Vimeo offered an API (Application Programming Interface) called the Vimeo Player API, which allowed developers to interact with and control Vimeo videos embedded on websites or applications.
The Vimeo Player API provides various functionalities and methods for developers to customize and enhance the Vimeo video playback experience.
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The Vimeo Player API allows you to interact with and control an embedded Vimeo Player. Some common use cases for the Vimeo Player API:
- Controlling Playback
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Developers could use the API to start, pause, seek, or stop video playback programmatically.
- Customizing Player Appearance
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The API allowed developers to customize the appearance of the Vimeo player, such as changing the color scheme, adding custom controls, and creating custom overlays.
- Listening to Events
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Developers could set up event listeners to respond to various player events, such as when a video starts playing, finishes playing, or encounters an error.
- Retrieving Video Information
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The API enabled developers to fetch information about the currently loaded video, such as its title, duration, and metadata.
- Autoplay and Looping
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Developers could use the API to enable autoplay and looping of Vimeo videos, depending on their specific requirements.
- Analytics Integration
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The API provided hooks for integrating video analytics and tracking user interactions with Vimeo videos.
Installation
You can install the Vimeo Player API through either npm:
npm install @vimeo/player
Alternatively, you can reference an up‐to‐date version on our CDN:
<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
Warning: when used with RequireJS it’s required to load the script dynamically via the RequireJS load system.
Getting Started
In order to control the Vimeo player, you need a player to control. There are a few ways to get a player:
Pre-existing player
Already have a player on the page? Pass the element to the Vimeo.Player
constructor and you’re ready to go.
<iframe
src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/76979871?h=8272103f6e"
width="640"
height="360"
frameborder="0"
allowfullscreen
allow="autoplay; encrypted-media">
</iframe>
<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
<script>
const iframe = document.querySelector('iframe');
const player = new Vimeo.Player(iframe);
player.on('play', () => {
console.log('played the video!');
});
player.getVideoTitle().then((title) => {
console.log('title:', title);
});
</script>
Create with a video id or url
You can use the library to make the embed for you. All you need is an empty element and the video id or vimeo.com url (and optional embed options).
NOTE: If the video privacy settings are Private, instead of providing an id
property, you will need to provide the full video URL as a url
property and include the h
parameter.
<div id="made-in-ny"></div>
<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
<script>
const options = {
id: 59777392,
width: 640,
loop: true
};
const player = new Vimeo.Player('made-in-ny', options);
player.setVolume(0);
player.on('play', () => {
console.log('played the video!');
});
</script>
Automatically with HTML attributes
When the library loads, it will scan your page for elements with Vimeo attributes. Each element must have at least a data-vimeo-id
or data-vimeo-url
attribute in order for the embed to be created automatically. You can also add attributes for any of the embed options, prefixed with data-vimeo
(data-vimeo-portrait="false"
, for example).
If the video privacy settings are Private, instead of providing a |
<div id="handstick" data-vimeo-id="19231868" data-vimeo-width="640"></div>
<div id="playertwo" data-vimeo-url="https://player.vimeo.com/video/76979871?h=8272103f6e"></div>
<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
<script>
// If you want to control the embeds, you’ll need to create a Player object.
// You can pass either the `<div>` or the `<iframe>` created inside the div.
const handstickPlayer = new Vimeo.Player('handstick');
handstickPlayer.on('play', () => {
console.log('played the handstick video!');
});
const playerTwoPlayer = new Vimeo.Player('playertwo');
playerTwoPlayer.on('play', () => {
console.log('played the player 2.0 video!');
});
</script>
Create a Player
The Vimeo.Player
object wraps an iframe so you can interact with and control a Vimeo Player embed.
Existing Embed
If you already have a Vimeo <iframe>
on your page, pass that element into the constructor to get a Player
object. You can also use jQuery to select the element, or pass a string that matches the id
of the <iframe>
.
// Select with the DOM API
const iframe = document.querySelector('iframe');
const iframePlayer = new Vimeo.Player(iframe);
// Select with jQuery
// If multiple elements are selected, it will use the first element.
const jqueryPlayer = new Vimeo.Player($('iframe'));
// Select with the `<iframe>`’s id
// Assumes that there is an <iframe id="player1"> on the page.
const idPlayer = new Vimeo.Player('player1');
Create an Embed
Pass any element and an options object to the Vimeo.Player
constructor to make an embed inside that element. The options object should consist of either an id
or url
and any other embed options for the embed.
