iptv/.github/docs/tokenized-links.md

Tokenized Links

Tokenized links are personalized hyperlinks that contain a unique, machine-generated string of characters (a token) to grant access to an IPTV stream.

Examples:

• https://example.com/index.m3u8?token=9f192891-eca5-2435-b9cb-147f376cdc1e
• https://example.com/index.m3u8?s=aWE0maGFzaF92YWx1
• https://example.com/index.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2bWU9Ni8yMC8yMDIVydmVyX3Rp2IDc6MDk6MjAgUmFsaWRtaWE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZTE5SkNSQkhqUG5JZVRRPT0md51dGVzPTMwJmlkPTZhMzZlNT1lRzlsZG4rOXYwZTIzNDk

The tokens in these links are periodically updated by the provider, causing the link to stop working shortly after.

In some cases, the link also includes an expiration date in UNIX timestamp format, which indicates exactly when the link will stop working:

https://example.com/index.m3u8?token=2IDc6MDk6MjAgUmF&e=1813661332 (1813661332 => 2027-06-22T10:48:52.000Z)