How Do I Obtain the Original URL after a redirect?

[matthew.connors123]

Let's say a user enters the URL : www.mydomain.com/firstPage
and then gets redirected to the URL : www.mydomain.com/secondPage.

What I see in my browsers' address window is www.mydomain.com/firstPage.

Is there some say ( maybe in the HTTP Request object) that I can
determine that value of the URL that the user actually entered?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Dave Miller]

Let's say a user enters the URL : www.mydomain.com/firstPage
and then gets redirected to the URL : www.mydomain.com/secondPage.

What I see in my browsers' address window is www.mydomain.com/firstPage.

Is there some say ( maybe in the HTTP Request object) that I can
determine that value of the URL that the user actually entered?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

You could setAttribute() on firstPage and read it on secondPage. If you
want something with persistence, you could use cookies.

 

[Arved Sandstrom]

Let's say a user enters the URL : www.mydomain.com/firstPage
and then gets redirected to the URL : www.mydomain.com/secondPage.

What I see in my browsers' address window is www.mydomain.com/firstPage.

Is there some say ( maybe in the HTTP Request object) that I can
determine that value of the URL that the user actually entered?

Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Matt

It sure doesn't look to me like a redirect anyway. In a redirect the browser
is being told by the server to request a new page, and that new page will
show up in the adddress bar. What you're seeing looks like a forward to me.

AHS