Want to use the HTTP-REFERER of in an HTML page through Javascript

Question

I Want to use the HTTP-REFERER of in an HTML page. Is it possible to do it with a JavaScript included in the page itself?

Answer 1

The referring page can be accessed via document.referrer. Like:

<script type="text/javascript">
  alert('This page was referred to from:' + document.referrer);
</script>