Small script to check for dead links

gistfile1.py

import requests

def check_link(_url):
    _url = _url.strip()
    if not _url:
        return

    if not _url.startswith('http://'):
        _url = 'http://' + _url

    try:
        r = requests.get(_url)
    except requests.ConnectionError:
        print "Connection Error", _url
    else:
        if r.status_code != 200:
            print r.status_code, _url

if __name__ == "__main__":
    for line in open("links.txt"):
        check_link(line)