Referrer Policy Header in HTTP Requests

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• HTTP requests include the optional Referer header, which indicates the origin or the web page URL from which the request was originated.
• The value determines how much information, if any, is disclosed via the Referer Request header.
• Do not disclose the referring page URL unless there is an business need: Referrer-Policy: no-referrer
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• We can get the referrer value using document.referrer
  • For example if I go to my blog website from a LinkedIn post I get this output
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• References:
  • When To Use noreferrer In Your Links (with referrer policy examples) - YouTube
  • How Referral traffic works - Referrer Policy - YouTube

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Last updated: 2023-03-08