Hello, I am having trouble using the window.history.back () method in Javascript, it has the functionality to return to the previous page of my application, the problem is that I have a POST-type search on this page and when I try to return to the previous page the system breaks because I try to resend this form.
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<button class="tiny" onclick="javascript: window.history.back();" name="btn-back-page">Voltar</button>Error message:
Yes indeed, the browser will always confirm when you are returning to a page that was the result of a POST. It may not be your case on this page, but it could be a shopping page and there would be a risk for the user to send the card twice, a purchase, etc.
It's not cool to just try to "circumvent" the browser's security accordingly. There are some people who try to use location , but I do not think it's the ideal solution.
If you want to make a website more robust and need to use POST, read about Post / Redirect / Get
In short, this strategy makes you work like this, to ensure that the user can use the browser's return (and consequently your script too) without major problems: