From 000ebaef8b5ab4dcacc9d211de0cc406dcd33e0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shay <43248357+shayypy@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 10:45:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat(ios): support cookies for http/s media

related to #8
---
 VLCPlayer.js                    |  1 +
 index.d.ts                      | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VLCPlayer.js b/VLCPlayer.js
index 0b90a46..12a682b 100755
--- a/VLCPlayer.js
+++ b/VLCPlayer.js
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export default class VLCPlayer extends Component {
     source.isNetwork = isNetwork;
     source.autoplay = this.props.autoplay;
     source.initOptions = source.initOptions || [];
+    source.cookies = source.cookies || [];
 
     if (this.props.repeat) { 
       const existingRepeat = source.initOptions.find(item => item.startsWith('--repeat') || item.startsWith('--input-repeat'));
diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index d586dd4..00ee1f2 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,27 @@ export interface VLCPlayerSource {
    * @default []
    */
   initOptions?: string[];
+  /**
+   * Cookie jar to fetch HTTP/HTTPS media with. Cookies for non-applicable
+   * hosts will be ignored. Not supported on MacOS.
+   * 
+   * From VLCKit's documentation:
+   * > Parse a value of an incoming Set-Cookie header (see RFC 6265) and
+   * > append the cookie to the stored cookies if appropriate. The "secure"
+   * > attribute can be added to cookie to limit the scope of the cookie to
+   * > secured channels (https).
+   * 
+   * @example ```js
+   * [{ value: "name=value; Path=/; Domain=example.com", host: "example.com", path: "/" }]
+   * ```
+   * 
+   * @default []
+   */
+  cookies?: {
+    value: string;
+    host: string;
+    path: string;
+  }[];
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m b/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m
index 976fab7..3b4a325 100755
--- a/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m
+++ b/ios/RCTVLCPlayer/RCTVLCPlayer.m
@@ -106,7 +106,20 @@ - (void)setSource:(NSDictionary *)source
     _player.drawable = self;
     // [bavv edit end]
 
-    _player.media = [VLCMedia mediaWithURL:uri];
+    VLCMedia* media = [VLCMedia mediaWithURL:uri];
+
+    NSArray* cookiesArray = [source objectForKey:@"cookies"];
+    for (id cookieDict in cookiesArray) {
+        NSString* value = [cookieDict objectForKey:@"value"];
+        NSString* host = [cookieDict objectForKey:@"host"];
+        NSString* path = [cookieDict objectForKey:@"path"];
+        int cookieStatus = [media storeCookie:value forHost:host path:path];
+        if (cookieStatus != 0) {
+            NSLog(@"Failed to store cookie: %@", cookieStatus);
+        }
+    }
+
+    _player.media = media;
 
     if (_autoplay)
         [_player play];