youtube-player

A bare bones wrapper around the Youtube Iframe API.

Install

npm install watsondg/youtube-player -S

Usage

var Youtube = require('youtube-player');

var player = new Youtube();
player.cue('dQw4w9WgXcQ', 6); // Start playback at 6 seconds

Instance Methods

new Youtube(el[, options])

Create a new player instance.

• el - an element that will be REPLACED by the player iframe.
• options - (OPTIONAL) - configuration parameters:

• controls: show or hide the default player controls
• allowFullscreen: enable/disable fullscreen
• hasAutoplay: automatically plays video - only works on desktop. Defaults to false
• hasCueAutoplay: control if player.cue automatically plays the video - autoplay only works on dekstop. Defaults to the hasAutoplay value.

The player size defaults to 100% so you should use a container for any positioning/resizing.

cue(videoId[, startTime])

Change the displayed video.

• videoId - the youtube video hash (in the URL after watch?v=).
• startTime - (OPTIONAL) - time to start the video playback, in seconds.

play()

Resume playback.

pause()

Pause playback.

seek(time)

Jump to a specific time.

• time - the time to jump to, in seconds.

mute()

Mute the sound.

unmute()

Unmutes the sound.

volume(value)

Sets the sound volume.

• value - the volume, in 0-1 range.

fullscreen()

Toggle the player to fullscreen, if supported. Note that this is using the javascript requestFullScreen API since Youtube doesn't support this, unless you use built-in controls.

getDuration()

Return the current video duration.

getVolume()

Return the current sound volume.

getCurrentTime()

Return the current video time.

isPopulated()

Return whether or not the player is ready (creating the player using YT API is asynchronous).

isPlaying()

Return whether or not a video is currently playing.

isMuted()

Return whether or not the sound is muted.

hasPlayed()

Return whether or not a video has already started since the player was created.

destroy()

Stop and destroy the player.

Instance Events

populated

playing

paused

ended

buffering

unstarted

cued

timeupdate

License

MIT.