HTML <link> referrerpolicy Attribute
The HTML <link> referrerpolicy Attribute is used to specify the reference information that will be sent to the server when fetching out the resource.
Syntax:
<link referrerpolicy="value">
Attribute Values:
- no-referrer: It specifies that no reference information will be sent along with a request.
- no-referrer-when-downgrade: It has a default value. It specifies that refer header will not be sent to origins without HTTPS.
- origin: It specifies to only send the origin of the document as the referrer in all cases.
- origin-when-cross-origin: It sends the origin, path, and query string when performing a same-origin request, but only send the origin of the document for other cases.
- unsafe-url: It sends origin, path and query string but not include fragment, password and username.
Example: Below code illustrates the use of <link> referrer policy attribute, we have set the referrerpolicy attribute to no-referrer.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <link id="linkid" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" sizes="16*16" hreflang="en-us" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></head><body style="text-align:center;"> <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> <h2> HTML Link referrerpolicy Attribute </h2></body></html> |
Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome 58.0
- Internet Explorer Not Supported
- Firefox 50.0
- Apple Safari 14.1
- Opera 45.0
- Edge 79.0
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