NOTE: If the video privacy settings, browser-window—new are Private, instead of providing an id
property, you will need to provide the full video URL as a url
property and include the h
parameter.
<div id="made-in-ny"></div>
<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
<script>
const options = {
id: 59777392,
width: 640,
loop: true
};
// Will create inside the made-in-ny div:
// <iframe
// src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/59777392?h=ab882a04fd&loop=1"
// width="640"
// height="360"
// frameborder="0"
// allowfullscreen allow="autoplay; encrypted-media">
// </iframe>
const madeInNy = new Vimeo.Player('made-in-ny', options);
</script>
Embed options will also be read from the data-vimeo-*
attributes. Attributes on the element will override any defined in the options object passed to the constructor (similar to how the style
attribute overrides styles defined in CSS).
Elements with a data-vimeo-id
or data-vimeo-url
attribute will have embeds created automatically when the player API library is loaded. You can use the data-vimeo-defer
attribute to prevent that from happening and create the embed at a later time. This is useful for situations where the player embed wouldn’t be visible right away, but only after some action was taken by the user (a lightbox opened from clicking on a thumbnail, for example).
<div id="made-in-ny" data-vimeo-id="59777392" data-vimeo-defer></div>
<div id="handstick" data-vimeo-id="19231868" data-vimeo-defer data-vimeo-width="500"></div>
<script src="https://player.vimeo.com/api/player.js"></script>
<script>
const options = {
width: 640,
loop: true
};
// Will create inside the made-in-ny div:
// <iframe
// src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/59777392?h=ab882a04fd&loop=1"
// width="640"
// height="360" frameborder="0"
// allowfullscreen
// allow="autoplay; encrypted-media">
// </iframe>
const madeInNy = new Vimeo.Player('made-in-ny', options);
// Will create inside the handstick div:
// <iframe
// src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/19231868?h=1034d5269b&loop=1"
// width="500"
// height="281"
// frameborder="0"
// allowfullscreen
// allow="autoplay; encrypted-media">
// </iframe>
const handstick = new Vimeo.Player(document.getElementById('handstick'), options);
</script>
Embed Options
These options are available to be appended to the query string of the player URL, used as data-vimeo-
attributes on elements, or included as an object passed to the Vimeo.Player
constructor. A complete list of embed options can be found in Vimeo’s official SDK documentation.
Option | Default | Description | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
| NO defaults | The ID or the URL of the video on Vimeo. You must supply one of these values to identify the video.
| ||
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| Whether AirPlay is enabled in the embeddable player. AirPlay is a wireless streaming technology developed by Apple. In the context of video players like Vimeo, AirPlay wouldn’t be directly built into Vimeo itself (as Vimeo isn’t an Apple product).
| ||
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| Whether multiple audio tracks can appear in the embeddable player. This option has no effect if your video doesn’t have additional audio tracks uploaded to it. | ||
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| Whether to pause the current video when another. Vimeo video on the same page starts to play. Set this value to | ||
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| Whether to start playback of the video automatically. This feature might not work on all devices. | ||
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| Whether the player is in background mode, which hides the playback controls, enables autoplay, and loops the video. | ||
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| Whether to display the video owner’s name. | ||
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| Whether closed captions are enabled in the embeddable player. This option has no effect if your video doesn’t have captions or subtitles. | ||
| NO defaults | The chapter by ID to start playback at. | ||
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| Whether chapters are enabled in the embeddable player. This option has no effect if your video doesn’t have chapters set. | ||
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| Whether the Chromecast button appears in the embeddable player. | ||
| NO defaults | The hexadecimal accent color value of the playback controls, which is normally | ||
| NO defaults | The hexadecimal color values of the player. The embed settings of the video might override these values. The order of the player colors is | ||
|
| Whether to display the player’s interactive elements, including the play bar and sharing buttons. Set this option to | ||
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| Whether to prevent the player from tracking session data, including cookies.
