PlayKit JS Navigation - plugin for the [PlayKit JS Player]

PlayKit JS Navigation is written in ECMAScript6, statically analysed using Typescript and transpiled in ECMAScript5 using Babel.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

The plugin requires Kaltura Player to be loaded first.

Installing

First, clone and run yarn to install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/kaltura/playkit-js-navigation.git
cd playkit-js-navigation
yarn install

Building

Then, build the player

yarn run build

Embed the library in your test page

Finally, add the bundle as a script tag in your page, and initialize the player

<script type="text/javascript" src="/PATH/TO/FILE/kaltura-player.js"></script>
<!--Kaltura player-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/PATH/TO/FILE/playkit-js-timeline.js"></script>
<!--PlayKit timeline plugin-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/PATH/TO/FILE/playkit-kaltura-cuepoints.js"></script>
<!--PlayKit cuepoints plugin-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/PATH/TO/FILE/playkit-ui-managers.js"></script>
<!--PlayKit ui-managers plugin-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/PATH/TO/FILE/playkit-navigation.js"></script>
<!--PlayKit navigation plugin-->
<div id="player-placeholder" style="height:360px; width:640px">
  <script type="text/javascript">
    var playerContainer = document.querySelector("#player-placeholder");
    var config = {
     ...
     targetId: 'player-placeholder',
     plugins: {
      navigation: { ... },
      uiManagers: { ... },
      kalturaCuepoints: { ... },
      timeline: { ... }
     }
     ...
    };
    var player = KalturaPlayer.setup(config);
    player.loadMedia(...);
  </script>
</div>

Documentation

Navigation plugin configuration can be found here:

• Configuration

Navigation plugin dependencies can been found here:

• Dependencies

And coding style tests

We use ESLint recommended set with some additions for enforcing [Flow] types and other rules.

See ESLint config for full configuration.

We also use .editorconfig to maintain consistent coding styles and settings, please make sure you comply with the styling.

Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md for details on our code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Versioning

We use SemVer for versioning. For the versions available, see the tags on this repository.

License

This project is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

Commands

Run dev server: yarn dev;
Bump version: yarn release;

Configuration

Configuration Structure

//Default configuration
"navigation" = {};
//Plugin params
"navigation" = {
  expandOnFirstPlay?: boolean, // optional
  position?: string, // optional
  expandMode?: string, // optional
  itemsOrder?: object< string, number >, // optional
  visible?: boolean // optional
}

config.expandOnFirstPlay

Type: boolean

Default: right

Description: if plugin should automatically open on first play.

config.position

Type: 'right' | 'left' | 'top' | 'bottom'

Default: right

Description: expand mode of side panel (‘alongside', ‘hidden’, 'over’, default 'alongside').

config.expandMode

Type: string

Default: alongside

Description: expand mode of side panel (‘alongside', ‘hidden’, 'over’, default 'alongside').

config.itemsOrder

Type: object< string, number >

Default: { "All": 0, "Chapter": 1, "Slide": 2, "Hotspot": 3, "AnswerOnAir": 4, }

Change tab order: navigation = {...itemsOrder: { "Slide": 1, "All": 4, "AnswerOnAir": 3, "Chapter": 5, "Hotspot": 2, }, ...}

Description: define order of Tabs (min value at the left) and Items inside group (min value at the top). itemsOrder also uses as tabs filter (all items that not included in "itemsOrder" object will be filtered out) (default: { "All": 0, "Chapter": 1, "Slide": 2, "Hotspot": 3, "AnswerOnAir": 4, }).

config.visible

Type: boolean

Default: true

Description: if plugin's side panel should be displayed or not.

Additional flashvars

"playkit-navigation":"Version" (check latest version of navigation plugin)

Dependencies

Plugin dependencies:
Cue Points
UI Managers
Timeline

Dev env

Node version: up to 14+
If nvm installed: nvm use change version of current terminal to required.