Re: Posting to a page with JavaScript

[Ken Sims <mdrg5003@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Shannon -

> It may not matter why in the "where I'm coming from" in general, but the
> webservice I'm talking to needs to know what URL I am coming from for some
> kind of validation.  I dunno.  I'm just a programmer. What do I know about
> technical things?
>
> I'll figure this out eventually.  I honestly don't even know if I'm even
> asking the right question yet or not.

At the HTTP/HTTPS level, it is the Referer: header.  Yes, it really is 
spelled Referer, not Referrer.
E.g.

Referer: http://www.example.net/specific-page-I-am-coming-from.html

At the application level it could be something totally different.

Ken
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