How can I dynamically set a site's referer in Chrome?

Question

I'm not sure how to make this question reproducible because it requires having a Vimeo paid (or on a free trial) account.

Vimeo recently changed their UI for creators and made it harder to access one of the pages I use every day.

From https://vimeo.com/manage/videos there is a table with links to individual videos. The URL for each link is something like https://vimeo.com/55555555555555/settings.

If you click, it sends you to Page A: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/55555555555555.

Then, there's a button that sends you to the page I actually need (Page B): https://vimeo.com/manage/55555555555555/general.

The problem is that when I enter the URL for Page B directly in my browser, it redirects me back to Page A.

Strangely, the back/forward buttons navigate between pages A and B, and the refresh button also stays in Page B. But if I copy Page B's URL, open a new tab and paste it, it sends me back to Page A.

To figure out what's going on, I looked in the network tab of the Chrome Developer tools and found that the first request from Page A to page B looks like this:

But then, if I paste that URL in a different tab, I get a 302:

I've diffed both requests:

Is there a way to prevent the 302 behavior?

Answer 1

I don't have a vimeo account and thus can not test it. Ultimately, the server could use any parts of the diff, but I'd expect it to use the referrer.

Does the page always direct you back if you completely disable setting the referrer in Chrome? If so, using a plugin to forge your referrer could solve the issue.