[FFmpeg-trac] #6976(ffmpeg:new): ffmpeg ignores user-agent http header

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#6976: ffmpeg ignores user-agent http header
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             Reporter:  Moipeg  |                     Type:  defect
               Status:  new     |                 Priority:  normal
            Component:  ffmpeg  |                  Version:  git-master
             Keywords:          |               Blocked By:
             Blocking:          |  Reproduced by developer:  0
Analyzed by developer:  0       |
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 Summary of the bug:
 How to reproduce: read http stream restricted by user agent
 {{{
 COMMAND:
 % fmpeg -loglevel debug  -i http://cdnamd-hls-
 globecast.akamaized.net/live/ramdisk/radio_idaa_watanya/hls_snrt_radio
 /radio_idaa_watanya-video=100000-audio_AACL_qad_130400_110=130400.m3u8
 -user_agent 'Safari' -user-agent 'Safari' -headers 'User-Agent: Safari'
 -vn -t 60 out.mp3

 OUTPUT:
 ffmpeg version N-89871-g388a0f7 Copyright (c) 2000-2018 the FFmpeg
 developers
   built with gcc 5.4.0 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.5) 20160609
   configuration: --prefix=/home/aa --enable-avresample --enable-ffplay
 --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gpl --enable-libass --enable-
 libcdio --enable-libfontconfig --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame
 --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopencv
 --enable-libpulse --enable-librtmp --enable-libspeex --enable-libtheora
 --enable-libtwolame --enable-libv4l2 --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-
 libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libxvid --enable-
 nonfree --enable-opengl --enable-static --enable-version3 --enable-libssh
 --enable-openssl --enable-opencl --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libbs2b
 --enable-libcaca --enable-libfribidi --enable-libgme --enable-libmodplug
 --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-libopus --enable-libsoxr --enable-libwavpack
 --enable-libwebp --enable-libzmq --enable-libzvbi --enable-openal
 --enable-libx265
   libavutil      56.  7.100 / 56.  7.100
   libavcodec     58.  9.100 / 58.  9.100
   libavformat    58.  5.100 / 58.  5.100
   libavdevice    58.  0.101 / 58.  0.101
   libavfilter     7. 11.101 /  7. 11.101
   libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
   libswscale      5.  0.101 /  5.  0.101
   libswresample   3.  0.101 /  3.  0.101
   libpostproc    55.  0.100 / 55.  0.100
 Splitting the commandline.
 Reading option '-i' ... matched as input url with argument 'http://cdnamd-
 hls-globecast.akamaized.net/live/ramdisk/radio_idaa_watanya/hls_snrt_radio
 /radio_idaa_watanya-video=100000-audio_AACL_qad_130400_110=130400.m3u8'.
 Reading option '-loglevel' ... matched as option 'loglevel' (set logging
 level) with argument 'debug'.
 Finished splitting the commandline.
 Parsing a group of options: global .
 Applying option loglevel (set logging level) with argument debug.
 Successfully parsed a group of options.
 Parsing a group of options: input url http://cdnamd-hls-
 globecast.akamaized.net/live/ramdisk/radio_idaa_watanya/hls_snrt_radio
 /radio_idaa_watanya-video=100000-audio_AACL_qad_130400_110=130400.m3u8.
 Successfully parsed a group of options.
 Opening an input file: http://cdnamd-hls-
 globecast.akamaized.net/live/ramdisk/radio_idaa_watanya/hls_snrt_radio
 /radio_idaa_watanya-video=100000-audio_AACL_qad_130400_110=130400.m3u8.
 [NULL @ 0x3f82840] Opening 'http://cdnamd-hls-
 globecast.akamaized.net/live/ramdisk/radio_idaa_watanya/hls_snrt_radio
 /radio_idaa_watanya-video=100000-audio_AACL_qad_130400_110=130400.m3u8'
 for reading
 [http @ 0x3f83280] Setting default whitelist
 'http,https,tls,rtp,tcp,udp,crypto,httpproxy'
 [http @ 0x3f83280] request: GET
 /live/ramdisk/radio_idaa_watanya/hls_snrt_radio/radio_idaa_watanya-
 video=100000-audio_AACL_qad_130400_110=130400.m3u8 HTTP/1.1
 User-Agent: Lavf/58.3.100
 Accept: */*
 Range: bytes=0-
 Connection: close
 Host: cdnamd-hls-globecast.akamaized.net
 Icy-MetaData: 1


 [http @ 0x3f83280] HTTP error 403 Forbidden
 http://cdnamd-hls-
 globecast.akamaized.net/live/ramdisk/radio_idaa_watanya/hls_snrt_radio
 /radio_idaa_watanya-video=100000-audio_AACL_qad_130400_110=130400.m3u8:
 Server returned 403 Forbidden (access denied)




 ffmpeg version N-89871-g388a0f7
 Built on 2018-01-22

 As you can see, I used all the three possible ways to pass a  user agent
 string, and made the string artificially simple to avoid any mishaps.
 Using each one of these ways alone yields the same results.
 The user-agent in the debug output is always Lavf.

 I am useless as a C developer. The only workaround I could figure out is
 to hardcode the user-agent value in the file http.c and change line 132
 from
 #define DEFAULT_USER_AGENT "Lavf/" AV_STRINGIFY(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION)

 to

 #define DEFAULT_USER_AGENT "Safari/" AV_STRINGIFY(LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION)

 Luckily the server I am connecting to doesn't do any serious sanity checks
 on the user agent's name and version.

 This worked. But, (i) it's a stupid solution, and (ii) the next git pull
 will overwrite the hardcoded user-agent value.

 Thank you for addressing this.

 }}}
 Patches should be submitted to the ffmpeg-devel mailing list and not this
 bug tracker.

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