Authorization (or any headers) are not being sent in the loadVideo

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Product: WebViewer Video

Product Version: 4.35.7

Please give a brief summary of your issue:
I am trying to pass Authorization headers in the loadVideo options object, but they don’t get sent during the request.

Please describe your issue and provide steps to reproduce it:

                            loadVideo(
                                src_url,
                                {
                                    fileName: doc_name,
                                    headers: {
                                        Authorization: `Bearer ${data.access_token}`,
                                        MyHead: "Pass Me On"
                                    }
                                }
                            )

I am using this as a reference:
Passing authentication headers to video HTTP requests using WebViewer Video JavaScript | Apryse Documentation

However, the headers are not getting sent to during the request:

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The other header doesn’t get set either, but the fileName does get set (if I don’t include it, then I get a warning it isn’t present). I also tried using customHeaders since that is what the document viewer uses rather than headers, but that behaves the same.

When I view the console I see this warning (not error). Notice that the headers are attached to the URL in the “with script” section as what would appear to be URL encoded parameters (The below code is from a different request that didn’t include the auth header to make it more readable)

Failed to register service worker SecurityError: 
    Failed to register a ServiceWorker for scope ('http://127.0.0.1:5173/') with script
    ('http://127.0.0.1:5173/wv-video-injection.js?videoEndpoint=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-video-source&headers=%7B%22MyHead%22%3A%22Test%201%22%7D'): 
    The script has an unsupported MIME type ('text/html').
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(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
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y	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
ja	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
ea	@	webviewer-core.min.js:836
(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:437
n	@	webviewer-core.min.js:66
(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
e	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
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y	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
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Za.T9	@	webviewer-core.min.js:437
(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:354
n	@	webviewer-core.min.js:66
(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
(anonymous)	@	webviewer-core.min.js:64
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(anonymous)	@	MediaView.jsx:42

Is there a way to send a bearer token when doing loadVideo?

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Hello @stevejluke,

Thank you for posting on our forum.

Using our WebViewer Video sample, and using the same Version (4.35.7), I was unable to reproduce the behavior you were describing.

Using the headers option, and the code provided (though I hardcoded data.access_token), I was able to add the authorization header successfully:

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Since you are receiving a warning regarding mime types, you can try following this guide to resolve them: https://docs.apryse.com/documentation/web/faq/mime-types/#pdf-and-office

To diagnose further we require the following information.

  1. All WebViewer-related code, including the constructor for WebViewer and the video instance, including all options defined.
  2. JavaScript console output showing all warnings and errors.
  3. The .har file of the Network panel, or screenshots showing all failed network traffic
  4. Can you reproduce the issue using our samples (especially on our site)?
  5. Does the issue only occur in certain browsers and/or devices? If so what are the details?
  6. Are you using WebViewer Server?
  7. WebViewer SDK version number: Version-number | Apryse Documentation

Best Regards,
Jacob Romano Carlsen
Web Development Support Engineer
Apryse Software Inc.

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Thanks. So I think I found the issue.

I am using a framework to host the site and the service worker is appended to the end of the url like:

http://mysite.com/path.myfile.mp4/we-video-injection.js?

My hosting framework then searches for that path and determines it is the same as the original path that made the request:

http://mysite.com/path.myfile.mp4

So it re-sends the response from that URL and gets the wrong type (and even if not the wrong type it would be the wrong content. I will look into a solution on the hosting software side. Thanks.

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