Yes thanks. I was thinking about that. Thank you very much for your
responses.
I recently started to use web2py and I think its a wonderful python
framework. This is my first project with it.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:15 AM, pbreit <pbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You could write a little but of code to figure out if the user put in the
> whole URL or just the code and then just save the code.
>
>
> On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 10:46:55 PM UTC-7, dundee wrote:
>>
>> Ok thanks for answering. Thanks for the idea. I include the first part of
>> the url and replace the code section with the argument passed to the view.
>> When I used the entire URL it did not work. The only problem I don't like
>> with this approach is that the user has to enter the code (which is
>> sometimes hard to extract for some users) in the form. Is there an easy way
>> for the user? To just copy the url or something like that.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:48 PM, pbreit <pbreitenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Should be pretty easy. Once you capture the YouTube URL, just pass it to
>>> a view and then:
>>>
>>> === view.html ===
>>> <iframe id="ytplayer" type="text/html" width="640" height="390"
>>> src="{{=video.url}}?autoplay=**1&origin=http://example.com";
>>> frameborder="0"/>
>>>
>>> === controller.py ===
>>> def play_video():
>>> video = db.video(request.args(0))
>>> return dict(video=video)
>>>
>>> video.url would need to be something like "
>>> http://www.youtube.com/embed/**u1zgFlCw8Aw<http://www.youtube.com/embed/u1zgFlCw8Aw>".
>>> You can store the whole URL or just the YouTube code ("u1zgFlCw8Aw").
>>>
>>> From:
>>> https://developers.google.com/**youtube/player_parameters#**
>>> Embedding_a_Player<https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters#Embedding_a_Player>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 7:26:45 PM UTC-7, dundee wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have been trying to figure out the best way to embed a youtube video
>>>> in web2py. I would like a form with an entry for the youtube video
>>>> link/code then at some point it will be displayed.
>>>> I found this comment using the widget from plugin_wiki, but that did
>>>> not work for me:
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/**foru**m/?fromgroups#!topic/**web2py/**
>>>> j8-EG58VbA4<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21topic/web2py/j8-EG58VbA4>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much.
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
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>> Kingston 7
>>
>
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