[Enhancement] Link Utilities: Check dead links & resolve redirects about playnite-extensions HOT 3 CLOSED

This is a planned feature since the beginning and I already tried to implement it, but unfortunately many websites don't return an OK or do a redirect without the corresponding return code. Also many websites return "forbidden", if I try to reach them without JavaScript and Cookies. With the given possibilities of the Playnite SDK unfortunately I can't evade those problems. So the feature only would be useful for a fraction of sites.

Another idea is to just show, what a website returns and let the user decide, if that's ok or not. But that might be confusing for users that aren't that technically savvy.

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yes, the CurseForge thing made me think of that. Perhaps this could be pushed back in scope to just handle 301s like the one I mentioned.

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I added the functionality now, but a little different. "Check links" checks all links fo the selected games and returns the results including status code and response URL. The user can now check theirself if the link is ok or remove/replace it in the result window. I didn't add a blacklist for now. The feature will be in the next release!

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