Check if request is coming from a <video> tag

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Hi there!
I was wondering if when a <video> tag retrieves a video from a URL if it contains anything in the request that could identify it as a <video> tag or not as a user.

Eddie

2

You might be able to use the user agent header:


Note: I have not tested this, but I think it should come up as a bot? Maybe?
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3

I’ll have a look :slight_smile:

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4

You could try this:

var video = document.getElementById("videotag");
video.onloadeddata = function() {
    // Do Something
};
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I haven’t tried, but maybe you could figure it out from the Accept header.

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You can check if the request is coming from another domain using the Origin header I think to prevent hotlinking

7

This tells me either video or document depending on the request :tada:

request.headers["sec-fetch-dest"]
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Works perfectly
https://nova-silken-orange.glitch.me/