| ||
| NO defaults | In Segmented Playback mode, the time in seconds where playback ends for the video. Setting this field enables Segmented Playback mode, where the video is presented as a segment of the original as defined by this field and the | ||
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| Whether to show the fullscreen button in the embeddable player. | ||
| NO defaults | The height of the video in pixels. | ||
|
| Whether to display markers representing the timestamp where hotspots appear on an interactive video. | ||
| NO defaults | Key-value pairs representing dynamic parameters that are utilized on interactive videos with dynamic elements, such as | ||
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| Whether to enable keyboard input to trigger player events. This setting doesn’t affect tab control. | ||
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| Whether to restart the video automatically after reaching the end. | ||
| NO defaults | The height of the video in pixels, where the video won’t exceed its native height, no matter the value of this field. | ||
| NO defaults | The width of the video in pixels, where the video won’t exceed its native width, no matter the value of this field. | ||
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| Whether the video is muted upon loading. The | ||
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| Whether to include the picture-in-picture button among the player controls and enable the Picture-in-Picture API, where supported. | ||
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| The position of the play button within the embeddable player. Other possible values include | ||
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| Whether the video plays inline on supported mobile devices. To force the device to play the video in fullscreen mode instead, set this value to | ||
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| Whether to display the video owners portrait. | ||
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| Whether to show the progress bar in the embeddable player. | ||
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| The playback quality of the video. Use | ||
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| Whether to show the quality selector in the embeddable player. | ||
|
| Whether to return a responsive embed code, or one that provides intelligent adjustments based on viewing conditions. This option is recommend for mobile-optimized sites. | ||
|
| Whether to include playback speed among the player preferences. | ||
|
| In Segmented Playback mode, the time in seconds where playback starts for the video; see the | ||
| NO defaults | The text track to display with the video. Specify the text track by its language code ( For this argument to work, the video must already have a text track of the given type. See the Help Center or Working with Text Track Uploads for more information.
| ||
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| Whether to display the video’s title. | ||
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| Whether transcript controls can appear in the embeddable player. | ||
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| Whether the responsive player and transparent background are enabled. | ||
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| Whether to show the Vimeo logo in the embeddable player. | ||
|
| Whether to show the volume selector in the embeddable player. | ||
|
| Whether to show the Watch Full Video button when Segmented Playback mode is enabled.
| ||
| NO defaults | The width of the video in pixels. |
Methods
You can call methods on the player by calling the function on the Player object.
player.play();
All methods, except for on()
and off()
return a Promise. The Promise may or may not resolve with a value, depending on the specific method.
player.disableTextTrack().then(() =>{
// the track was disabled
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
Promises for getters are resolved with the value of the property:
player.getLoop().then((loop) => {
// whether or not the player is set to loop
});
Promises for setters are resolved with the value set, or rejected with an error if the set fails. For example:
player.setColor('#00adef').then((color) => {
// the color that was set
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred setting the color
});
on()
Add an event listener for the specified event. Will call the callback with a single parameter, data
, that contains the data for that event. See Events below for details.
Type: void
Parameters: event: string
, callback: function
const onPlay = (data) => {
// data is an object containing properties specific to that event
};
player.on('play', onPlay);
off()
Remove an event listener for the specified event. Will remove all listeners for that event if a callback
isn’t passed, or only that specific callback if it is passed.
Type: void
Parameters: event: string
, callback: function
const onPlay = (data) => {
// data is an object containing properties specific to that event
};
player.on('play', onPlay);
// If later on you decide that you don’t need to listen for play anymore.
player.off('play', onPlay);
// Alternatively, `off` can be called with just the event name to remove all
// listeners.
player.off('play');
loadVideo()
Load a new video into this embed. The promise will be resolved if the video is successfully loaded, or it will be rejected if it could not be loaded.
Promise<number|object, (TypeError|PasswordError|Error)>
Parameters: options: number
|string
|object
If the video privacy settings are Private, instead of providing an |
player.loadVideo(76979871).then((id) => {
// the video successfully loaded
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'TypeError':
// the id was not a number
break;
case 'PasswordError':
// the video is password-protected and the viewer needs to enter the
// password first
break;
case 'PrivacyError':
// the video is password-protected or private
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
ready()
Trigger a function when the player iframe has initialized. You do not need to wait for ready
to trigger to begin adding event listeners or calling other methods.
Promise<void, Error>
player.ready().then(() => {
// the player is ready
});
enableTextTrack()
Enable the text track with the specified language, and optionally the specified kind (captions or subtitles).
When set via the API, the track language will not change the viewer’s stored preference.
