CGI question: how do I get the referrer page?

[Alan Kennedy]

Will Stuyvesant wrote:

> I want to know the URL where a user comes from.  I read some stuff
> about a HTTP Referer: field (yes, with the typo missing one 'r'). but
> how do I get this information in my CGI script?

import cgi
import os

try:
    referer = os.getenv('HTTP_REFERER')
except KeyError, k:
    referer = None

HTH,

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