Is Referer field supported by webdriver/geckodriver

[prRZ5F4LXZ]

https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver1/#dfn-navigate-to

I don't see a way to specific the Referer header in the above endpoint according to webdriver standard. As such, my understanding is that geckodriver doesn't support this feature either. Is it so?

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[whimboo]

The WebDriver classic specification can be found at https://w3c.github.io/webdriver/. The link you gave is outdated.

Nevertheless I'm not sure what you are referring to here. Nothing in the spec actually says that a referrer header is actually supported. Could you please give more details? Thanks.

[prRZ5F4LXZ]

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referer

Firefox can send a request with the Referer field. I want to mimic this behavior.

As you said the webdriver spec does not mention a way to specify Referer. Therefore, I think there is no way to send a request with Referer specified. Since geckodrive conforms with the webdriver standard, I don't think geckodrive supports it either. I just want to confirm whether this is the case.

[whimboo]

Yes, it's also not a feature that is planned for the WebDriver classic specification. But there will be an API for network interception for WebDriver BiDi. So that will allow you to do that.

[prRZ5F4LXZ]

Just to be sure. You said "will". So the referer feature is still not available in BiDi?

[whimboo]

Correct. See the issue that I have referenced in my last comment.