add a referer() option to disable setting Referer header on redirects

src/client.rs

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ impl Client {
             inner: Arc::new(ClientRef {
                 hyper: RwLock::new(client),
                 redirect_policy: Mutex::new(RedirectPolicy::default()),
+                auto_referer: AtomicBool::new(true),
                 auto_ungzip: AtomicBool::new(true),
             }),
         })
@@ -75,6 +76,13 @@ impl Client {
         *self.inner.redirect_policy.lock().unwrap() = policy;
     }
 
+    /// Enable or disable automatic setting of the `Referer` header.
+    ///
+    /// Default is `true`.
+    pub fn referer(&mut self, enable: bool) {
+        self.inner.auto_referer.store(enable, Ordering::Relaxed);
+    }
+
     /// Set a timeout for both the read and write operations of a client.
     pub fn timeout(&mut self, timeout: Duration) {
         let mut client = self.inner.hyper.write().unwrap();
@@ -134,6 +142,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Client {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("Client")
             .field("redirect_policy", &self.inner.redirect_policy)
+            .field("referer", &self.inner.auto_referer)
             .field("auto_ungzip", &self.inner.auto_ungzip)
             .finish()
     }
@@ -142,6 +151,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Client {
 struct ClientRef {
     hyper: RwLock<::hyper::Client>,
     redirect_policy: Mutex<RedirectPolicy>,
+    auto_referer: AtomicBool,
     auto_ungzip: AtomicBool,
 }
 
@@ -328,7 +338,9 @@ impl RequestBuilder {
 
                 url = match loc {
                     Ok(loc) => {
-                        headers.set(Referer(url.to_string()));
+                        if client.auto_referer.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+                            headers.set(Referer(url.to_string()));
+                        }
                         urls.push(url);
                         let action = check_redirect(&client.redirect_policy.lock().unwrap(), &loc, &urls);
                         match action {

tests/client.rs

@@ -242,6 +242,47 @@ fn test_redirect_policy_can_stop_redirects_without_an_error() {
     assert_eq!(res.headers().get(), Some(&reqwest::header::Server("test-dont".to_string())));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_referer_is_not_set_if_disabled() {
+    let server = server! {
+        request: b"\
+            GET /no-refer HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+            Host: $HOST\r\n\
+            User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            Accept: */*\r\n\
+            Accept-Encoding: gzip\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+        response: b"\
+            HTTP/1.1 302 Found\r\n\
+            Server: test-no-referer\r\n\
+            Content-Length: 0\r\n\
+            Location: /dst\r\n\
+            Connection: close\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+
+        request: b"\
+            GET /dst HTTP/1.1\r\n\
+            Host: $HOST\r\n\
+            User-Agent: $USERAGENT\r\n\
+            Accept: */*\r\n\
+            Accept-Encoding: gzip\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            ",
+        response: b"\
+            HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\
+            Server: test-dst\r\n\
+            Content-Length: 0\r\n\
+            \r\n\
+            "
+    };
+    let mut client = reqwest::Client::new().unwrap();
+    client.referer(false);
+    client.get(&format!("http://{}/no-refer", server.addr()))
+        .send().unwrap();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_accept_header_is_not_changed_if_set() {
     let server = server! {