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Getting Started

If you are looking for industry leading Video Player with dual synchronous video playback, advanced layout capabilities and the power of Annoto interactivity, you are in the right place :)

Setup

The player is officially available via CDN and npm. Annoto works out of the box with not only HTML <script> tag, but also with all major bundlers/packagers/builders, such as Browserify, WebPack, etc.

$ npm install @annoto/player

The package includes full typings and can be used in typescript/ES6/flow projects.

<body>
    <script src="https://player.annoto.net/index.js"></script>
</body>
<script>
    // Annoto modules is available at 'nn' global object:
    // nn.annotoPlayer
</script>

Creating a Player

Annoto player is exposed as , meaning it offers compatibility with the most popular script loaders and can be imported as commonjs/amd/es6. If you are not using any standard loader the player will be exposed on window as global variables.

If you are using a javascript module loader such as RequireJS. Annoto exposes a standard . For example for requireJS:

requirejs(["https://player.annoto.net/index.js"], function(nn) {
    //
});

The main player class is . After you have the player instance it can be used to load video sources, dynamically control Widget, get access to Widget API and much more.

Creating player using the annotoPlayer helper (CDN)

The annotoPlayer() helper is available only for the CDN. When using the npm package, please use the AnnotoPlayer constructor directly (see below)

The simplest way to create a player is using the :

import { annotoPlayer, IPlayerOptions } from '@annoto/player';
import { IConfig } from '@annoto/widget-api';

const options: IPlayerOptions;
const wConfig: Omit<IConfig, 'widgets'> = {
    clientId: '...', // [mandatory for widget] the clientId provided by Annoto
    ssoToken: '...', // JWT user SSO token (recomended, but can be dynamicaly authenticated using the API as well)
};
let player: AnnotoPlayer;

annotoPlayer(document.querySelector('annoto-player'), options).then((p) => {
    player = p;
    return Promise.all([
        player.loadSrc({
            src: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9EZi7KJcc',
            type: 'video/youtube'
        }),
        player.setupWidget(wConfig),
    ]);
}).then(() => {
    return player.loadWidget(); // until this api call, the widget is not shown
}).catch((err) => {
    console.error('player setup error: ', err);
});

<body>
    <annoto-player></annoto-player>
</body>

Creating player using the AnnotoPlayer constructor

import {
    AnnotoPlayer,
    IPlayerOptions,
    WidgetService,
    IWidgetService,
    getConsoleLogger,
} from '@annoto/player';
import { IConfig } from '@annoto/widget-api';

const options: IPlayerOptions; // optional player options
const wConfig: Omit<IConfig, 'widgets'> = {
    clientId: '...', // [mandatory for widget] the clientId provided by Annoto
    ssoToken: '...', // JWT user SSO token (recomended, but can be dynamicaly authenticated using the API as well)
};
// IMPORTANT: there must be only a single WidgetService on a page
// same widgetService must be used for all the players on a page
const widgetService = new WidgetService(); 

async function setupPlayer(el: HTMLElement, opt?: IPlayerOptions): Promise<AnnotoPlayer> {
    const pl = new AnnotoPlayer(
        getConsoleLogger('AnnotoPlayer'),
        widgetService,
    );
    
    await pl.setup(el, opt);
    return pl;
}

let player: AnnotoPlayer;
setupPlayer(document.querySelector('annoto-player'), options).then((p) => {
    player = p;
    return Promise.all([
        player.loadSrc({
            src: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9EZi7KJcc',
            type: 'video/youtube'
        }),
        player.setupWidget(wConfig),
    ]);
}).then(() => {
    return player.loadWidget(); // until this api call, the widget is not shown
}).catch((err) => {
    console.error('player setup error: ', err);
});

<body>
    <annoto-player></annoto-player>
</body>

Player Options

PlayerOptions extends VideoJS options, so all options supported by the videojs player can be used.

Authenticating the User

const api = await player.getWidgetApi();
const ssoToken = '...';
api.auth(ssoToken);

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If you are looking for industry leading Video Player with dual synchronous video playback, advanced layout capabilities and the power of Annoto interactivity, you are in the right place :)

Setup

$ npm install @annoto/player

The package includes full typings and can be used in typescript/ES6/flow projects.

