diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+config.py
+*.csv
diff --git a/example.config.py b/example.config.py
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+report_url = 'https://library.cca.edu/cgi-bin/koha/svc/report?id=345'
+opac_url = 'https://library.cca.edu/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber={id}'
+log_filename = 'linkcheck.csv'
diff --git a/linkcheck.py b/linkcheck.py
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+import csv
+import io
+import logging
+import urllib3
+
+import requests
+
+import config
+
+# log to both file & console in CSV-like format, we have to get pretty hacky to
+# do CSV formatting for logging a list (not single message value)
+logging.basicConfig(
+    datefmt='%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
+    format='"%(asctime)s","%(levelname)s",%(message)s',
+    handlers=[
+        logging.FileHandler(config.log_filename),
+        logging.StreamHandler(),
+    ],
+)
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+
+def quote(list):
+    output = io.StringIO()
+    writer = csv.writer(output, quoting=csv.QUOTE_ALL)
+    writer.writerow(list)
+    return output.getvalue().strip()
+
+# our Koha cert isn't recognized but it's fine, silence this warning
+urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
+report = requests.get(config.report_url, verify=False)
+
+for bib in report.json():
+    # bibs are arrays like [urls string, title, biblionumber]
+    urls, title, id = bib
+    # urls are separated by " | "
+    urls = urls.split(' | ')
+    for url in urls:
+        try:
+            r = requests.get(url)
+            # distinguish between severity of 5XX & 4XX HTTP errors
+            if r.status_code >= 500:
+                logger.error(quote([title, config.opac_url.format(id=id), r.status_code, url]))
+            elif r.status_code >= 400:
+                logger.warning(quote([title, config.opac_url.format(id=id), r.status_code, url]))
+        except:
+            logger.error(quote([title, config.opac_url.format(id=id), 'HTTP Exception', url]))
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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+# Check links in MARC records
+
+Takes a public Koha report and checks each URL (`856$u`) to see if they resolve successfully.
+
+## Notes
+
+Use the included `report.sql` to create a SQL report in Koha, be sure to set "Public" to "Yes" so the report JSON can be publicly accessed.
+
+The app prints URLs with non-200 HTTP response statuses. It also catches HTTP exceptions within the requests library, which can occur when a domain is unavailable.
+
+Some websites have poor server hygiene and send successful HTTP responses with non-200 error codes. Not a lot we can do about that.
diff --git a/report.sql b/report.sql
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+SELECT bi.url, b.title, b.biblionumber
+FROM biblio b
+JOIN biblioitems bi USING (biblionumber)
+WHERE bi.url <> ''