Newbie Question: How can I access the referer

Rails
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Just wondering if and how I can access the referer from the controller.
Thanks in advance

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Give this a try:

$HTTP[“referer”]

That should work,

Chris

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or in your controller you could use

request_uri – may need to use @request.request_uri

and a whold lot of others

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/AbstractRequest.html#M000153

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How would I redirect to the referer?

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Alexander wrote:

How would I redirect to the referer?

Sorry,
redirect_to :back
Works now. Thanks