License Proxy Summary

This article impacts the proxy implementation used to send license requests to the Widevine License Service.

The list of license request processing changes are as follows:

The license request must be sent as a HTTP POST.
JSON request types are no longer supported.
The following policy parameters have been deprecated:
- IP whitelist
  - Please remove ALL values for this parameter in every policy.
- Regions
  - Only valid value is EV - Everywhere.
The license request URL is changing to a custom syntax identified by provider (see table below)
- The provider name is case-sensitive (the standard naming convention uses lower-case).

Environment	OLD	NEW
Test	https://staging.shibboleth.tv/widevine/cypherpc/cgi-bin/GetEMMs.cgi https://license.uat.widevine.com/widevine/cypherpc/cgi-bin/GetEMMs.cgi	https://license.uat.widevine.com/getlicense/<provider>
Production	https://fcpstage.shibboleth.tv/widevine/cypherpc/cgi-bin/GetEMMs.cgi	https://license.widevine.com/getlicense/<provider>

Example: For provider (portal) abcde, the new syntax is:

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