Method: Mechanize::HTTP::Agent#request_referer

Defined in:
lib/mechanize/http/agent.rb

#request_referer(request, uri, referer) ⇒ Object

Sets a Referer header. Fragment part is removed as demanded by RFC 2616 14.36, and user information part is removed just like major browsers do.

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# File 'lib/mechanize/http/agent.rb', line 665

def request_referer request, uri, referer
  return unless referer
  return if 'https'.casecmp(referer.scheme) == 0 and
            'https'.casecmp(uri.scheme) != 0
  if referer.fragment || referer.user || referer.password
    referer = referer.dup
    referer.fragment = referer.user = referer.password = nil
  end
  request['Referer'] = referer
end