Changing the value of referrer [duplicate]

Asked 4/1, 2013 at 19:10 Answered 4/1, 2013 at 20:39

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How to manually set REFERER header in Javascript?

How to change the value of document.referrer?

I tried this

<body>
<center><a href="test.php" target="_self">self</a></center>
<script type="text/javascript">
    alert( document.referrer);
    document.referrer="test";
    alert( document.referrer);
</script>
</body>

It is not working, any ideas?

Rem answered 4/1, 2013 at 19:10 Comment(4)

What are you trying to accomplish? – Palacios 4/1, 2013 at 19:12

Seems similar to #9581075 – Argil 4/1, 2013 at 19:12

no you can't, due to prevent referrer spoofing #1268050 – Lymphangitis 4/1, 2013 at 19:13

look this #4146034 – Roussillon 4/1, 2013 at 19:19

You can't modify the referrer directly, but you can use history.pushState() / history.replaceState() to push a new URL into the browser history (provided the URL you want to push has the same domain), then when you navigate away, the new URL will be the referrer.

Please note that manipulating the history using pushState adds a new history entry, but the page being viewed stays the same, and the user will have to press their browser's "Back" button twice to go back one actual page.

However, if you use replaceState, coming back from the page you want to hide the referrer from will go to the newly set URL, so make sure that whatever you replace it with somehow redirects the user back to the original page instead of sending them to a 404 or a completely different page.

Sanctify answered 4/1, 2013 at 20:39 Comment(1)

Note that the pushState function is restricted to the same domain policy. Change the domain is not permitted. – Tomaso 11/12, 2013 at 16:55

The property is read-only - which of course means you can't change it.

You can read more about it here:

Designate answered 4/1, 2013 at 19:20 Comment(0)

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