How to enable URL signing on a CDN pull zone

URL Signing protects your CDN endpoint content from unauthorized access, the following guide will take you through the parameters which you can control via URL Signing

Signing options and URL Formats

A URL can be signed with any of these parameters

Query string format: http://example.com/filename?secure=FjnSIKndiNXInxkl&expires=1747605200&ip=127.0.0.1
Path format: http://example.com/secure=FjnSIKndiNXInxkl&expires=1747605200&ip=127.0.0.1/filename

Parameter	Description	Type	Importance
expires	Expiration time of the URL	UNIX Timestamp	Optional
filename	Path of a file of directory	String	Optional
secure	Generated public token	String	Required
ip	Allowed IP address	IPv4 or IPv6 address	Optional

You can set your own URL signing key to generate the unique secure string for your CDN content. Follow the steps below;

Go to the Security tab in the Pull zone's manage page



Under URL Signing click the Enable check box

Add your own URL Signing Key and click on the Save URL Signing Settings button



The URL signing key is similar to a password and can contain a minimum of 6 to a maximum of 32 characters.

Code examples on URL Signing

Please visit here to view the available code examples on enabling URL Signing within your application

Updated on: 03/14/2023