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James Alexander
James Alexander

Reputation: 23

How to pass custom data/parameters to Chromecast receiver via URL?

Is it possible to have a Chromecast sender application to pass custom data to the receiver in the URL? The goal is to pass user-specific data to the receiver so it can generate the appropriate contents each time it's called.

An example of this would be a simple to-do list. When the user casts to their device, that user's data should be passed via URL to the receiver so that their task list can be loaded in the custom receiver.

I haven't seen any tutorials or much information on this in the Cast documentation.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2633

Answers (2)

LongZheng
LongZheng

Reputation: 1893

The Cast receiver URL is specified as a static URL when you're registering/publishing the app on the Google Cast SDK Developer Console so it is not possible to add custom parameters.

However you can use the Cast Messages system to send data between a Cast sender and Cast receiver. It's similar to the messaging system in modern browsers.

Upvotes: 2

Ali Naddaf
Ali Naddaf

Reputation: 19074

If you mean passing parameters as part of the receiver url that loads the receiver, the answer is no; there is no such thing. You can either use the customData that can be passed to the receiver in a number of APIs, or you can create a custom data channel if the former is not adequate for your needs.

Upvotes: 3

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