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Installation & Usage

Installation

bash
npm install artplayer
bash
yarn add artplayer
bash
pnpm add artplayer
html
<script src="path/to/artplayer.js"></script>

CDN

bash
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/artplayer/dist/artplayer.js
bash
https://unpkg.com/artplayer/dist/artplayer.js

Usage

html
<html>
    <head>
        <title>ArtPlayer Demo</title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <style>
            .artplayer-app {
                width: 400px;
                height: 300px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="artplayer-app"></div>
        <script src="path/to/artplayer.js"></script>
        <script>
          const art = new Artplayer({
              container: '.artplayer-app',
              url: 'path/to/video.mp4',
          });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

Note

The player's dimensions depend on the size of its container, so your container must have defined dimensions

See more usage examples at the following link

/packages/artplayer-template

Vue.js

vue
<template>
  <div ref="$container" />
</template>

<script setup>
import Artplayer from 'artplayer'
import { onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, ref, shallowRef } from 'vue'

const props = defineProps({
  option: {
    type: Object,
    required: true,
  },
})

const emit = defineEmits(['getInstance'])

const art = shallowRef(null)
const $container = ref(null)

onMounted(() => {
  art.value = new Artplayer({
    ...props.option,
    container: $container.value,
  })
  emit('getInstance', art.value)
})

onBeforeUnmount(() => {
  art.value.destroy(false)
})
</script>
vue
<template>
  <Artplayer :option="option" :style="style" @get-instance="getInstance" />
</template>

<script setup>
import { reactive } from 'vue'
import Artplayer from './Artplayer.vue'

const option = reactive({
  url: 'path/to/video.mp4',
})

const style = reactive({
  width: '600px',
  height: '400px',
  margin: '60px auto 0',
})

function getInstance(art) {
  console.log(art)
}
</script>

Artplayer is not reactive:

Directly modifying option in Vue.js will not update the player

React.js

jsx
import Artplayer from 'artplayer'
import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react'

export default function Player({ option, getInstance, ...rest }) {
  const $container = useRef()

  useEffect(() => {
    const art = new Artplayer({
      ...option,
      container: $container.current,
    })

    if (typeof getInstance === 'function') {
      getInstance(art)
    }

    return () => art.destroy(false)
  }, [])

  return <div ref={$container} {...rest}></div>
}
jsx
import Artplayer from './Artplayer.jsx'

function App() {
  return (
    <div>
      <Artplayer
        option={{
          url: 'path/to/video.mp4',
        }}
        style={{
          width: '600px',
          height: '400px',
          margin: '60px auto 0',
        }}
        getInstance={art => console.log(art)}
      />
    </div>
  )
}

export default App

Artplayer is not reactive:

Directly modifying option in React.js will not update the player

TypeScript

The artplayer.d.ts file is automatically imported when importing Artplayer

Vue.js

vue
<script setup>
import Artplayer from 'artplayer';
const art = shallowRef<Artplayer>(null);
art.value = new Artplayer();
</script>

React.js

jsx
import Artplayer from 'artplayer';
const art = useRef<Artplayer>(null);
art.current = new Artplayer();

Option

You can also use the option type

ts
import Artplayer, { type Option } from 'artplayer';

const option: Option = {
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: './assets/sample/video.mp4',
};

option.volume = 0.5;

const art = new Artplayer(option);

All TypeScript Definitions

packages/artplayer/types

JavaScript

Sometimes your js files may lose TypeScript type hints. In such cases, you can manually import the types.

Variable:

js
/**
 * @type {import("artplayer")}
 */
let art = null;

Parameter:

js
/**
 * @param {import("artplayer")} art
 */
function getInstance(art) {
  //
}

Property:

js
export default {
  data() {
    return {
      /**
       * @type {import("artplayer")}
       */
      art: null,
    }
  }
}

Option:

js
/**
 * @type {import("artplayer/types/option").Option}
 */

const option = {
    container: '.artplayer-app',
    url: './assets/sample/video.mp4',
};

option.volume = 0.5;

const art8 = new Artplayer(option);

Legacy Browsers

The production build artplayer.js only supports the latest major version of Chrome: last 1 Chrome version.

For legacy browsers, you can use the artplayer.legacy.js file, which supports compatibility down to: IE 11.

js
import Artplayer from 'artplayer/legacy'
bash
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/artplayer/dist/artplayer.legacy.js
bash
https://unpkg.com/artplayer/dist/artplayer.legacy.js

If you need to support even older browsers, modify the following configuration and build it yourself:

Build Configuration: scripts/build.js

Reference Documentation: browserslist

ECMAScript Module

Starting from 5.2.6, artplayer and all plugins also provide an ESM version mjs, such as:

  • artplayer/dist/artplayer.mjs
  • artplayer-plugin-danmuku/dist/artplayer-plugin-danmuku.mjs
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>ArtPlayer ESM with Import Map</title>
    <style>
        #player {
            width: 640px;
            height: 360px;
            margin: 50px auto;
            border: 1px solid #ccc;
        }
    </style>
    <script type="importmap">
    {
        "imports": {
            "artplayer": "https://unpkg.com/artplayer/dist/artplayer.esm.js"
        }
    }
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="player"></div>
    <script type="module">
        import Artplayer from 'artplayer';

        const art = new Artplayer({
            container: '#player',
            url: '/assets/sample/video.mp4',
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Custom userAgent

Currently, the detection for whether a device is mobile is not entirely accurate. Sometimes you may want to adjust the player's UI by changing the userAgent. Therefore, starting from 5.2.4, a globalThis.CUSTOM_USER_AGENT global variable has been added.

html
<html>
    <head>
        <title>ArtPlayer Demo</title>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <style>
            .artplayer-app {
                width: 400px;
                height: 300px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div class="artplayer-app"></div>
        <script>globalThis.CUSTOM_USER_AGENT = 'iphone'</script>
        <script src="path/to/artplayer.js"></script>
        <script>
          const art = new Artplayer({
              container: '.artplayer-app',
              url: 'path/to/video.mp4',
          });
        </script>
    </body>
</html>

Note

You need to modify it before importing the Artplayer dependency for it to take effect.