CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javascripthtmlfirefoxhrefanchor
charbroil2329
charbroil2329

Reputation: 96

Firefox uses URL-encoded part of href as the whole href

I have a html tag with a query parameter containing a URL-encoded URI:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <main>
      <a href="https://google.com/maps?endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fbing.com%2Fmaps">Click me</a>
    </main>
  </body>
</html>

In Chrome, the anchor tag shows up correctly, as https://google.com/maps?endpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fbing.com%2Fmaps.

However, viewing the anchor tag in Firefox shows https://bing.com/maps. It has discarded the first part of the URL, and used the encoded query param as the href. I would expect it to show the same as in Chrome. Why does this happen? Is this a bug?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 70

Answers (1)

charbroil2329
charbroil2329

Reputation: 96

Turns out it was an addon. This was the culprit: https://github.com/hyperfekt/webextension-remove-redirect

Upvotes: 4

Related Questions