Kaltura Embed Code Generator

This Javascript library can be used to generate Kaltura Embed Codes.

It was designed to easiliy create embed codes on-the-fly for your projects.

Quick Start

1. Include KalturaEmbedCodeGenerator.js to your page.

   <script src="/{path_to_script}/KalturaEmbedCodeGenerator.js"></script>

2. Create a new instance of the generator, pass in configuration object and call getCode method.

   <textarea id="code"></textarea>
   <script>
   var gen = new kEmbedCodeGenerator({
   	partnerId: 0000,
   	uiConfId: 999,
   	entryId: '0_xsd34g3'
   });
   document.getElementById('code').innerHTML = gen.getCode();
   </script>

Configuration

Option	Description	Default
embedType string	Embed code type to generate. Can we one of: 'auto', 'dynamic', 'thumb', 'iframe', 'legacy'	"auto"
playerId string	The player element Id to generate	"kaltura_player"
protocol string	Embed HTTP protocol to use	"http"
host string	Host for loading html5 library & kdp swf	"www.kaltura.com"
securedHost string	Secured host for loading html5 library & kdp swf	"www.kaltura.com"
widgetId string	Kaltura Widget Id	_{partnerId}
partnerId int	Kaltura Partner Id	null
cacheSt int	Add cacheSt parameter to bust cache. Should be future timestamp	null
uiConfId int	Kaltura UiConf Id	null
entryId string	Kaltura Entry Id	null
entryMeta object	Entry Metadata object. Example: {name: "Foo", description: "Bar", thumbnailUrl: "http://foo.bar.com/img.jpg"}	null
width int	Set player width	400
height int	Set player height	330
attributes object	Adds additonal attributes to embed code. Example: { "class": "player" }	{} (empty object)
flashVars object	Adds flashVars to player. Example: { "autoPlay": "true" }	{} (empty object)
includeKalturaLinks boolean	Include Kaltura SEO links	true
includeSeoMetadata boolean	Include Entry SEO Metadata ( taken from {entryMeta} option )	false
includeHtml5Library boolean	Inclde HTML5 Library in legacy embed type	true

You can set the configuration options when creating a new instance to set the defaults and you can also set the configuration when calling getCode method.

Any option that sets on getCode will override options that were set when creating the instance.

var gen = new kEmbedCodeGenerator({
	'host': 'cdnapi.kaltura.com',
	'partnerId': 1111,
	'widgetId': 1111,
	'width': 680,
	'height': 420
});
console.log(gen.getCode({
	'uiConfId': 0000000,
	'entryId': 'x_0000000',	
	'height': 300 // Will generate embed with "height" of 300px 
}));

If you like to play with all the different options you're welcome to try out the demo

Dependencies

This library uses Handlebars to manage the embed code templates and includes handlebars.runtime.js library. If your project already uses handlebars, you can remove that file from grunt.js file.

This library also uses JSON.strinify method which is supported nativaliy in modern browsers. If you need to support older browsers, please add the following code.

<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/json2/20110223/json2.js"></script>
<![endif]-->

Build minified version

Just run:

grunt