REQ Guild referer, origin, user-agent, etc...

[JohnApOphis]

Hello everyone!

I wanted to know if there was a universal guide to always know from a video link, the various headers (origin, referer, user-agent)...

Sometimes I find them written directly in the source of the pages, other times for nothing.

I wanted to know how to do it!

If it was already there I apologize but I couldn't find it!

Have a nice day!

[Obo]

No, there is not. And cannot. There are so many different methods to implement video playback that a universal guide is pratically impossible to write.

As always: experience helps, and browsers dev tools and various browser extension are invaluable.

[JohnApOphis]

No, there is not. And cannot. There are so many different methods to implement video playback that a universal guide is pratically impossible to write.

As always: experience helps, and browsers dev tools and various browser extension are invaluable.

In the meantime, thanks for the answer...

Ok, I didn't think there were so many methods...

At least the guidelines for what you wrote are there?

[Obo]

You'll find most of what you ask for in the stickies of this forum: read through at least the start posts of @A_n_g_e_l_a's "Decryption" series of guides.

As for the browser extensions: for DRM'd sources there is the brilliant WidevineProxy2 browser extension. Another browser extension I can recommend is "The Stream Detector".

If you are curious how to implement download scripts for specific services, check out the sources of "widefrog". And read through the thread for the application, it contains valuable information how to find the data needed (urls, referrer, user agent, you get it).

And remember: all of us here once started at step one and were probably looking for a guide or tutorial.

[JohnApOphis]

Thanks again for the prompt answer!

I'm new, I already use WidevineProxy2 and also "Stream Detector"...

Regarding "widefrog" it seemed to me to understand that, complete, it only goes on Windows, and at the moment I use a MAC, and know "python" correct?

But if necessary I'll see what to do!

I thought, I hoped, there was a software like "WidevineProxy2" that was automatically, origin, user agent, etc...

[Obo]

Regarding "widefrog": yes, it's Python code. And no: Python is not bound to Windows (in fact, the first versions were released for Unix systems). It runs perfectly well on a Mac (I use it on my Mac).

Macs have a preinstalled Python version, but I recommend you upgrade to a newer version with Mac Ports or Homebrew, if you intend to use it.

WidevineProxy2 as a browser extension can inspect the network calls and intercept the EME subsystem (Encrypted Media Extension) to collect all data to hand out a download command.

For everything else: use your browsers dev tools, check out the source code of the tools, experiment to gain experience, read the tutorials, ask specific questions. No-one is born a master.