How can I access browser history with Next.js?

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I need user history for some redirection. How can I access it? If I couldn't there are the best practices to store the user history in my app.

Please provide enough code so others can better understand or reproduce the problem. — Community, Nov 15 '21 at 11:14
Does this answer your question: [How to get the previous URL in JavaScript?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3528324/how-to-get-the-previous-url-in-javascript)? In some cases you can use `document.referrer`. Otherwise, you'll need to implement your own logic to keep track of the visited pages. — juliomalves, Nov 15 '21 at 22:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '21 at 15:26

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Accessing browser history is not directly linked with NextJS. If you want to access browser history, you can directly access it with window history object (Browser Object Model).

answered Nov 15 '21 at 15:26

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '21 at 08:10

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In Nextjs use nextjs router hook for handling redirections.

Also you can use window or document browser objects, but make sure they are client rendered instead of server, as they will be undefined in server.

more you can read here

answered Nov 15 '21 at 08:10

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I need to know the previous page. I can't find solution with Next-router – kursademirtas Nov 15 '21 at 08:38
do you need to go to the previous page ? – abhikumar22 Nov 15 '21 at 08:43
Nope, I need to know what is the previous page? – kursademirtas Nov 15 '21 at 08:59
do you want to know the path ? – abhikumar22 Nov 15 '21 at 09:32
Yeap, I need to know the path. – kursademirtas Nov 15 '21 at 10:25
How did you come to know the path @kursademirtas – heytulsiprasad Nov 27 '22 at 18:08

How can I access browser history with Next.js?

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