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This example shows how to record HTML5 Video Player usage stats with Keen IO. Make sure to include your Keen IO Project ID and Write Key. If you don't have a Keen IO account, create one here for free: http://keen.io/signup
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="http://d26b395fwzu5fz.cloudfront.net/keen-tracking-1.0.1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- HTML5 Video Player -->
<div>
<button id="video-control">Play</button>
<br><br>
<video id="video-player" width="420">
<source src="http://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
<source src="http://www.w3schools.com/html/mov_bbb.ogg" type="video/ogg">
Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>
</div>
<script>
/*
Learn more about the HTML5 AV DOM Reference here:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_av_dom.asp
Learn more about keen-tracking.js here:
https://github.com/keen/keen-tracking.js
*/
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
var control = document.getElementById('video-control');
var player = document.getElementById('video-player');
control.addEventListener('click', function(){
if (player.paused) {
player.play();
}
else {
player.pause();
}
}, false);
trackEvents(player);
}, false);
function trackEvents(player) {
var client = new Keen({
projectId: 'YOUR_KEEN_PROJECT_ID',
writeKey: 'YOUR_KEEN_WRITE_KEY'
});
// These flags can help with local development
Keen.debug = true;
// Keen.enabled = false;
client.on('recordEvent', console.log);
client.extendEvents(function(){
return {
browser: Keen.helpers.getBrowserProfile(),
player: {
'is-muted': player.muted,
'current-position': player.currentTime,
'duration': player.duration,
'volume': player.volume
}
}
})
player.addEventListener('play', function() {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'started' });
}, false);
player.addEventListener('pause', function() {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'paused' });
}, false);
player.addEventListener('ended', function() {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'finished' });
}, false);
player.addEventListener('error', function() {
client.recordEvent('video-interaction', { event_type: 'error' });
}, false);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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