Oddworks JWPlayer Provider

An JWPlayer provider plugin for the Oddworks content server.

Installation

Install the npm package as a Node.js library:

npm install --save oddworks-jwplayer-provider

For full JWPlayer API documentation see https://developer.jwplayer.com/jw-platform/reference/v1/.

Oddworks Server Integration

The Oddworks JWPlayer provider is designed to be integrated with an Oddworks server catalog, specifically as a provider. To initialize the plugin in your server:

const jwplayerProvider = require('oddworks-jwplayer-provider');

// See https://github.com/oddnetworks/oddworks/tree/master/lib/services/catalog#patterns
// for more information regarding an Oddcast Bus.
const bus = createMyOddcastBus();

const options = {
    bus: bus,
    apiKey: process.env.JWPLAYER_API_KEY,
    secretKey: process.env.JWPLAYER_SECRET_KEY
};

jwplayerProvider.initialize(options).then(provider => {
    console.log('Initialized provider "%s"', provider.name);
}).catch(err => {
    console.error(err.stack || err.message || err);
});

JW API credentials can also be passed in on the oddworks Channel object in the secrets: {} hash like so

{
    type: 'channel',
    id: 'cartoon-network',
    secrets: {
        jwApiKey: '',
        jwSecretKey: ''
    }
}

The initialization process will attach Oddcast listeners for the following queries:

• bus.query({role: 'provider', cmd: 'get', source: 'jwplayer-playlist-provider'})
• bus.query({role: 'provider', cmd: 'get', source: 'jwplayer-video-provider'})

To use them you send Oddcast commands to save a specification object:

// To create a collection based on a JWPlayer playlist:
bus.sendCommand({role: 'catalog', cmd: 'setItemSpec'}, {
    channel: 'abc',
    type: 'collectionSpec',
    source: 'jwplayer-playlist-provider',
    playlist: {key: '123456'}
});

// To create a video based on a JWPlayer video:
bus.sendCommand({role: 'catalog', cmd: 'setItemSpec'}, {
    channel: 'abc',
    type: 'videoSpec',
    source: 'jwplayer-video-provider',
    video: {key: '123456'}
});

JWPlayer API Client

You can create a stand-alone API client outside of the Oddworks provider:

const jwplayerProvider = require('oddworks-jwplayer-provider');

const client = jwplayerProvider.createClient({
    bus: bus,
    apiKey: process.env.jwplayer_API_KEY,
    secretKey: process.env.jwplayer_SECRET_KEY
});

Client Methods

All methods return a Promise.

• client.getPlaylists()
• client.getPlaylist({playlistId})
• client.getVideosByPlaylist({playlistId})
• client.getVideo({videoId})

License

Apache 2.0 © Odd Networks