Test

Select a step

Click any pill or code call to see what happens and what you need to write.

YOU IMPLEMENT

Check entitlement

Your backend decides, with your own business rules, whether this user may watch this specific video.

Only entitled users get a token: this is the gate that protects your content.

YOU IMPLEMENT

Sign a JWT

Build the payload and sign a short-lived token (5 min) with your RSA private key.

Dailymotion verifies it with the public key you registered once during setup.

const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
function generateDRMToken(videoId, privateKey) {
const iat = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
const exp = iat + 300; // 5-minute expiration window
const jti = uuidv4();
const payload = {
videoId: videoId,
iat: iat,
exp: exp,
jti: jti
};
return jwt.sign(payload, privateKey, { algorithm: 'RS256' });
}

YOUR CODE

Fetch the token

Your frontend calls your own backend endpoint to get the signed JWT for the video about to play.

const response = await fetch('/api/get-drm-token?videoId=YOUR_VIDEO_KID'
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Token request failed: ${response.status}`)
const { token } = await response.json();

YOUR FRONTEND

User presses play

The flow starts on every protected playback. Create the player instance in its container first, before any DRM configuration.

const player = await dailymotion
  .createPlayer('player-wrapper');

YOUR CODE

setDrmConfig({ token })

Mandatory. Pass the JWT to the player before loading any content.

Skipping it, or calling it too late, makes the license request fail.

player.setDrmConfig({ token });

DAILYMOTION HANDLES

Dailymotion Player

Picks the DRM system for the browser or device (Widevine, FairPlay or PlayReady), requests the license and decrypts the stream. No configuration needed on your side.

YOUR CODE

loadContent(videoKid)

Load the protected video. The player then sends the license request with your JWT automatically.

player.loadContent({ video: YOUR_VIDEO_KID });

DAILYMOTION HANDLES

Validate the JWT

Dailymotion verifies the cryptographic signature, checks the video ID, and confirms the token has not expired or been used before.

DAILYMOTION HANDLES

Issue the license

The license contains the decryption key and the usage rules defined in your DRM protection settings.

DAILYMOTION HANDLES

Encrypted stream

The video stream is encrypted with Widevine, FairPlay or PlayReady. Without the matching decryption key it is unreadable.

BROWSER

Secure CDM

The browser's Content Decryption Module receives the license. The key stays inside this secure environment and never becomes accessible to external code.

BROWSER

Decrypt & render

The CDM decrypts the stream with the key and the player renders the video.