{"json_modified": "2016-10-19T07:03:06.554860", "uuid": "7bc17bac-6742-4b5c-888e-c76bd2dd39fa", "title": "Origin", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin", "tags": ["Reference", "header", "HTTP"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-10-19T07:03:06", "label": "Origin", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 196349, "last_edit": "2016-10-19T07:03:01", "summary": "The <strong><code>Origin</code></strong> request header indicates where a fetch originates from. It doesn't include any path information, but only the server name. It is sent with <a class=\"glossaryLink\" href=\"/en-US/docs/Glossary/CORS\" title=\"CORS: CORS&#xA0;(Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) is a system, consisting of transmitting HTTP headers, that&#xA0;determines&#xA0;whether to block or fulfill requests for restricted resources on a web page from another domain outside the domain from which the resource originated.\">CORS</a> requests, as well as with <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Methods/POST\" title=\"The HTTP POST method sends data to the server. The type of the body of the request is indicated by the Content-Type header.\"><code>POST</code></a> requests. It is similar to the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referer\" title=\"The Referer request header contains the address of the previous web page from which a link to the currently requested page was followed. The Referer header allows servers to identify where people are visiting them from and may use that data for analytics, logging, or optimized caching, for example.\"><code>Referer</code></a> header, but, unlike this header, it doesn't disclose the whole path.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Directives", "title": "Directives"}, {"id": "Examples", "title": "Examples"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/HTTP/Headers/Origin", "review_tags": []}