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Questions tagged [http-referrer]

Header field that identifies where the current HTTP request started

HTTP referer [sic] is a HTTP header field used and sent by programs and/or browsers to indicate where the current request started from.

Some browsers may not send any by design or by user setting, and thus may affect how certain websites or webpages will show content.

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How can I see a page's referrer in Chrome?

I've read the "answers" on this question, which is pretty much what I'm asking, but no one actually provides an answer. Nowhere in the Developer Tools (that I can see, anyway) is there a clear indicator of the current page's referring page. This is…
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How do you block referrer logging in Google Chrome?

I've searched though all the settings I can find in Chrome but can't determine how to disable referrer logging for both HTTP and HTTPS requests. How can I do this?
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What is the HTTP referrer for Firefox when opening a link in a new tab?

Just out of curiosity: My default browsing behavior (with FireFox 3.5) is to open links in a new tab. If I am searching something in google, I always right-click search results and open them in a new tab. If I am looking at popular links on…
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How to create a link that uses Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky"?

I would like to send a visitor to this page: http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=6920927181221 But if there is no referrer to http://www.google.com, the functionality I'm feeling lucky doesn't work. Do you have…
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How can a referrer be the same as the current url?

Under what circumstances can a visit to a url have a referrer that is the same url as the one being visited? Edit: To clarify why I'm asking, I have seen this happen multiple times on a production website and I can't reproduce it. There are no forms…
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How to change Firefox's referer header for all http requests

When making a request for (for example) http://example.com/foo/bar.baz, Firefox sends a referer header indicating which page I clicked a link from, or is loading a picture, etc. Eg: Referer: http://somewhere.else.com/page.html I would like it to…
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How to allow only specific domains to receive Firefox HTTP referers?

Until then to hide the http-referrer, I put the Firefox variable network.http.sendRefererHeader (in about:config) to 0. But when I want to log in edX this site ask me for my referrer. That’s why I want to select domains I want to allow to see my…
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Using the Firefox addon "Modify Headers" to change Referrer

Hey there, I want to quickly and easily change my referrer to test something... In the past I know there was nifty little Proxy programs that allowed you to enter whatever you wanted as your HTTP Referrer, but now I understand it's easier just to…
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Referral with regex for firefox?

I am looking for a firefox referral plugin. I would like to be able to forge the referral name based on the pagename without extension. Such as http://site.com/page/abc.ANYTHING I need to set the referral as …
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Can I force Firefox to never leak referrers?

From https://webbkoll.dataskydd.net/en/ Thanks to a fairly recent development, Referrer Policy, it's finally possible for websites to tell browsers to not leak referrers. It lets you specify a policy that's applied to all links clicked, as well as…
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My laptop lost power after i accidentally plug in speaker cords to usb drive

What possible damage might have done to my laptop after i accidentally plug in my speaker cords to my laptops usb drive because immediately after contact with the speaker cord the laptop lost power. The speaker was powered on when i tried to hook…
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Google Map API key is behaving erratically

I just moved a website from a subdomain/folder up to "live" status. My page with an embedded Google Map worked fine up til then, but now, the appearance of the map is only showing in what seems to be a random platform/browser situation. On my…
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How does http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ get its long Recent Referrals list?

I went to http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ with Firefox, and see a Recent Referrals: (verified) list on the bottom of the page. Some of the sites in my list I have visited, but some were months ago, so I am not even sure if it is bogus or not. How does…
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