How to get the correct referrer url in JavaScript?

Question

If you go to http://jsfiddle.net and then come to stackoverflow and then open the console and type:

console.log( document.referrer );

You get

http://fiddle.jshell.net/_display/

instead of

http://jsfiddle.net/

How can I get http://jsfiddle.net/ ?

Answer 1

You get it because jsfiddle uses frames. Use window.frames.top.document.referrer instead.