<ReactJWPlayer>
is a React Component for initializing client-side instances of JW Player. Simply give <ReactJWPlayer>
the id of your player script, and the id of a JW Player video or playlist. The component comes with several event hooks that can be accessed through component props.
- Installation
- Usage
- Props
- Required Props
- Optional Props
- Configuration
- Event Hooks
- Example Container Component
- Contributing
npm install react-jw-player
At the mininum, you can just use something like the two following code snippets:
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import ReactJWPlayer from 'react-jw-player';
ReactDOM.render(
<ReactJWPlayer
playerId='my-unique-id'
playerScript='https://link-to-my-jw-player/script.js'
playlist='https://link-to-my-playlist.json'
/>,
document.getElementById('my-root-div');
);
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import ReactJWPlayer from 'react-jw-player';
ReactDOM.render(
<ReactJWPlayer
playerId='my-unique-id'
playerScript='https://link-to-my-jw-player/script.js'
file='https://link-to-my-video.mp4'
/>,
document.getElementById('my-root-div');
);
For more complex interaction, check out the container component example here
To generate preroll, supply the player with the generatePrerollUrl
prop. This prop just needs to be a function that returns a valid VAST tag! See (Optional Configuration Props)[#optional-configuration-props] for more info.
These are props that modify the basic behavior of the component.
playerId
- A unique Id for the player instance. Used to distinguish the container divs.
- Type:
string
- Example:
playerId="my-jw-player-instance"
playerScript
- Link to a valid JW Player script.
- Type:
string
- Example:
https://content.jwplatform.com/libraries/abCD1234.js
playlist
ORfile
- Link to a valid JW Player playlist or video file. Cool tip: JW Player automatically generates JSON feeds for individual videos if you use the video id in place of
abCD1234
. You can use this to get meta data on the videos without loading an actual playlist. - Type:
string
- Example:
https//content.jwplatform.com/feeds/abCD1234.json
- Link to a valid JW Player playlist or video file. Cool tip: JW Player automatically generates JSON feeds for individual videos if you use the video id in place of
aspectRatio
- An optional aspect ratio to give the video player. Can be 'inherit',
1:1
or16:9
currently. - Defaults to 'inherit'.
- An optional aspect ratio to give the video player. Can be 'inherit',
className
- An optional class name to give the container div.
- Type:
string
customProps
- An optional object containing properties to be applied directly to the JW Player instance. Add anything in the API, like skins, into this object.
customProps={{ skin: { name: 'six' } }}
. - Type:
object
- An optional object containing properties to be applied directly to the JW Player instance. Add anything in the API, like skins, into this object.
isAutoPlay
- Determines whether the player starts automatically or not.
- Type:
boolean
isMuted
- Determines whether the player starts muted or not.
- Type:
boolean
generatePrerollUrl(video)
- Supply a function that returns a VAST or GOOGIMA tag for use in generating a preroll advertisement.
- Arguments:
video
- This is a video object for the current item loaded in the player. You can use it to help generate your preroll tags.
image
- URL to a poster image to display before playback starts
- Type:
string
onAdPause(event)
- A function that is run when the user pauses the preroll advertisement.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onAdPlay(event)
- A function that is run once, when the preroll advertisement first starts to play.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onAdResume(event)
- A function that is run when the user resumes playing the preroll advertisement.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onAutoStart(event)
- A function that is run once, when an autoplaying player starts to play a video.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onEnterFullScreen(event)
- A function that is run when the user fullscreens a video.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onError(event)
- A function that is run when the player errors.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onExitFullScreen(event)
- A function that is run when the user un-fullscreens a video.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onMute(event)
- A function that is run when the user mutes the player.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onPause(event)
- A function that is run when the user pauses the player during a video.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onPlay(event)
- A function that is run when a video first starts to play.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onReady(event)
- A function that is run once when the video player is ready.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onResume(event)
- A function that is run when the user plays a video after pausing it.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onUnmute(event)
- A function that is run when the user unmutes the player.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onVideoLoad(event)
- A function that is run whenever a new video is loaded into the player.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onThreeSeconds(event)
- A function that is run when the playhead reaches passed the 3 second mark.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onTenSeconds(event)
- A function that is run when the playhead reaches passed the 10 second mark.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onThirtySeconds(event)
- A function that is run when the playhead reaches passed the 30 second mark.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onFiftyPercent(event)
- A function that is run when the playhead reaches passed the 50% mark.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onNinetyFivePercent(event)
- A function that is run when the playhead reaches passed the 95% mark.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
onOneHundredPercent(event)
- A function that is run when the a video ends.
- Type:
function
- Arguments:
event
- This is the event object passed back from JW Player itself.
import React from 'react';
import ReactJWPlayer from 'react-jw-player';
const displayName = 'ReactJWPlayerContainer';
const propTypes = {
playlist: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
playerScript: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired
};
class ReactJWPlayerContainer extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
videoTitle: '',
};
this.onAdPlay = this.onAdPlay.bind(this);
this.onVideoLoad = this.onVideoLoad.bind(this);
// each instance of <ReactJWPlayer> needs a unique id.
// we randomly generate it here and assign to the container instance.
this.playerId = someFunctionToRandomlyGenerateId();
}
onAdPlay(event) {
// track the ad play here
}
onVideoLoad(event) {
this.setState({
videoTitle: event.item.description // this only works with json feeds!
});
}
render() {
return (
<div className='react-jw-player-container'>
<h1>{ this.state.videoTitle }</h1>
<JWPlayer
playlist={this.props.playlist}
onAdPlay={this.onAdPlay}
onVideoLoad={this.onVideoLoad}
playerId={this.playerId} // bring in the randomly generated playerId
playerScript='https://link-to-your-jw-player-script.js'
/>
</div>
);
}
}
ReactJWPlayerContainer.propTypes = propTypes;
ReactJWPlayerContainer.defaultProps = defaultProps;
ReactJWPlayerContainer.displayName = displayName;
export default ReactJWPlayerContainer;
Just do it!