playHLS custom backend server enpoint not working

[manikandan]

Hi, I am trying to authenticate the HLS playback by calling my backend server with custom token.
I followed this link https://docs.flashphoner.com/displa...viaHLS-HLSplaybackauthenticationusingRESThook to enable aclAuth.
And followed this link to create endpoint for amy app https://docs.flashphoner.com/display/WCS5EN/Controlling+REST+methods

And for HLS playback, I followed this link https://flashphoner.com/embedding-an-hls-player-for-webrtc-stream-playback-2/

But /playHLS api is not calling my custom endpoint instead it calls http://localhost:8081/apps/EchoApp/playHLS
Can anyone tell me what I am missing here?

 

[Max]

Good day.
For HLS playback authentication, only defaultApp can be used, so you should update defaultApp endpoint:

update app -l "http://your_backend_endpoint/" defaultApp

 

[manikandan]

Thank for the quick response. It worked.
And can we follow the same pattern if a stream is started from publisher side?
I mean we can restrict the publishStream similar to playHLS. right?

 

[Max]

I mean we can restrict the publishStream similar to playHLS. right?

Yes. You can send custom keys from client using /publishStream REST hook and return 200 OK if publishing is allowed or 403 Forbidden if not.

 

[manikandan]

Thank you. I returned 403 with publishStream REST hook but still it get published. Do I have to do anything further?

 

[Max]

Good day.
You should configure publishStream to fail on error as described here. By default, it only writes to log on 403 Forbidden.

 

[manikandan]

okay. Thanks Max. Let me check.