Promise<object, (InvalidTrackLanguageError|InvalidTrackError|Error)>
Parameters: language: string
player.enableTextTrack('en').then((track) => {
// track.language = the iso code for the language
// track.kind = 'captions' or 'subtitles'
// track.label = the human-readable label
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'InvalidTrackLanguageError':
// no track was available with the specified language
break;
case 'InvalidTrackError':
// no track was available with the specified language and kind
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
disableTextTrack()
Disable the currently-active text track.
Promise<void, Error>
player.disableTextTrack().then(() => {
// the track was disabled
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
pause()
Pause the video if it’s playing.
Promise<void, (PasswordError|PrivacyError|Error)>
player.pause().then(() => {
// the video was paused
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'PasswordError':
// the video is password-protected and the viewer needs to enter the
// password first
break;
case 'PrivacyError':
// the video is private
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
play()
Play the video if it’s paused.
On iOS and some other mobile devices, you cannot programmatically trigger play. Once the viewer has tapped on the play button in the player, however, you will be able to use this function. |
Promise<void, (PasswordError|PrivacyError|Error)>
player.play().then(() => {
// the video was played
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'PasswordError':
// the video is password-protected and the viewer needs to enter the
// password first
break;
case 'PrivacyError':
// the video is private
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
unload()
Return the internal player (iframe) to its initial state.
Promise<void, Error>
player.unload().then(() => {
// the video was unloaded
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
destroy()
Cleanup the player and remove it from the DOM. It won’t be usable and a new one should be constructed in order to do any operations.
Promise<void, Error>
player.destroy().then(() => {
// the player was destroyed
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
requestFullscreen()
Request the player enters fullscreen.
Promise<void, Error>
player.requestFullscreen().then(() => {
// the player entered fullscreen
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
exitFullscreen()
Request the player exits fullscreen.
Promise<void, Error>
player.exitFullscreen().then(() => {
// the player exits fullscreen
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getFullscreen()
Checks whether the player is currently fullscreen.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getFullscreen().then((fullscreen) => {
// fullscreen = whether fullscreen is turned on or off
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
requestPictureInPicture()
Request the player enters picture-in-picture.
Promise<void, Error>
player.requestPictureInPicture().then(() => {
// the player entered picture-in-picture
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
exitPictureInPicture()
Request the player exits picture-in-picture.
Promise<void, Error>
player.exitPictureInPicture().then(() => {
// the player exits picture-in-picture
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getPictureInPicture
Checks whether the player is currently picture-in-picture.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getPictureInPicture().then((pip) => {
// pip = whether picture-in-picture is turned on or off
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
remotePlaybackPrompt()
Prompt the viewer to activate or deactivate a remote playback device, if one is available.
Promise<void, Error>
This method may require user interaction directly with the player before working properly and must be triggered by a user interaction. It is best to wait for initial playback before calling this method. |
player.remotePlaybackPrompt().then(() => {
// viewer has been prompted
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'NotFoundError':
// remote playback is not supported or there is no device available
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
getRemotePlaybackAvailability()
Checks if there is a remote playback device available.
Promise<string, Error>
player.getRemotePlaybackAvailability().then((remotePlaybackAvailable) => {
// remotePlaybackAvailable = whether there is a remote playback device available or not
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
})
getRemotePlaybackState()
Get the current state of remote playback. Can be one of connecting
, connected
, or disconnected
. These values are equivalent to the state values in the Remote Playback API.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getRemotePlaybackState().then((remotePlaybackState) => {
// remotePlaybackState === 'connecting': player is attempting to connect to the remote device
// remotePlaybackState === 'connected': player successfully connected and is playing on the remote playback device
// remotePlaybackState === 'disconnected': player is not connected to a remote playback device
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
})
getAutopause()
Get the autopause behavior for this player.
Promise<boolean, (UnsupportedError|Error)>
player.getAutopause().then((autopause) => {
// autopause = whether autopause is turned on or off
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'UnsupportedError':
// Autopause is not supported with the current player or browser
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
setAutopause()
Enable or disable the autopause behavior of this player. By default, when another video is played in the same browser, this player will automatically pause. Unless you have a specific reason for doing so, we recommend that you leave autopause set to the default what equals to true
.
Promise<boolean, (UnsupportedError|Error)>
Parameters: autopause: boolean
player.setAutopause(false).then((autopause) => {
// autopause was turned off
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'UnsupportedError':
// Autopause is not supported with the current player or browser
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
getBuffered()
Get the buffered time ranges of the video.
