@thelevicole/youtube-to-html5-loader

Load YoutTube videos as HTML5 emebed element

Basic usage example

Replacing YOUTUBE_URL_OR_ID_GOES_HERE with your video URL or ID.

<video data-yt2html5="YOUTUBE_URL_OR_ID_GOES_HERE"></video>
<script src="YouTubeToHtml5.js"></script>
<script>new YouTubeToHtml5();</script>

NPM

npm i @thelevicole/youtube-to-html5-loader

const YouTubeToHtml5 = require('@thelevicole/youtube-to-html5-loader');
new YouTubeToHtml5();

jsDelivr CDN

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@thelevicole/youtube-to-html5-loader@3.0.1/dist/YouTubeToHtml5.min.js"></script>

Options example

<video class="youtube-video" data-yt="https://youtube.com/watch?v=ScMzIvxBSi4"></video>
    
<script src="YouTubeToHtml5.js"></script>
<script>
  new YouTubeToHtml5({   
    selector: '.youtube-video',
    attribute: 'data-yt'
  });
</script>

Internal API example

<video data-yt2html5="YOUTUBE_URL_OR_ID_GOES_HERE"></video>
    
<script src="YouTubeToHtml5.js"></script>
<script>   
  var player = new YouTubeToHtml5({
    autoload: false // Disable loading videos on init, `.load()` method is required.
  });

  // Add loading class to video element
  player.addAction('api.before', function(element) {   
    element.classList.add('is-loading');
  });

  // Remove loading class after API HTTP request completes.
  player.addAction('api.after', function(element) {
    element.classList.remove('is-loading');
  });

  // Now we can load videos.
  player.load();
</script>

Accepted URL patterns

Below is a list of varying YouTube url patterns, which include http/s and www/non-www.

youtube.com/watch?v=ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/watch?vi=ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/v/ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/vi/ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/?v=ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/?vi=ScMzIvxBSi4
youtu.be/ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/embed/ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/v/ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube.com/watch?v=ScMzIvxBSi4&wtv=wtv
youtube.com/watch?dev=inprogress&v=ScMzIvxBSi4&feature=related
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMzIvxBSi4
youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ScMzIvxBSi4