Specify arbitrary referrer for "http://" links

[Andrei Dziahel]

Ok, so this option looks like pretty much self-explanatory, right?

Probably we have to show "Referer:" input only if URI schema is "http".

[Maia Everett (linneris)]

Hmm. What would be the use of such a feature?

[Andrei Dziahel (develop7)]

Well, some sites check referer and respond with 404 or 403 or whatever if referer doesn't match some pattern. This way they prevent, say, hotlinking.
Like this one - http://www.gamersyde.com/download_deus_ex_human_revolution_tgs_trailer-17226_en.html. It renders "private" URL to actual downloads but just pasting this URL to Steadyflow results in 4kb (or something like) HTML instead of ~70M video.

[Dmitry Tantsur (divius)]

I guess, downloading files from narod.ru won't work without correct referrer. At least it used to fail with most DMs.

[Maia Everett (linneris)]

Hmm. Looks like GIO has no means to set custom HTTP headers - we'd need to write a libsoup backend for downloads, which looks possible with the level of abstraction used in Steadyflow code, but not the highest on my priority list.