<body>
    <script src="https://player.annoto.net/index.js"></script>
</body>
<script>
    // Annoto modules is available at 'nn' global object:
    // nn.annotoPlayer
</script>

Creating a Player

If you are using a javascript module loader such as RequireJS. Annoto exposes a standard . For example for requireJS:

requirejs(["https://player.annoto.net/index.js"], function(nn) {
    //
});

The main player class is . After you have the player instance it can be used to load video sources, dynamically control Widget, get access to Widget API and much more.

Creating player using the annotoPlayer helper (CDN)

The annotoPlayer() helper is available only for the CDN. When using the npm package, please use the AnnotoPlayer constructor directly (see below)

The simplest way to create a player is using the :

import { annotoPlayer, IPlayerOptions } from '@annoto/player';
import { IConfig } from '@annoto/widget-api';

const options: IPlayerOptions;
const wConfig: Omit<IConfig, 'widgets'> = {
    clientId: '...', // [mandatory for widget] the clientId provided by Annoto
    ssoToken: '...', // JWT user SSO token (recomended, but can be dynamicaly authenticated using the API as well)
};
let player: AnnotoPlayer;

annotoPlayer(document.querySelector('annoto-player'), options).then((p) => {
    player = p;
    return Promise.all([
        player.loadSrc({
            src: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9EZi7KJcc',
            type: 'video/youtube'
        }),
        player.setupWidget(wConfig),
    ]);
}).then(() => {
    return player.loadWidget(); // until this api call, the widget is not shown
}).catch((err) => {
    console.error('player setup error: ', err);
});

<body>
    <annoto-player></annoto-player>
</body>

Creating player using the AnnotoPlayer constructor

The Player instance can be created using the constructor which allows the most flexibility:

import {
    AnnotoPlayer,
    IPlayerOptions,
    WidgetService,
    IWidgetService,
    getConsoleLogger,
} from '@annoto/player';
import { IConfig } from '@annoto/widget-api';

const options: IPlayerOptions; // optional player options
const wConfig: Omit<IConfig, 'widgets'> = {
    clientId: '...', // [mandatory for widget] the clientId provided by Annoto
    ssoToken: '...', // JWT user SSO token (recomended, but can be dynamicaly authenticated using the API as well)
};
// IMPORTANT: there must be only a single WidgetService on a page
// same widgetService must be used for all the players on a page
const widgetService = new WidgetService(); 

async function setupPlayer(el: HTMLElement, opt?: IPlayerOptions): Promise<AnnotoPlayer> {
    const pl = new AnnotoPlayer(
        getConsoleLogger('AnnotoPlayer'),
        widgetService,
    );
    
    await pl.setup(el, opt);
    return pl;
}

let player: AnnotoPlayer;
setupPlayer(document.querySelector('annoto-player'), options).then((p) => {
    player = p;
    return Promise.all([
        player.loadSrc({
            src: 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9EZi7KJcc',
            type: 'video/youtube'
        }),
        player.setupWidget(wConfig),
    ]);
}).then(() => {
    return player.loadWidget(); // until this api call, the widget is not shown
}).catch((err) => {
    console.error('player setup error: ', err);
});

<body>
    <annoto-player></annoto-player>
</body>

Player Options

Annoto Player extends standard with some advanced functionality, for more details, please refer to the .

PlayerOptions extends VideoJS options, so all options supported by the videojs player can be used.

The most common widget related api is available directly via the instance, for example: setupWidget, loadWidget, destroyWidget.

For more advanced usages the can be obtained using await player.getWidgetApi()

Authenticating the User

The most recomended wait is to provide the User's SSO token to the widget configuration as show in .

An alternative way is to authenticate the user dynamically

const api = await player.getWidgetApi();
const ssoToken = '...';
api.auth(ssoToken);

Getting Started

Getting Started

Setup

Creating a Player

Creating player using the annotoPlayer helper (CDN)

Creating player using the AnnotoPlayer constructor

Player Options

Using the Widget API

Authenticating the User

Setup

Creating a Player

Creating player using the annotoPlayer helper (CDN)

Creating player using the AnnotoPlayer constructor

Player Options

Using the Widget API

Authenticating the User