Promise<array, Error>
player.getBuffered().then((buffered) => {
// buffered = an array of the buffered video time ranges.
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getChapters()
Get an array of the chapters that are on the video.
Promise<array, Error>
player.getChapters().then((chapters) => {
// chapters = an array of chapters objects
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
Each chapters object looks like this:
{
"startTime": 15,
"title": "Chapter Title",
"index": 1
}
getCurrentChapter()
Get the current chapter. A chapter is current when the currentTime
of the video is equal to or after its startTime
and before the startTime
of the next chapter or the end of the video.
Promise<object, Error>
player.getCurrentChapter().then((chapter) => {
// chapter = a chapter object
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getColor()
Get the accent color for this player. Note that this is deprecated in place of getColors
.
Promise<string, Error>
player.getColor().then((color) => {
// color = the hex color of the player
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getColors()
Get all colors used for this player. The return value is an array of primary, accent, text/icon, and background.
Promise<string[], Error>
player.getColors().then((colors) => {
// colors = [primary, accent, text/icon, background]
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
setColor()
Set the accent color of this player to a hex or rgb string. Setting the color may fail if the owner of the video has set their embed preferences to force a specific color. Note that this setter is deprecated and should be replaced with setColors
.
Promise<string, (ContrastError|TypeError|Error)>
Parameters: color: string
player.setColor('#00adef').then((color) => {
// color was successfully set
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'TypeError':
// the string was not a valid hex or rgb color
break;
case 'EmbedSettingsError':
// the owner of the video has chosen to use a specific color
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
setColors()
Set all colors of this player with an array of hex values. Setting the color may fail if the owner of the video has set their embed preferences to force a specific color.
Promise<string[], (ContrastError|TypeError|Error)>
Parameters: color: string[]
player.setColors(['abc', 'def', '123', '456']).then((color) => {
// colors were successfully set
// Array order: [primary, accent, text/icon, background]
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'TypeError':
// the string was not a valid hex or rgb color
break;
case 'EmbedSettingsError':
// the owner of the video has chosen to use a specific color
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
addCuePoint()
Add a cue point to the player. Cue points fire a cuepoint
event when the currentTime
of the video passes the specified time.
Cue points should be accurate to within a tenth of a second, but the precision may vary based on browser or environment. |
Promise<string, (UnsupportedError|RangeError|Error)>
Parameters: time: number
, data: object
player.addCuePoint(15, {
customKey: 'customValue'
}).then((id) => {
// cue point was added successfully
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'UnsupportedError':
// cue points are not supported with the current player or browser
break;
case 'RangeError':
// the time was less than 0 or greater than the video’s duration
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
removeCuePoint()
Remove the specified cue point using the id returned from addCuePoint()
or from getCuePoints()
.
Promise<string, (UnsupportedError|InvalidCuePoint|Error)>
Parameters: id: string
player.removeCuePoint('09ecf4e4-b587-42cf-ad9f-e666b679c9ab').then((id) => {
// cue point was removed successfully
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'UnsupportedError':
// cue points are not supported with the current player or browser
break;
case 'InvalidCuePoint':
// a cue point with the id passed wasn’t found
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
getCuePoints()
Get an array of the cue points that have been added to the video.
Promise<array, (UnsupportedError|Error)>
player.getCuePoints().then((cuePoints) => {
// cuePoints = an array of cue point objects
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'UnsupportedError':
// cue points are not supported with the current player or browser
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
Each cue point object looks like this:
{
"time": 15,
"data": {
"customKey": "customValue"
},
"id": "09ecf4e4-b587-42cf-ad9f-e666b679c9ab"
}
getCurrentTime()
Get the current playback position in seconds.
Promise<number, Error>
player.getCurrentTime().then((seconds) => {
// seconds = the current playback position
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
setCurrentTime()
Set the current playback position in seconds. Once playback has started, if the player was paused, it will remain paused. Likewise, if the player was playing, it will resume playing once the video has buffered. Setting the current time before playback has started will cause playback to start.
You can provide an accurate time and the player will attempt to seek to as close to that time as possible. The exact time will be the fulfilled value of the promise.
