Plyr::Rails

plyr-rails gem is the integration of plyr.io javascript library for your Rails 4 and Rails 5 application.

Plyr.js a simple, accessible HTML5 media player.

Ruby gems url: https://rubygems.org/gems/plyr-rails

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'plyr-rails'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install plyr-rails

Now you need to edit your app/assets/stylesheets/application.css file and add the following line:

*= require plyr

Now you need to edit your app/assets/javascripts/application.js file and add the following line:

//= require plyr

Note: Usage code has be updated to plyr version 3. Please update your code, if you're using plyr version 2

Here is the example of working code with Jquery to test with your Rails application.

Add this sample code to your app/assets/javascripts/application.js file

Using with Javascript and turbolinks

  document.addEventListener("turbolinks:load", function() {
    const player = new Plyr('#player');
  });

Using with Jquery required and turbolinks

  $(document).on("turbolinks:load", function() {
    const player = new Plyr('#player');
  });

Add this sample code to your template file like index.html.erb

<!-- Place somewhere in the <body> of your page -->
<div id="player" data-plyr-provider="youtube" data-plyr-embed-id="bTqVqk7FSmY"></div>

More HTML examples

Plyr extends upon the standard HTML5 media elementmarkup so that's all you need for those types.

HTML5 Video

<video poster="/path/to/poster.jpg" id="player" playsinline controls>
    <source src="/path/to/video.mp4" type="video/mp4">
    <source src="/path/to/video.webm" type="video/webm">

    <!-- Captions are optional -->
    <track kind="captions" label="English captions" src="/path/to/captions.vtt" srclang="en" default>
</video>

HTML5 Audio

<audio id="player" controls>
    <source src="/path/to/audio.mp3" type="audio/mp3">
    <source src="/path/to/audio.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
</audio>

YouTube embed

<div class="plyr__video-embed" id="player">
    <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bTqVqk7FSmY?origin=https://plyr.io&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;rel=0&amp;enablejsapi=1" allowfullscreen allowtransparency allow="autoplay"></iframe>
</div>

Note: The plyr__video-embed classname will make the player a responsive 16:9 (most common) iframe embed. When plyr itself kicks in, your custom ratio config option will be used.

Or the <div> non progressively enhanced method:

<div id="player" data-plyr-provider="youtube" data-plyr-embed-id="bTqVqk7FSmY"></div>

Note: The data-plyr-embed-id can either be the video ID or URL for the media.

Vimeo embed

Much the same as YouTube above.

<div class="plyr__video-embed" id="player">
    <iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/76979871?loop=false&amp;byline=false&amp;portrait=false&amp;title=false&amp;speed=true&amp;transparent=0&amp;gesture=media" allowfullscreen allowtransparency allow="autoplay"></iframe>
</div>

Or the <div> non progressively enhanced method:

<div id="player" data-plyr-provider="vimeo" data-plyr-embed-id="76979871"></div>

Full documentation

Read the plyr.io documentation here https://github.com/Selz/plyr

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake false to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/sadiqmmm/plyr-rails. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.