[FFmpeg-user] specifying header for http post

Daniel Oberhoff danieloberhoff at googlemail.com
Wed Mar 31 01:05:46 EEST 2021



> On Mar 31, 2021, at 12:00 AM, Daniel Oberhoff <danieloberhoff at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
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>> On Mar 30, 2021, at 7:46 PM, Gyan Doshi <ffmpeg at gyani.pro <mailto:ffmpeg at gyani.pro>> wrote:
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>> On 2021-03-30 20:44, Daniel Oberhoff via ffmpeg-user wrote:
>>> Hello
>>> 
>>> I am trying to add an authorization header to a http post output, but somehow cant seem to succeed.
>>> 
>>> my request looks like this:
>>> 
>>> ffmpeg -f lavfi -i testsrc=duration=10:size=1280x720:rate=30 -vframes 1  -headers "Authorization: foo" -f image2 -chunked_post 0 https://foo <https://foo/> <https://foo/ <https://foo/>>.org/endpoint -loglevel trace
>>> 
>>> 
>>> but the trace doesnt mention the auth header at all or respect the chunked_post 0. am I missing something?
>> 
>> You need to use the image2 option protocol_opts to pass on these options.
>> 
>> See the last example at http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#Options-7 <http://www.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-formats.html#Options-7>
> 
> Hmm, that doesnt seem to work.
> 
> -protocol_opts headers="Authorization: feb6c4ec3562a15e450fe07568e62e2f”
> 
> gave me
> 
> Error setting option protocol_opts to value headers="Authorization: feb6c4ec3562a15e450fe07568e62e2f".
> Could not write header for output file #0 (incorrect codec parameters ?): Invalid argument
> Error initializing output stream 0:0 --
> 
> 
> :(

ok, figured it out: i need to escape the colon :)

best

daniel

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