Promise<number, (RangeError|Error)>
Parameters: seconds: number
player.setCurrentTime(30.456).then((seconds) => {
// seconds = the actual time that the player seeked to
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'RangeError':
// the time was less than 0 or greater than the video’s duration
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
getDuration()
Get the duration of the video in seconds. It will be rounded to the nearest second before playback begins, and to the nearest thousandth of a second after playback begins.
Promise<number, Error>
player.getDuration().then((duration) => {
// duration = the duration of the video in seconds
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getEnded()
Get the ended state of the video. The video has ended if currentTime === duration
.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getEnded().then((ended) => {
// ended = whether or not the video has ended
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getLoop()
Get the loop state of the player.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getLoop().then((loop) => {
// loop = whether loop is turned on or not
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
setLoop()
Set the loop state of the player. When set to true
, the player will start over immediately once playback ends.
when loop is turned on, the |
Promise<boolean, Error>
Parameters: loop: boolean
player.setLoop(true).then((loop) => {
// loop was turned on
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getMuted()
Get the muted state of the player.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getMuted().then((muted) => {
// muted = whether muted is turned on or not
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
setMuted()
Set the muted state of the player. When set to true
, the player volume will be muted.
Promise<boolean, Error>
Parameters: muted: boolean
player.setMuted(true).then((muted) => {
// muted was turned on
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getPaused()
Get the paused state of the player.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getPaused().then((paused) => {
// paused = whether or not the player is paused
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getPlaybackRate()
Get the playback rate of the player on a scale from 0
to 2
.
Promise<number, Error>
player.getPlaybackRate().then((playbackRate) => {
// playbackRate = a numeric value of the current playback rate
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
setPlaybackRate()
Set the playback rate of the player on a scale from 0
to 2
available only to PRO and Business accounts. When set via the API, the playback rate will not be synchronized to other players or stored as the viewer’s preference.
Promise<number, (RangeError|Error)>
Parameters: playbackRate: number
player.setPlaybackRate(0.5).then((playbackRate) => {
// playback rate was set
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'RangeError':
// the playback rate was less than 0 or greater than 2
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
getPlayed()
Get the played time ranges of the video.
Promise<array, Error>
player.getPlayed().then((played) => {
// played = array values of the played video time ranges.
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getSeekable()
Get the video time ranges that are seekable.
Promise<array, Error>
player.getSeekable().then((seekable) => {
// seekable = array values of the seekable video time ranges.
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getSeeking()
Get if the player is currently seeking.
Promise<boolean, Error>
player.getSeeking().then((seeking) => {
// seeking = whether the player is seeking or not
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getTextTracks()
Get an array of the text tracks that exist for the video.
Promise<object[], Error>
player.getTextTracks().then((tracks) => {
// tracks = an array of track objects
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
Each track object looks like this:
{
"label": "English CC",
"language": "en",
"kind": "captions",
"mode": "showing"
}
Kind can be either captions
or subtitles
. The mode can be either showing
or disabled
. Only one track can be showing
at any given time; the rest will be disabled
.
getVideoEmbedCode()
Get the <iframe>
embed code for the video.
Promise<string, Error>
player.getVideoEmbedCode().then((embedCode) => {
// embedCode = <iframe> embed code
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getVideoId()
Get the id of the video.
Promise<number, Error>
player.getVideoId().then((id) => {
// id = the video id
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getVideoTitle()
Get the title of the video.
Promise<string, Error>
player.getVideoTitle().then((title) => {
// title = the title of the video
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getVideoWidth()
Get the native width of the currently‐playing video. The width of the highest resolution available will be used before playback begins.
Promise<number, Error>
player.getVideoWidth().then((width) => {
// width = the width of the video that is currently playing
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
getVideoHeight()
Get the native height of the currently‐playing video. The height of the highest resolution available will be used before playback begins.
Promise<number, Error>
player.getVideoHeight().then((height) => {
// height = the height of the video that is currently playing
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
To get both the width and height, you can do this:
Promise.all([player.getVideoWidth(), player.getVideoHeight()]).then((dimensions) => {
var width = dimensions[0];
var height = dimensions[1];
});
getVideoUrl()
Get the vimeo.com url for the video.
Promise<string, (PrivacyError|Error)>
player.getVideoUrl().then((url) => {
// url = the vimeo.com url for the video
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'PrivacyError':
// the url isn’t available because of the video’s privacy setting
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
getVolume()
Get the current volume level of the player on a scale from 0
to 1
. Most mobile devices do not support an independent volume from the system volume. In those cases, this method will always return 1
.
