Note: "youtube.js" has been renamed "html5-youtube.js".

html5-youtube.js

YouTube Player API wrapper like HTML5 video API.

• YouTube Player API Reference for iframe Embeds - YouTube — Google Developers

Usage

Basic

See examples/basic.html.

<div id="my-youtube-player" data-youtube-videoid="KFstP0C9sVk"></div>

var elPlayer = document.getElementById('my-youtube-player');

youtube({ el:elPlayer });

Player

See examples/player.html.

<div class="js-player"></div>
<div>
    <button class="js-play" disabled>Play</button>
    <button class="js-pause" disabled>Pause</button>
</div>

(function() {
    var elPlayer = document.querySelector('.js-player');
    var elPlay = document.querySelector('.js-play');
    var elPause = document.querySelector('.js-pause');
    var videoId = 'KFstP0C9sVk';

    var player = youtube({ el:elPlayer, id:videoId })
        .on('ready', function(event) {
            player.play();
        })
        .on('play', function(event) {
            elPlay.disabled = true;
            elPause.disabled = false;
        })
        .on('pause', function(event) {
            elPlay.disabled = false;
            elPause.disabled = true;
        })
        .on('ended', function(event) {
            player.play();
        });

    elPlay.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
        player.play();
    });
    elPause.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
        player.pause();
    });
})();

References

Interface

youtube(options)

• options.el ... {Element} element that will be replaced with YouTube Player.
• options.id ... {String} video ID like "KFstP0C9sVk".

Additionally, every Youtube Player Parameters can be passed as options. Check the Youtube documentation for the full list

Those options accepts the values stated in the youtube documentation, but can also accept booleans in place of 1 (true) and 0 (false). Some player parameters exemples :

• options.autoplay ... {Boolean | 0 or 1} start playing automatically if true or 0. Optional. Default is 0.
• options.controls ... {Boolean | 0 or 1} show controll UIs if true. Optional. Default is 1.
• options.disabledkb ... {Boolean | 0 or 1} enable or disabled keyboard control. Optional. Default is 0.
• options.start ... {Number} specify a start time for the video. Optional. Default is undefined.
• options.end ... {Number} specify a start time for the video. Optional. Default is undefined.
• options.showInfo ... {Boolean | 0 or 1} show video info (title, author...). Optional. Default is 1.
• returns ... {Player}

var el = document.querySelector('#the-player');
var videoId = 'KFstP0C9sVk';
var player = youtube({ el:el, id:videoId });
player.addEventListener('ready', function(event) {
    this.play();
});

Methods

play()

Start playing a video.

pause()

Stop playing a video.

addEventListener(type, listener)

Set an event listener.

• type ... {string} event name.
• listener ... {Function} event listener.

removeEventListener(type, listener)

Remove an event listener.

• type ... {string} event name.
• listener ... {Function} event listener.

on(type, listener)

Shortcut for addEventListener(). This method is chainable.

• type ... {string} event name.
• listener ... {Function} event listener.
• returns ... {Player}

off(type, listener)

Shortcut for removeEventListener(). This method is chainable.

• type ... {string} event name.
• listener ... {Function} event listener.
• returns ... {Player}

destroy()

Remove player.

The target element is restored, event listeners are detached, player properties are cleared.

Properties

player

Original YouTube Player object.

• type ... YT.Player

duration

How long time in seconds of the currently playing video.

• type ... Number

currentSrc

YouTube.com URL for the currently loaded/playing video.

• type ... String

paused

True if playback is paused; false otherwise.

• type ... Boolean

ended

True if playback has reached the end

• type ... Boolean

Functional Properties

Properties are implemented as getter and setter functions.

var currentTime = player.currentTime;  // getter
player.currentTime = 123;  // setter

If you use youtube.compat.js, these getter and setter are changed to just functions.

var currentTime = player.currentTime();  // getter
player.currentTime(123);  // setter

currentTime

• type ... Number

Returns the current playback position, in seconds, as a position between zero time and the current duration.

Can be set, to seek to the given time.

Updated with progress.

volume

• type ... Number

Returns the current playback volume multiplier, as a number in the range 0.0 to 1.0, where 0.0 is the quietest and 1.0 the loudest.

Can be set, to change the volume multiplier.

muted

• type ... Boolean

Returns true if all audio is muted (regardless of other attributes either on the controller or on any media elements slaved to this controller), and false otherwise.

Can be set, to change whether the audio is muted or not.

playbackRate

• type ... Number

Returns the current rate of playback.

Can be set, to change the rate of playback.

This value is NOT available in compat mode. (Always 1)

src

YouTube.com URL for the loaded/playing video.

Can be set, to change the video.

• type ... String

Events

Type	When
ready	The player is ready to use.
error	Any error is occurred.
emptied	The video is refreshed.
canplay	The video is ready to play.
canplaythrough	The video is ready to play.
playing	Started playing.
ended	Finished playing.
durationchange	Duration is changed.
timeupdate	Current playback time is changed.
play	Started playing.
pause	Stopped playing.
ratechange	Playback rate is changed.
volumechange	Volume is changed, muted or unmuted.

Compatibility With HTML5 Video API

• ✔ = Compatible (or almost)
• △ = Similar (but not compatible)
• ✘ = Not supported
• ☆ = Original feature
• ? = Ah, let me see...

Function	Status	Description
addEventListener()	✔
destroy()	☆
off()	☆	Simple shortcut for removeEventListener()
on()	☆	Simple shortcut for addEventListener()
pause()	✔
play()	✔
removeEventListener()	✔
currentSrc	✔
currentTime	✔
duration	✔
ended	✔
muted	✔
paused	✔
playbackRate	△	Only 0.25, 0.5, 1, 1.5, or 2 (Check YouTube API)
player	☆
src	✔
volume	✔
canplay event	△	Same as YouTube onReady event
canplaythrough event	△	Same as YouTube onReady event
durationchange event	✔
emptied event	?
ended event	✔
error event	✔	Same as YouTube onError event
muted event	✔
pause event	✔
play event	✔
playing event	?
progress event	✘
ratechange event	✔
ready event	☆
seeked event	✘
seeking event	✘
src event	✔
timeupdate event	✔
volumechange event	✔

Browsers

• IE 9+
• Modern PC Browsers

Support IE 7, 8

Use with youtube.compat.js. See examples/full-player.compat.html.

<script src="html5-youtube.js"></script>
<script src="html5-youtube.compat.js"></script>
<script>
var player = youtube({ ... });
</script>

Compatible mode forces some rules.

• options.autoplay is not available in initializing.
• options.controls is not available in initializing.
• Functional properties have another interfaces. See its section.

History

• 2015-10-04: v1.0.1
  • Update minified files (OMG)
  • Rename from "youtube.js" to "html5-youtube.js"
• 2015-09-29: v1.0.0
  • First Release

License

• MIT License

Contact

• by Ginpei
• GitHub: ginpei/html5-youtube.js
• Twitter: @ginpei_en 🇨🇦 or @ginpei_jp 🇯🇵