Name
referrer — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1
Synopsis
Read-only
Returns a string of the URL of the page from which the current page
was accessed, provided the original page had a link to the current
page. Many server logs capture this information as well. Scripts can
see whether the visitor reached the current document from specific
origins and perhaps present slightly different content on the page
accordingly. If the visitor arrived by another method, such as typing
the document URL into a browser dialog or by selecting a bookmark,
the referrer
property returns an empty string.
Example
if (document.referrer) { document.write("<P>Thanks for following the link to our web site.</P>") }
Value
String.
Default
None.
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