Promise<number, Error>
player.getVolume().then((volume) => {
// volume = the volume level of the player
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
setVolume()
Set the volume of the player on a scale from 0
to 1
. When set via the API, the volume level will not be synchronized to other players or stored as the viewer’s preference.
Most mobile devices (including iOS and Android) do not support setting the volume because the volume is controlled at the system level. An error will not be triggered in that situation.
Promise<number, (RangeError|Error)>
Parameters: volume: number
player.setVolume(0.5).then((volume) => {
// volume was set
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'RangeError':
// the volume was less than 0 or greater than 1
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
setTimingSrc()
Syncs a Timing Object to the video player. See timingobject for reference.
Promise<TimingSrcConnector>
Parameters: timingObject: TimingObject
, options?: TimingSrcConnectorOptions
npm install @vimeo/player timing-object
<div id="handstick"></div>
import Player from '@vimeo/player';
import {TimingObject} from 'timing-object';
const player = new Player('handstick', {
id: 19231868,
width: 640
});
const timingObject = new TimingObject();
player.setTimingSrc(timingObject)
// any update to the timing object will reflect in the player
player.setTimingSrc(timingObject, {role: 'controller'})
// any update to the player will reflect in the timing object
See this demo app which syncs video playback in real-time for all viewers.
getQualities()
Get the available qualities of the current video.
Promise<object[], Error>
player.getQualities().then((qualities) => {
// qualities = an array of quality objects
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
Each quality object looks like this:
{
"label": "4K",
"id": "2160p",
"active": true
}
getQuality()
Get the current selected quality.
Promise<string, Error>
player.getQuality().then((quality) => {
// quality = the current selected quality
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
setQuality()
Set the quality of the video. Available to Plus, PRO and Business accounts.
Promise<string, (TypeError|Error)>
Parameters: quality: string
player.setQuality('720p').then((quality) => {
// quality was successfully set
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'TypeError':
// the quality selected is not valid
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
getCameraProps()
Get the current camera properties for a 360° video.
Promise<object, Error>
player.getCameraProps().then((cameraProps) => {
// cameraProps = the current camera properties
}).catch((error) => {
// an error occurred
});
Each cameraProps
object looks like this:
{
"yaw": 360,
"pitch": 90,
"roll": 180,
"fov": 45
}
setCameraProps()
Set the camera properties for a 360° video.
Promise<object, (RangeError|Error)>
Parameters: cameraProps: object
player.setCameraProps({
"yaw": 360, // Number between 0 and 360, left and right.
"pitch": 90,// Number between -90 and 90, up and down.
"roll": 180,// Number between -180 and 180.
"fov": 45 // The field of view in degrees.
}).then((cameraProps) => {
// cameraProps was successfully set
}).catch((error) => {
switch (error.name) {
case 'RangeError':
// one of the camera properties is out of range
break;
default:
// some other error occurred
break;
}
});
Events
You can listen for events in the player by attaching a callback using .on()
:
player.on('eventName', (data) => {
// data is an object containing properties specific to that event
});
The events are equivalent to the HTML5 video events (except for cuechange
, which is slightly different).
To remove a listener, call .off()
with the callback function:
var callback = () => {};
player.off('eventName', callback);
If you pass only an event name, all listeners for that event will be removed.
play
Triggered when video playback is initiated.
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 0
seconds: 0
}
playing
Triggered when the video starts playing.
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 0
seconds: 0
}
pause
Triggered when the video pauses.
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 0
seconds: 0
}
ended
Triggered any time the video playback reaches the end.
when loop is turned on, the |
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 1
seconds: 61.857
}
timeupdate
Triggered as the currentTime
of the video updates. It generally fires every 250ms, but it may vary depending on the browser.
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 0.049
seconds: 3.034
}
progress
Triggered as the video is loaded. Reports back the amount of the video that has been buffered.
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 0.502
seconds: 31.052
}
seeking
Triggered when the player starts seeking to a specific time. A timeupdate
event will also be fired at the same time.
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 0.485
seconds: 30
}
seeked
Triggered when the player seeks to a specific time. A timeupdate
event will also be fired at the same time.
{
duration: 61.857
percent: 0.485
seconds: 30
}
texttrackchange
Triggered when the active text track (captions/subtitles) changes. The values will be null if text tracks are turned off.
