Can you explain what HTTP `referer' is?
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Can you explain what HTTP `referer' is and its example?
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HTTP Referer is a request header that contains the address of the previous web page (on a different domain) from which a link to the current web page or resource was requested.
e.g. you searched "youtube" in google and from the result you clicked a link (& your url is "https://google.com?key=value") and youtube website opens up.
in the process when you clicked the link, (a porton of) your url will be set to the Referer header and then sent to youtube server (then youtube server sends you a web page that is shown in that tab)
you can view it from the network setting in chromes console. ex:
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The referer is the URL from which came a request received by a server.
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Example)
I want to access to the Harvard University website to get Master degree. I do not know the website address. so, I google Harvard University, and successfully access to the website. in this case, Google is the HTTP 'referer'.