Snowplow Media Tracking
Browser Plugin to be used with @snowplow/browser-tracker
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Adds HTML5 Video and Audio tracking events to your Snowplow tracking.
Maintainer quick start
Part of the Snowplow JavaScript Tracker monorepo. Build with Node.js (18 - 20) and Rush.
Setup repository
npm install -g @microsoft/rush
git clone https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-javascript-tracker.git
rush update
Package Installation
With npm:
npm install @snowplow/browser-plugin-media-tracking
Usage
Initialize your tracker with the MediaTrackingPlugin:
import { newTracker } from '@snowplow/browser-tracker';
import { MediaTrackingPlugin, startHtml5MediaTracking, endHtml5MediaTracking } from '@snowplow/browser-plugin-media-tracking';
newTracker('sp2', '{{collector}}', { plugins: [ MediaTrackingPlugin() ] }); // Also stores reference at module level
Then, use the startHtml5MediaTracking
function described below to produce events from your HTML5 Video/Audio element(s).
startHtml5MediaTracking({ video, id })
Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
---|---|---|---|
id |
string |
A UUID identifier to use as the media session ID | Yes |
video |
string / HTMLElement |
The HTML id attribute, CSS selector, or actual media element to track media events for | Yes |
See the full documentation for optional parameters.
Example Usage
...
<video id="my-video" src="my-video.mp4">
...
import { startHtml5MediaTracking, endHtml5MediaTracking } from '@snowplow/browser-plugin-media-tracking';
const sessionId = crypto.randomUUID();
startHtml5MediaTracking({
id: sessionId,
video: 'my-video',
label: "My Custom Video Label",
boundaries: [10, 25, 50, 75],
});
/* ... */
endHtml5MediaTracking(sessionId);
For a full list of parameters and trackable events, head over to the docs page.
Copyright and license
Licensed and distributed under the BSD 3-Clause License (An OSI Approved License).
Copyright (c) 2022 Snowplow Analytics Ltd.
All rights reserved.