embed-video

Get embed code for embedding youtube/vimeo/loom/dailymotion/whatever video in websites from URL or ID.

Currently supports YouTube, YouTube Shorts, Vimeo, Loom, panopto and DailyMotion. Please pull request to add others!

Forked from unmaintained https://github.com/alanshaw/embed-video and modernized

Example

const embed = require("embed-video");

const vimeoUrl = "http://vimeo.com/19339941";
const youtubeUrl = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twE64AuqE9A";
const dailymotionUrl = "https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20qnej_red-bull-presents-wild-ride-bmx-mtb-dirt_sport";

console.log(embed(vimeoUrl));
console.log(embed(youtubeUrl));
console.log(embed(dailymotionUrl));

const vimeoId = "6964150";
const youtubeId = "9XeNNqeHVDw";
const dailymotionId = "x20qnej";

console.log(embed.vimeo(vimeoId));
console.log(embed.youtube(youtubeId));
console.log(embed.dailymotion(dailymotionId));

Output:

<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/19339941" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/twE64AuqE9A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe src="//www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x20qnej" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/6964150" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/9XeNNqeHVDw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<iframe src="//www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x20qnej" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Usage

const embed = require("embed-video");

embed(url, [options])

Return an HTML fragment embed code (string) for the given video URL. Returns undefined if unrecognised.

embed.image(url, [options], callback)

Returns an HTML <img> tag (string) for the given url and the src in a callback. Works for youtube, vimeo and dailymotion. Returns undefined if unrecognised.

{
  src: http://img.youtube.com/vi/eob7V_WtAVg/default.jpg,
  html: <img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/eob7V_WtAVg/default.jpg"/>
}

embed.info(url)

Returns an object containing the video ID, video source ("youtube", "vimeo", "dailymotion"), and the original url. Works for youtube, vimeo and dailymotion. Returns undefined if unrecognised.

{
  id: String,
  url: String,
  source: Enum "youtube", "vimeo", "dailymotion"
}

Options

query

Object to be serialized as a querystring and appended to the embedded content url.

Example

console.log(embed.vimeo("19339941", {query: {portrait: 0, color: '333'}}))

Output:

<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/19339941?portrait=0&color=333" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>

attr

Object to add additional attributes (any) to the iframe

Example

console.log(embed('https://youtu.be/jglUWD3KMh4', {query: {portrait: 0, color: '333'}, attr:{width:400, height:200}}))

Output:

<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jglUWD3KMh4?portrait=0&color=333" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen width="400" height="200"></iframe>

image

Youtube Image options

option	image
default
mqdefault
hqdefault
sddefault
maxresdefault

embedVideo.image('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekETjYMo6QE', {image: 'mqdefault'}, function (err, thumbnail) {
  if (err) throw err
  console.log(thumbnail.src)
  // https://img.youtube.com/vi/ekETjYMo6QE/mqdefault.jpg
  console.log(thumbnail.html)
  // <img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/ekETjYMo6QE/mqdefault.jpg"/>
})

Vimeo Image options

option	image
thumbnail_small
thumbnail_medium
thumbnail_large

embedVideo.image('https://vimeo.com/19339941', {image: 'thumbnail_medium'}, function (err, thumbnail) {
  if (err) throw err
  console.log(thumbnail.src)
  // http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/122513613_200x150.jpg
  console.log(thumbnail.html)
  // <img src="http://i.vimeocdn.com/video/122513613_200x150.jpg"/>
})

DailyMotion Image options

option	image
thumbnail_60_url
thumbnail_120_url
thumbnail_180_url
thumbnail_240_url
thumbnail_360_url
thumbnail_480_url
thumbnail_720_url
thumbnail_1080_url

embedVideo.image('https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20qnej_red-bull-presents-wild-ride-bmx-mtb-dirt_sport', {image: 'thumbnail_720_url'}, function (err, thumbnail) {
  if (err) throw err
  console.log(thumbnail.src)
  // http://s1.dmcdn.net/IgPVQ/x720-d_h.jpg
  console.log(thumbnail.html)
  // <img src="http://s1.dmcdn.net/IgPVQ/x720-d_h.jpg"/>
})

Contribute

Feel free to dive in! Open an issue or submit PRs.

License

MIT © Alan Shaw