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http-redirecthttp-status-code-302
tony noriega
tony noriega

Reputation: 7663

302 redirect and referrer information

i need to do a 302 redirect to a partner company domain. they want to track all of their incoming traffic.

will my index.html 302'd page not pass referrer info?

how do i configure this page to pass the referrer info, if not.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5916

Answers (2)

Tycho
Tycho

Reputation: 248

You could make a simple index page telling the user it's being redirected. Instead of using 302 http redirect, you can use the following script to redirect the user. This will result in the referer being set to your domain.

<script>
window.location = "https://www.someplace.nl/";
</script>

Upvotes: 0

Pascal MARTIN
Pascal MARTIN

Reputation: 400902

The referer is sent by the browser, and there is not much you can do about that.

If they really want to track which users came from your website, a solution would be to add a parameter to the URL you are redirecting to.

For instance, instead of redirecting to

http://www.otherserver.com/index.php

You would redirect to something like :

http://www.otherserver.com/index.php?from=mysite

But, of course, this means more work, both on your side and theirs...

Upvotes: 4

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