Ankur Mukherjee
Reputation: 3867
request.getHeader("referer") not working in HTTPS
Can anyone please guide me how to fetch request.getHeader("referer") in HTTPS mode?
Currently it is returning null.
Upvotes: 0
Views: 1011
Answers (1)
Tom
Reputation: 4846
Clients SHOULD NOT include a Referer header field in a (non-secure) HTTP request if the referring page was transferred with a secure protocol.
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec15.html#sec15.1.3
Upvotes: 1
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