How to get HTTP-Referer via JS | Jquery?

Asked Nov 03 '14 at 14:59

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Is it possible to get the http-referer of visitors via pure JS or with JQuery?

edited Oct 22 '15 at 10:26

Chris Seymour

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asked Nov 03 '14 at 14:59

Za Noza

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[`document.referrer`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document.referrer)... – War10ck Nov 03 '14 at 15:03

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Yes. Just use document.referrer.

answered Nov 03 '14 at 15:01

Scimonster

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A direct link doesn't have a referer anyways. – Scimonster Nov 03 '14 at 15:03
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you are faster, damn :D – nicael Nov 03 '14 at 15:04
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@Scimonster Not true about "direct link doesn't have referer". New Rules here http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-5.5.2 Must be `about:blank` – Za Noza Nov 03 '14 at 15:19