diff -r 629b1ff9ab90 -r e22952cec018 WebBrowser/Network/NetworkUrlInterceptor.py
--- a/WebBrowser/Network/NetworkUrlInterceptor.py Fri May 04 18:34:48 2018 +0200
+++ b/WebBrowser/Network/NetworkUrlInterceptor.py Sun May 06 15:23:02 2018 +0200
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@
info.setHttpHeader(b"DNT", b"1")
info.setHttpHeader(b"X-Do-Not-Track", b"1")
- # Send referer header?
- if not self.__sendReferer and info.requestUrl().host() not in \
+ # Send referrer header?
+ if info.requestUrl().host() not in \
Preferences.getWebBrowser("SendRefererWhitelist"):
- info.setHttpHeader(b"Referer", b"")
+ self.__setRefererHeader(info)
# User Agents header
userAgent = WebBrowserPage.userAgentForUrl(info.requestUrl())
@@ -62,6 +62,35 @@
for interceptor in self.__interceptors:
interceptor.interceptRequest(info)
+ def __setRefererHeader(self, info):
+ """
+ Private method to set the 'Referer' header depending on the configured
+ rule set.
+
+ @param info URL request information
+ @type QWebEngineUrlRequestInfo
+ """
+ # TODO: extend referrer handling like that:
+ # 1. SendReferer:
+ # 0 = never
+ # 1 = only on click (NavigationTypeLink)
+ # 2 = always (default)
+ # 2. RefererTrimmingPolicy:
+ # 0 = send full URL (no trimming) (default)
+ # 1 = send the URL without its query string
+ # 2 = only send the origin (ensure trailing /)
+ # 3. RefererDefaultPolicy:
+ # set the default referrer policy (which can be overriden by
+ # the site)
+ # 0 = no-referrer
+ # 1 = same-origin
+ # 2 = strict-origin-when-cross-origin
+ # 3 = no-referrer-when-downgrade (default)
+ # see: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Referrer
+ # see: https://www.w3.org/TR/referrer-policy/
+ if not self.__sendReferer:
+ info.setHttpHeader(b"Referer", b"")
+
def installUrlInterceptor(self, interceptor):
"""
Public method to install an URL interceptor.
