Code redirect in javascript from a 302

Question

This code works in Google Chrome but not in IE and Firefox. The site "somesite.org" send me 302 (redirect). I want to redirect when it comes from a specific site (somesite.org) to a specific file in my site.

Code:

var url = document.referrer; 

if (url.includes("somesite.org")) { 
    window.location.href = "http://forthisfile.com/this.html"
}

See: IE did not set document.referrer StackOverFlow: [Equivalent document.referrer others](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13681156/ie-did-not-set-document-referrer) — grecio beline, Jul 17 '18 at 17:32

Anshul Bansal · Answer 1 · 2018-07-18T05:47:08.953

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This should work

var url = document.referrer;

    if(url.indexOf("somesite.org") > -1 ){

      window.location = "http://forthisfile.com/this.html" ;
    }

edited Jul 18 '18 at 05:47

answered Jul 17 '18 at 17:35

Anshul Bansal

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Works only in Chrome too. Nothing in IE, firefox and edge. – BRS Jul 17 '18 at 17:50
@BRS , I tried in Firefox . It is working as expected. Any specific errors you saw? – Anshul Bansal Jul 17 '18 at 18:01
If a site has a redirect, I can not send it to a specific page, just with Google Chrome. If it's a link, all browsers works fine with both codes. Without specific error. – BRS Jul 17 '18 at 19:14
Sorry in IE I have this error: Object doesn't support property or method 'includes' – BRS Jul 17 '18 at 19:16
@BRS, in that case you might wanna try 'indexOf' property. Updated answer for the same. – Anshul Bansal Jul 18 '18 at 05:45
What is the version of IE browser? – Dui Samarasinghe Jul 18 '18 at 05:53
Works fine in Chrome, same as before in IE and Firefox. I saw that the referer in IE and Firefox comes in blank, different from chrome. – BRS Jul 18 '18 at 13:01
@BRS , for this case specific to IE, you can check answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/1890744/4749442 – Anshul Bansal Jul 18 '18 at 15:03
@AnshulBansal all browsers in last stable version released. I will try check answer stackoverflow.com/a/1890744/4749442. – BRS Jul 19 '18 at 13:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '18 at 05:58

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IE does not support any form of includes, see MDN reference page.

that said, the alternative is to check the hash:

if(window.location.hash.indexOf("?") >= 0) {
    ...
}

so in your case:

  if(window.location.hash.indexOf("somesite.org") > -1 ){

      window.location = "http://forthisfile.com/this.html" ;
    }

answered Jul 18 '18 at 05:58

Barr J

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Works fine in Chrome, same as before in IE and Firefox. I saw that the referer in IE and Firefox comes in blank, different from chrome. – BRS Jul 18 '18 at 13:01

Code redirect in javascript from a 302

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