaScript files which return a broken page status code such as 404 or 501

Priority: Critical

Impact: Negative

What issues it may cause​

Broken JavaScript files may result in errors in the website causing a poor user experience, and may affect the indexing of the page if the rendered content is not visible to Googlebot.

How do you fix it​

Update the JavaScript link to a working JavaScript URL or remove the link.

What is the positive impact​

Users will have an improved user-experience which can help to build brand recognition and increased click-through rates from search engine results pages.

How to fetch the data for this report template​

You will need to run a crawl for report template to generate report. When report has been generated and you have crawl id you can fetch data for the report using the following query:

Operation: query GetReportStatForCrawl( $crawlId: ObjectID! $reportTemplateCode: String! $after: String ) { getReportStat( input: {crawlId: $crawlId, reportTemplateCode: $reportTemplateCode} ) { crawlUrls(after: $after, reportType: Basic) { nodes { url foundAtUrl level httpStatusCode disallowedPage failedReason js fileExtension foundInGoogleAnalytics foundInGoogleSearchConsole foundInBacklinks foundInList foundInLogSummary foundInWebCrawl foundInSitemap } totalCount pageInfo { endCursor hasNextPage } } } }Variables: {"crawlId":"TjAwNUNyYXdsNDAwMA","reportTemplateCode":"broken_js"}
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GraphQL
query GetReportStatForCrawl(
    $crawlId: ObjectID!
    $reportTemplateCode: String!
    $after: String
   ) {
      getReportStat(
        input: {crawlId: $crawlId, reportTemplateCode: $reportTemplateCode}
      ) {
        crawlUrls(after: $after, reportType: Basic) {
          nodes {
            url
            foundAtUrl
            level
            httpStatusCode
            disallowedPage
            failedReason
            js
            fileExtension
            foundInGoogleAnalytics
            foundInGoogleSearchConsole
            foundInBacklinks
            foundInList
            foundInLogSummary
            foundInWebCrawl
            foundInSitemap
          }
          totalCount
          pageInfo {
            endCursor
            hasNextPage
          }
        }
     }
   }