javascript - how to get url in html , document.referrer is empty

Please help to get current URL from which this page is called ? what is wrong with this ?, becaz alert es with empty.

<html>
<head>
<script>
 function check()
{
alert(document.referrer);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="check()">

</body>
</html>

Please help to get current URL from which this page is called ? what is wrong with this ?, becaz alert es with empty.

<html>
<head>
<script>
 function check()
{
alert(document.referrer);
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="check()">

</body>
</html>

Share Improve this question edited Jul 19, 2013 at 10:48 asked Jul 19, 2013 at 10:37 Jericho 11k39 gold badges123 silver badges206 bronze badges

2 Get what URL? If the referrer is empty, then it is because there isn't one. – Quentin Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 10:41
What are you attempting to achieve? Referrer checking is not usually a fruitful task – bobince Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 10:47
just wanted current url from which this page is called. – Jericho Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 10:47
Thanks for all your replies – Jericho Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 10:47
Just updated the question. – Jericho Commented Jul 19, 2013 at 10:48

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According to MDN document.referrer

The value is an empty string if the user navigated to the page directly (not through a link, but, for example, via a bookmark).

You if want to get the current page url then you can use the

window.location.href

Replace your alert with any one of these method.It will work.

alert(document.URL)
alert(window.location.href)
alert(document.location.href)
alert(window.location.pathname)

function test(){    
     alert(Window.location.href);
};

or if you want to go for particular URL do this

function test(){    
    $(window.location).attr('href', '../your link');

};

To get URL use,

var url = window.location.href;