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.