Add custom header field in request of AVPlayer

Question

Is it possible to send headers with an http request to an audio file when using AVPlayer? I need to be able to inspect the content of the header when received by the server

Answer 1

You can use AVURLAssetHTTPHeaderFieldsKey of AVURLAsset's init option to modify request headers.

For example:

NSMutableDictionary * headers = [NSMutableDictionary dictionary];
[headers setObject:@"Your UA" forKey:@"User-Agent"];
AVURLAsset * asset = [AVURLAsset URLAssetWithURL:URL options:@{@"AVURLAssetHTTPHeaderFieldsKey" : headers}];
AVPlayerItem * item = [AVPlayerItem playerItemWithAsset:asset];
self.player = [[AVPlayer alloc] initWithPlayerItem:item];

Note: I found this key in sources of WebKit, but this is a Private option key, So your app may reject by AppStore if you use this.