{
kind: "captions",
label: "English CC",
language: "en"
}
chapterchange
Triggered when the current chapter changes.
{
startTime: 15,
title: "Chapter 1",
index: 1
}
The index
property of each chapter is the place it holds in the order of all the chapters. It starts at 1.
cuechange
Triggered when the active cue for the current text track changes. It also fires when the active text track changes. There may be multiple cues active.
{
cues: [
{
html: "<i>Here at Vimeo, there's always <br>one thing on our minds:</i>",
text: "<i>Here at Vimeo, there's always ↵one thing on our minds:</i>"
}
],
kind: "captions",
label: "English CC",
language: "en"
}
The text
property of each cue is the raw value parsed from the caption or subtitle file. The html
property contains the HTML that the Player renders for that cue.
cuepoint
Triggered when the current time hits a registered cue point.
{
time: 15,
data: {
customKey: 'customValue'
},
id: "40f5722b-09aa-4060-a887-3c81aaa37cce"
}
The data
property will be the custom data provided in the addCuePoint()
call, or an empty object if none was provided.
volumechange
Triggered when the volume in the player changes. Some devices do not support setting the volume of the video independently from the system volume, so this event will never fire on those devices.
{
volume: 0.5
}
playbackratechange
Triggered when the playback rate of the video in the player changes. The ability to change rate can be disabled by the creator and the event will not fire for those videos. The new playback rate is returned with the event.
{
playbackRate: 1.5
}
bufferstart
Triggered when buffering starts in the player. This is also triggered during preload and while seeking. There is no associated data with this event.
bufferend
Triggered when buffering ends in the player. This is also triggered at the end of preload and seeking. There is no associated data with this event.
error
Triggered when some kind of error is generated in the player. In general if you are using this API library, you should use .catch()
on each method call instead of globally listening for error events.
If the error was generated from a method call, the name of that method will be included.
{
message: "#984220 does not meet minimum contrast ratio. We recommend using brighter colors. (You could try #d35e30 instead.) See WCAG 2.0 guidelines: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/#visual-audio-contrast"
method: "setColor"
name: "ContrastError"
}
loaded
Triggered when a new video is loaded in the player.
{
id: 76979871
}
durationchange
Triggered when the duration attribute has been updated.
{
duration: 60
}
fullscreenchange
Triggered when the player enters or exits fullscreen.
{
fullscreen: true
}
qualitychange
Triggered when the set quality changes.
{
quality: '720p'
}
camerachange
Triggered when any of the camera properties change for 360° videos.
{
yaw: 270,
pitch: 90,
roll: 0,
fov: 45
}
resize
Triggered when the intrinsic size of the media changes.
{
videoWidth: 1280,
videoHeight: 720
}
enterpictureinpicture
Triggered when the player enters picture-in-picture.
leavepictureinpicture
Triggered when the player leaves picture-in-picture.
remoteplaybackavailabilitychange
Triggered when the availability of remote playback changes.
Listening for this event is equivalent to the RemotePlayback.watchAvailability() API, except that there is no cancelWatchAvailability()
. You can remove the listener for this event instead.
remoteplaybackconnecting
Triggered when the player is attempting to connect to a remote playback device.
remoteplaybackconnect
Triggered when the player has successfully connected to a remote playback device.
remoteplaybackdisconnect
Triggered when the player has disconnected from a remote playback device.
interactivehotspotclicked
Triggered when a hotspot is clicked.
{
action: 'seek', // event, none, overlay, seek, url
actionPreference: {
pauseOnAction: false, // on `event`, `overlay`, `seek`, `url` action
overlayId: 864334, // on `overlay` action
seekTo: 30, // on `seek` action
url: 'https://your-url.com', // on `url` action
},
currentTime: 15.585,
customPayloadData: null,
hotspotId: 8148223
}
interactiveoverlaypanelclicked
Triggered when the overlay panel (buttons or images) within the interactive overlay is clicked.
{
action: 'seek', // clickthrough, close, event, none, seek
actionPreference: {
pauseOnAction: true, // on `close`, `seek` action
seekTo: 30, // on `seek` action
url: 'https://your-url.com', // on `clickthrough` action
},
currentTime: 25.67,
customPayloadData: null,
overlayId: 864334,
panelId: 'c47193a0-8320-4572-9bcd-8425851b36e9'
}