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ga-video-js

Google Analytics plugin for video.js

Event Actions

  • Play - block by adding key 'play' to ga.options.holdEvent with some truthy value.
  • Pause - block by adding key 'pause' to ga.options.holdEvent with some truthy value.
  • Finish - block by adding key 'ended' to ga.options.holdEvent with some truthy value.
  • Progress - block by adding key 'timeupdate' to ga.options.holdEvent with some truthy value.

Setup

Include the plugin after including the main video.js file:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/video-js/video.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/video-js/ga.plugin.js"></script>

Minimal setup

_V_("{{video_element_id}}",{
  // other options and plugins here
  "ga": {}
});

Advanced setup

_V_("{{video_element_id}}",{
  // other options here
  "ga": {
    "category": "Video"
    ,"label": "WMOKWNXC"
    ,"queue": '_gaq'
    ,"logInterval": 15
    ,"volumeScale": 100
    ,"onlyLogOriginalSrc": true
    ,"debug": false
    ,"holdEvent": {"progress":true}
  }
});

Parameters

All parameters passed in the options.ga hash are optional

  • {{key}}:{{default_value}}
  • category:'Video' Category to use for Google Analytics (GA) Events.
  • label:player.currentSrc() Unique identifier to log under GA's Events' Label.
  • queue:'_gaq' String that refers to google analytics queue array in window scope.
  • logInterval:15 Interval (in seconds) on which to log 'Progress' events.
  • volumeScale:100 For volume change events (not currently active); factor to normalize volume (as volume is stored as a float between 0.0 and 1.0).
  • onlyLogOriginalSrc:true Will restrict logging to only apply to the original source of the video element in case the source is being changed (ads).
  • debug:false When set to true will send all log reqeusts to V.log, which should go to window.console.log.
  • holdEvent:{} Hash that will block events from being logged to GA.