Getting the URL which redirected to this page

Question

In this code:

if (screen.width <= 800) {
    window.location = "http://www.megaoferta.bg/mobile";
}

How can I identify the URL from whom the page is opened with JavaScript?

For example, if people get to my page from a Google search, how can I obtain the page "google.com" using JavaScript?

as a side note, never use `window.location` ... use `window.location.href`. it has nothing to do with answering the question, just would be remiss if i didnt mention it.3 — PlantTheIdea, Dec 15 '14 at 17:21
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2415633/how-to-get-previous-page-url-using-jquery — , Dec 15 '14 at 17:22

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '14 at 17:20

6

You can use the document referrer:

var x = document.referrer;

answered Dec 15 '14 at 17:20

SeanLF

This is taking the whole URL adress, how can i get only the domain ? for example: google.com without the `http://` and `www` – Venelin Dec 15 '14 at 17:27
This won't work if the referrer is using SSL. Google has turned on SSL by default. – larrydalmeida Mar 06 '16 at 15:40

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