If you go to and then e to stackoverflow and then open the console and type:

console.log( document.referrer );

You get

/

instead of

/

How can I get / ?

If you go to http://jsfiddle and then e to stackoverflow and then open the console and type:

console.log( document.referrer );

You get

http://fiddle.jshell/_display/

instead of

http://jsfiddle/

How can I get http://jsfiddle/ ?

• javascript

• 4 I think that is the correct referrer value - that's the way jsfiddle works. The "result" pane page is in that domain. – Pointy Commented Feb 11, 2013 at 17:42

1 Answer 1

You get it because jsfiddle uses frames. Use window.frames.top.document.referrer instead.