---
title: http.referer
description: The HTTP `Referer` request header, which contains the address of the web page that linked to the currently requested page.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png
---

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#  http.referer 

`http.referer` ` String ` 

The HTTP `Referer` request header, which contains the address of the web page that linked to the currently requested page.

Example value:

```
"https://developer.example.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript"
```

Categories: 
* Request
* Headers

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.referer/#page","headline":"http.referer · Cloudflare Ruleset Engine docs","description":"The HTTP Referer request header, which contains the address of the web page that linked to the currently requested page.","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/http.referer/","inLanguage":"en","image":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/core-services-preview.png","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Cloudflare","url":"https://www.cloudflare.com/"},"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/#website","name":"Cloudflare Docs","url":"https://developers.cloudflare.com/"}}
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/directory/","name":"Directory"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/ruleset-engine/","name":"Ruleset Engine"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"/ruleset-engine/rules-language/","name":"Rules language"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@id":"/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/","name":"Fields"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@id":"/ruleset-engine/rules-language/fields/reference/","name":"Fields reference"}}]}
```