Getting the URL of the calling page Java

Question

To put you in the picture, we're using a custom server based on Tomcat 6.0.29. We're developing using Java and Spring.

Let's say I have a link which takes you from http://localhost/display to http://localhost/save. In the controller of http://localhost/save, can I get http://localhost/display from the request parameter somehow?

request.getRequestURL() seems to get the url of the current page.

Eran Medan · Answer 1 · 2011-03-11T15:41:32.187

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This should give you the referring page (is most cases)

request.getHeader("referer");

And here for more details on the request API

edited Mar 11 '11 at 15:41

answered Mar 11 '11 at 15:34

Eran Medan

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 16:01

You can use "referrer" header to check the page from where the request was made. However it would not work in all cases.

One way could be to set a cookie on http://localhost/display and unset it on http://localhost/save. That way you would know if user visited display prior to save.

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