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This example shows how to record Youtube iFrame Player usage stats with Keen IO. Make sure to include your Keen IO Project ID and Write Key. If you don't have a Keen IO account, create one here for free: http://keen.io/signup
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="http://d26b395fwzu5fz.cloudfront.net/keen-tracking-1.0.1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<iframe id="youtube-iframe-player"
width="640" height="360"
src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G5UBjF1z9hA?enablejsapi=1"
frameborder="0"
style="border: solid 4px #37474F"></iframe>
<script>
/*
Learn more about the Youtube iFrame Player API here:
https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference
Learn more about keen-tracking.js here:
https://github.com/keen/keen-tracking.js
*/
// Install YouTube SDK
var newTag = document.createElement('script');
newTag.src = 'https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api';
var firstTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstTag.parentNode.insertBefore(newTag, firstTag);
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
var player = new YT.Player('youtube-iframe-player');
trackEvents(player);
}
function trackEvents(player) {
var client = new Keen({
projectId: 'YOUR_KEEN_PROJECT_ID',
writeKey: 'YOUR_KEEN_WRITE_KEY'
});
// These flags can help with local development
Keen.debug = true;
// Keen.enabled = false;
client.on('recordEvent', console.log);
client.extendEvents(function(){
return {
browser: Keen.helpers.getBrowserProfile(),
player: {
'is-muted': player.isMuted(),
'current-position': player.getCurrentTime(),
'duration': player.getDuration(),
'playback-quality': player.getPlaybackQuality(),
'volume': player.getVolume()
}
}
});
player.addEventListener('onStateChange', function(e) {
var state = e.data;
if (state === 1) {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'started' });
}
else if (state === 2) {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'paused' });
}
else if (state === 0) {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'finished' });
}
}, false);
player.addEventListener('onError', function(e) {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'error' });
}, false);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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