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by srchulo (Sexton)

on Oct 30, 2011 at 11:01 UTC ( [id://934698]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml )

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srchulo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,

Right now I am in a situation where I would like to be able to get the full URL of the script that is running. For instance,

http://beta.gearheadgaragesale.com/search.htm#red%20bmw

Would return everything, including the # onward. I need this because I am updating a page via AJAX, and I would like the user to be able to copy and paste the link and have someone else see the results they were viewing, and so I need the whole URL so that perl can pre fill the page. I am using the "#" instead of the "?" because when I append the "?" to the end of the URL with Javascript, it reloads the page.

I was not able to find an environment variable that does this. Is it even possible? Thanks!

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Re: Get full url by Corion (Patriarch) on Oct 30, 2011 at 11:06 UTC
The URL fragment (the part behind `#`) is never sent to the server. You will need to change your javascript so it does not use the fragment. Find out how to make your Javascript not reload the page when it fetches another URL.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Get full url by srchulo (Sexton) on Oct 30, 2011 at 11:08 UTC
Okay, thanks for letting me know! Now on to finding a JS solution :)	[reply]
Re: Get full url by moritz (Cardinal) on Oct 30, 2011 at 11:06 UTC
To the best of my knowledge, the part after the hash isn't transmitted to the server at all, so you can't access it in a CGI script. Perl 6 - second systems done right	[reply]
Re^2: Get full url by Anonymous Monk on Oct 31, 2011 at 02:46 UTC
Though javascripts can access it through DOM	[reply]

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