Domain referrer restrictions are a great way to make sure that your videos or live streams are secure and being consumed specifically through your domain or subdomains. This feature is available for for $20/month.

Examples of why you might want to implement domain referrer restrictions include:

Note that Domain Referrer Restriction is mostly aimed to assist you with the majority of your website visitors.

An edge case to consider is that this feature is only supported for browser users. If you have a project which is hybrid, for example, videos are being consumed through an app and also in a browser, an extra configuration is needed to allow an empty referrer.

Mobile native players do not support referrer headers, therefore you need to allow empty referrers in order for videos or live streams to work on the mobile device on native players. This will also allow access to your videos via URL, while still maintaining the security that no one will be able to request them from another domain.

If you are looking to secure your videos and live streams in a more advanced way, such as by using a native mobile player or through securing and limiting access granularly, please visit our guide to Private Videos.

If you want to know more details on how referrer domains work, please check our documentation here: https://docs.api.video/delivery-analytics/domain-referrer#how-it-works

To request domain referrer restrictions, follow these steps:

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Go to your Project Settings > Domains and click Set allowed domains. Provide us with the requested information and submit the form. One of our team members will be notified and will take care of the request. Please note that there is a charge of $20/month for this feature.

Once everything is configured on our end, we will inform you. Your videos and live streams will now be secure and only accessible through your specified domains. If you have any further questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team.