(Play Framework 2.3.x) How to get the previous url?

Question

In play Framework, how can I get the URL the user came from in a controller ?

I've tried request.url , but that isn't working.

Answer 1

Previous url will come with the http headers under the referer key. In JAVA you can get it using:

String refererUrl = request().getHeader("referer");

and if you doing it in Scala:

val refererUrl = request.headers("referer")