This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The HTMLAnchorElement
.referrerPolicy
property reflect the HTML referrerpolicy
attribute of the <a>
element defining which referrer is sent when fetching the resource.
Syntax
refStr = anchorElt.referrerPolicy; anchorElt.referrerPolicy = refStr;
Values
"no-referrer"
meaning that theReferer:
HTTP header will not be sent."origin"
meaning that the referrer will be the origin of the page, that is roughly the scheme, the host and the port."unsafe-url"
meaning that the referrer will include the origin and the path (but not the fragment, password, or username). This case is unsafe as it can leak path information that has been concealed to third-party by using TLS.
Examples
var elt = document.createElement("a");
var linkText = document.createTextNode("My link");
elt.appendChild(linkText);
elt.href = "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/";
elt.referrerPolicy = "no-referrer";
var div = document.getElementById("divAround");
div.appendChild(elt); // When clicked, the link will not send a referrer header.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Referrer PolicyThe definition of 'referrerPolicy attribute' in that specification. | Candidate Recommendation | Added the referrerPolicy property.
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Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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referrerPolicy
|
Chrome
Full support 51 |
Edge
Full support 79 |
Firefox
Full support 50 |
IE
No support No |
Opera
Full support 38 |
Safari
Full support 11.1 |
WebView Android
Full support 51 |
Chrome Android
Full support 51 |
Firefox Android
Full support 50 |
Opera Android
Full support 41 |
Safari iOS
No support No |
Samsung Internet Android
Full support 7.2 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
See also
HTMLImageElement.referrerPolicy
,HTMLAreaElement.referrerPolicy
, andHTMLIFrameElement.referrerPolicy
.
HTMLAnchorElement.referrerPolicy by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.