How can I retrieve the previous URL in AngularJS

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I know I can get the current URL using $location.search() and $location.path() but I need a way to get previous one. Can I use a global variable or something like that?

Would `document.referrer` work for you? In that case this question might be a dupe http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3528324/how-do-you-get-the-previous-url-in-javascript — Patrick, Apr 29 '16 at 08:57

score 7 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 29 '16 at 09:14

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Angular $rootScope will have the all information across your all app components.

Here below $location service injected on $rootscope will give you the route information.

$rootScope.$on('$locationChangeStart', function (event, current, previous) {
        console.log("Previous URL" +previous);
});

edited Apr 29 '16 at 09:14

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answered Apr 29 '16 at 09:06

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 29 '16 at 08:49

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You can use for example ui-router to control the flow of your application and with this library it's easy to implement previousState by saving it in $stateChangeSuccess event.

answered Apr 29 '16 at 08:49

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 29 '16 at 09:01

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You can do this when listening on the $routeChangeSuccess event. Parameters are currentRoute and previousRoute. You can also use $locationChangeStart and save the current route yourself.

See here:

AngularJS $route

AngularJS $location

answered Apr 29 '16 at 09:01

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How can I retrieve the previous URL in AngularJS

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