Icecast - Aug 2010 - Using authentication just for metrics

Hey -

I'm researching what it would take to just use authentication in Icecast
(like the POSTing to a URL) for metrics, rather than actually authenticating
the user.

Icecast doesn't pass in the listener's IP address as part of the POST,
or
does it? If so, is there something I could turn off that would prevent the
user from being
prompted for authentication?

If this won't work, that's fine. As an alternative, I'll get my
hands dirty
and write some code to make it work. (If I go this route, I know this isn't
the dev list, but - what language would Icecast be in, if any of you know
offhand? C? C++?)

Nicholas
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On 24/08/10 00:32, Nicholas Young wrote:
> Hey -
>
> I'm researching what it would take to just use authentication in
Icecast
> (like the POSTing to a URL) for metrics, rather than actually
authenticating
> the user.
>
> Icecast doesn't pass in the listener's IP address as part of the
POST, or
> does it? If so, is there something I could turn off that would prevent the
> user from being
> prompted for authentication?
>
The IP is part of the POST sent by listener_add, and as long as you send 
back the icecast-auth-user header (and no other restrictions apply like 
max-listeners) then your listeners will not notice.

karl.