Why am I seeing "r0$" in front of a URL?
Applies to
- EZproxy
Answer
If "Option CaptureSPUR" is set in the config.txt then a "r0$" can show when writing out the URL being proxied to. SPUR is short for "Starting Point URL Referer" and indicates that the Refer header (referring URL) that was present when the user originally arrived at EZproxy through a Starting Point URL should be retained so it can be logged after authentication completes.
In some instances, if using ^U to pass the URL, changing this to ^V will resolve the issue. In some web pages (like needhost.htm) both of these variables will display this. To display a version of the target URL without needing to worry about this, change out ^U or ^V to:
^{HTMLEncode(login:url)}