Getting started with NuxtJS

This how-to guide describes how to integrate THEOplayer with NuxtJS framework.

Instructions

1. Open your favorite IDE and then a terminal and install Vue CLI component:

npx create-nuxt-app theoplayer-nuxtjs-sample

2. Follow the installation process (please note these instructions assume you’ve chosen npm as a module packager)

3. Once the app is created, execute the following commands:

cd theoplayer-nuxtjs-sample
npm install
npm run dev

4. The default application should be served under: http://localhost:3000/

5. Reference the THEOplayer Web SDK by editing file nuxt.config.js like the following:

export default {
  mode: "spa",
  /*
   ** Headers of the page
   */
  head: {
    title: process.env.npm_package_name || "",
    meta: [
      { charset: "utf-8" },
      { name: "viewport", content: "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" },
      {
        hid: "description",
        name: "description",
        content: process.env.npm_package_description || ""
      }
    ],
    link: [
      { rel: "icon", type: "image/x-icon", href: "/favicon.ico" },
      {
        rel: "stylesheet",
        type: "text/css",
        href: "//cdn.theoplayer.com/dash/theoplayer/ui.css"
      }
    ],
    script: [
      {
        type: "text/javascript",
        src: "//cdn.theoplayer.com/dash/theoplayer/THEOplayer.js"
      }
    ]
  },
  /*
   ** Customize the progress-bar color
   */
  loading: { color: "#fff" },
  /*
   ** Global CSS
   */
  css: [],
  /*
   ** Plugins to load before mounting the App
   */
  plugins: [],
  /*
   ** Nuxt.js dev-modules
   */
  buildModules: [
    // Doc: https://github.com/nuxt-community/eslint-module
    "@nuxtjs/eslint-module"
  ],
  /*
   ** Nuxt.js modules
   */
  modules: [],
  /*
   ** Build configuration
   */
  build: {
    /*
     ** You can extend webpack config here
     */
    extend(config, ctx) {}
  }
};

6. Add the new component named Player.vue under this path: components/Player.vue

<template>
  <div
    ref="theoplayer"
    class="theoplayer-container video-js theoplayer-skin vjs-16-9 THEOplayer"
  ></div>
</template>

<script>
  import { mapState } from "vuex";
  export default {
    computed: mapState({
      source: (state) => state.source
    }),
    mounted() {
      this.playerInit();
    },
    methods: {
      playerInit() {
        const player = new window.THEOplayer.Player(this.$refs.theoplayer, {
          fluid: true,
          libraryLocation: "//cdn.theoplayer.com/dash/theoplayer/"
        });
        player.source = {
          sources: this.source
        };
      }
    }
  };
</script>
<style>
  .THEOplayer {
    width: 50%;
    margin: 0 auto;
  }

  .video-js.vjs-16-9 {
    padding-top: 28.12%;
    width: 50%;
  }
</style>

7. Please note that vuex is used to pass the player source, for this purpose add index.js file under this path: store/index.js with following content:

export const state = () => ({
  source: null
});

export const mutations = {
  setSource(state, source) {
    state.source = source;
  }
};

8. Now, we are ready to reference the player component in the index.vue like following:

<template>
  <div class="container">
    <div>
      <logo />
      <player />
      <h1 class="title">theoplayer-nuxtjs-sample</h1>
      <h2 class="subtitle">THEOplayer nuxtjs sample app</h2>
      <div class="links">
        <a href="https://nuxtjs.org/" target="_blank" class="button--green">
          Documentation
        </a>
        <a
          href="https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt.js"
          target="_blank"
          class="button--grey"
        >
          GitHub
        </a>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</template>
<script>
  import Logo from "~/components/Logo.vue";
  import Player from "~/components/Player.vue";

  export default {
    components: {
      Logo,
      Player
    },
    created() {
      this.$store.commit("setSource", [
        {
          type: "application/x-mpegurl",
          src: "//cdn.theoplayer.com/video/elephants-dream/playlist.m3u8"
        }
      ]);
    }
  };
</script>

<style>
  .container {
    margin: 0 auto;
    min-height: 100vh;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .title {
    font-family:
      "Quicksand",
      "Source Sans Pro",
      -apple-system,
      BlinkMacSystemFont,
      "Segoe UI",
      Roboto,
      "Helvetica Neue",
      Arial,
      sans-serif;
    display: block;
    font-weight: 300;
    font-size: 100px;
    color: #35495e;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
  }

  .subtitle {
    font-weight: 300;
    font-size: 42px;
    color: #526488;
    word-spacing: 5px;
    padding-bottom: 15px;
  }

  .links {
    padding-top: 15px;
  }
</style>

9. This should result in a page which includes the THEOplayer component.

Build Setup

# install dependencies
$ npm run install

# serve with hot reload at localhost:3000
$ npm run dev

# build for production and launch server
$ npm run build
$ npm run start

# generate static project
$ npm run generate

For detailed explanation on how things work, check out Nuxt.js docs.