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Hi, in our custom CEF C++ browser, websocket authentication is not working.

Error: WebSocket authentication failed; HTTP Authentication failed.

It seems like authentication is added within "OnBeforeResourceLoad" and that isn't called for websocket requests. How can we make this work?

What OS and CEF version? Does the problem reproduce with the CEF sample apps? If so, can you provide a URL that reproduces the issue?

Windows, CEF 4324

Not replicable in cef, we have our custom application. Is there something we can check to see why authentication is not working?

OnBeforeResourceLoad is used for authentication for normal requests, can we do the same for web sockets auth? Is there an API for it?

There is no callback specifically for websocket requests. What are you adding in OnBeforeResourceLoad for normal requests? Can you use a cookie instead?

We are just authenticating using auth token/otp.

---> Can you use a cookie instead?

Yes we can, how can we do that?

Set a cookie using the CefCookieManager before initiating the websocket request.

I am setting the cookie but it doesnt work:

const std::string url = request->GetURL();

CefRefPtr<CefCookieManager> manager = CefCookieManager::GetGlobalManager(NULL);
CefCookie cookie;
CefString(&cookie.name).FromASCII("my_cookie");
CefString(&cookie.value).FromASCII("My Value");
CefString(&cookie.domain).FromASCII(url.c_str());
CefString(&cookie.path).FromASCII("/");
cookie.has_expires = true;
cookie.expires.year = 220;
cookie.expires.month = 4;
cookie.expires.day_of_week = 5;
cookie.expires.day_of_month = 11;

manager->SetCookie(url, cookie, NULL);

-> the websocket has wss scheme.

Your cookie.domain and cookie.expires.year (and possibly other) values are wrong. For the domain, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/doc ... TP/Cookies "Domain attribute" section.