The history object contains the URLs visited by the user (within a browser window). How do I view the visited URLs? I tried consoling the object and checked through all the fields, couldn't find the required data. history.back() will load the previous, but I just want to know the previous URL.
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You cannot do this.
It's made for security reasons.
However you can view the last one (page which you came from) by checking document.referrer.
See more here
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Is there any other way to get the history? (I know I can manually stack up the URLs using location.href) – Shrinivas Oct 27 '15 at 12:42
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nope as far as i know, but look at solution below from @piterio – Romko Oct 27 '15 at 15:19
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If it's a security reason why you are allowed to manipulate the history stack ? – Ridan Nov 30 '17 at 19:43
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Maybe you can have some kind of solution saving the document.referrer using localStorage each time you need.
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