How to get url of previous page on current page?

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i want to know how to access previous page URL through variable??

can i use that variable to compare a URL ??

suppose

var oldUrl = "www.google.com";

if (oldUrl =  "www.google.com")

{
 do some thing

}

scenario like above is possible??

Posted 24-Nov-15 4:24am

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Updated 24-Nov-15 6:42am

Suvendu Shekhar Giri

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hypermellow 24-Nov-15 10:51am

Hi, have a look at JavaScripts "document.referrer" property, as this holds the value of the http referrer. i.e. the address of the page that linked to the current page (if there was one).

http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML/html.html#ID-95229140

... hope it helps.

ZurdoDev 24-Nov-15 11:38am

I would suggest posting as solution.

hypermellow 25-Nov-15 7:06am

I probably should have posted as a solution, but was having a busy day yesterday. So added a comment to give the OP a nudge in the right direction. :-)

F-ES Sitecore 24-Nov-15 11:11am

As above use the referrer but not that it isn't guaranteed that this will be populated so don't write anything that relies on it.

Krunal Rohit 24-Nov-15 11:54am

And as above, always check for the null for the referrer URL.

-KR

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2015-11-24T07:15:00

Solution 1

As mentioned in the comments, you can use document.referrer property but check for null since it is not always filled in.

Posted 24-Nov-15 7:15am

ZurdoDev