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player.stopVideo, player.playVideo, etc. not working outside of event functions calls with youtube-api

I am trying to create a button that allows the user to click it and stop the embedded youtube video. However, whenever I try and call the player object itself to use the function player.playVideo() I get an error saying the function is not defined.
Player is globally defined and set when the Youtube API loads (just like the tutorial on their website). Function calls to playVideo work just fine when events trigger their usage, but using it outside of those simply do not work.
'''javascript
// 2. This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
isReady=true;
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'M7lc1UVf-VE',
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
function onPlayerReady(event) {
playVideo();
}
var done = false;
function onPlayerStateChange(event) {
if (event.data == YT.PlayerState.PLAYING && !done) {
setTimeout(stopVideo, 6000);
done = true;
}
}
function stopVideo() {
player.pauseVideo();
}
function playVideo() {
player.playVideo();
}
//The function that is run when the button is pressed, only in this case
// stopVideo not work!
function togglePlay() {
if(isPlaying) {
stopVideo();
} else {
playVideo();
}
}
'''
Expected: Youtube video plays
Actual: Error player.playVideo is not a function

I solved the issue. Something weird happens with even setting up buttons with onclick functions that use the player before the player is finished loading. To solve this, I moved all button declarations and functions inside the onPlayerReady(event) function and used event.target.play or event.target.pause and that worked perfectly. My advice is just to contain any declarations of buttons that use the youtube player functions inside of the onPlayerReady.

Hard to resolve issue! :: TypeError: player.loadVideoById is not a function

When $('#myModal').on('show.bs.modal' gets called. I get this:
TypeError: player.loadVideoById is not a function. (In 'player.loadVideoById(x)', 'player.loadVideoById' is undefined)
https://jsfiddle.net/rdbj3ty1/5/
In JS Fiddle the code works, but when I add it to my code base, it stops working. I have a lot of other js code and CSS code that it must be interfering with. Is there a way to prevent the interference? Maybe wrap my js code with a block or add more specific references? Is namespacing the issue? If so, how do I do that?
I don't really know what to try. I have spent 2 days on this and getting nowhere.
JS
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'novideoid',
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
// 4. The API will call this function when the video player is ready.
function onPlayerReady(event) {
$('.open-popup').click(function() {
event.target.playVideo();
});
$('.close-popup').click(function(e) {
player.stopVideo();
});
}
// 5. The API calls this function when the player's state changes.
// The function indicates that when playing a video (state=1),
// the player should play for six seconds and then stop.
var done = false;
function onPlayerStateChange(event) {
if(event.data === 0) {
$('.close.close-popup').click();
}
}
function stopVideo() {
player.stopVideo();
}
$(function () {
onYouTubeIframeAPIReady();
$('#myModal').on('show.bs.modal', function(e) {
var videoId = $(e.relatedTarget).data('video-id');
var x = new String(videoId);
player.loadVideoById(x);
});
});

How to prioritize Javascript

I am dealing with this code written by somebody else and it is to load an image and a YouTube Video. My understanding his that I can change the priority of the script. Right now, it seems that when someone goes on this website with an iPhone and they hit the play button in front of the image, the video does not play, because the script is not finished loading. How do I alter the code below so that if the page or this script is not finished loading, the end user cannot see a play button?
By the way, this problem does not happen on an Android device, so I am not sure if that piece of information will serve as a clue.
I hope this makes sense because I am still trying to wrap my head around it.
// 2. This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "//www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
// 3. This function creates an <iframe> (and YouTube player)
// after the API code downloads.
var player1;
var player2;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player1 = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
playerVars: {
'controls': 0,
'rel': 0
},
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
// 4. The API will call this function when the video player is ready.
function onPlayerReady(event) {
jQuery('.video-overlay').click(function() {
event.target.setVolume(100);
event.target.setPlaybackQuality('hd1080');
setTimeout(function() {
jQuery('.video-overlay').css('transform', 'scale(0)');
jQuery('.homepage-tagline').hide();
}, 300);
event.target.playVideo();
});
}
// 5. The API calls this function when the player's state changes.
// The function indicates that when playing a video (state=1),
// the player should play for six seconds and then stop.
var done = false;
function onPlayerStateChange(event) {
jQuery('.video-overlay').click(function() {
event.target.setPlaybackQuality('hd1080');
jQuery('.video-overlay').hide();
jQuery('.slider-overlay').hide();
event.target.playVideo();
});
}
function stopVideo() {
player.stopVideo();
}
I tried adding this piece of code:
jQuery('.video-overlay').css('opacity', 0);
but it didn't do much.

It would be best to set the pointer-events to none and when onPlayerReady is fired, set the target.style.pointerEvents = "all"

How to mix javascript and meteor to use youtube api

I am trying to implement the example youtube api html page described here: https://developers.google.com/youtube/iframe_api_reference in a meteor application.
I have read that you can use Template.<template name>.rendered to implement traditional javascript functionality within a meteor application.
So I attempted to implement that youtube example in meteor by putting it into a rendered function.
However No video will display.
I worry I am not understanding meteors capabilities. Is something like this even possible in meteor?
Code:
home.html:
enter code here
<template name="home">
<h1> Home</h1>
This is the home page
<!-- 1. The <iframe> (and video player) will replace this <div> tag. -->
<div id="player"></div>
<script>
</script>
</template>
home.js:
Template.home.rendered = function() {
// 2. This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
// 3. This function creates an <iframe> (and YouTube player)
// after the API code downloads.
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'M7lc1UVf-VE',
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
// 4. The API will call this function when the video player is ready.
function onPlayerReady(event) {
event.target.playVideo();
}
// 5. The API calls this function when the player's state changes.
// The function indicates that when playing a video (state=1),
// the player should play for six seconds and then stop.
var done = false;
function onPlayerStateChange(event) {
if (event.data == YT.PlayerState.PLAYING && !done) {
setTimeout(stopVideo, 6000);
done = true;
}
}
function stopVideo() {
player.stopVideo();
}
}
P.s. I am aware of adrianliaw:youtube-iframe-api and do not want to use that. I would like a better understanding of how to implement this on my own. Hopefully doing so will further my knowledge of javascript and meteor.

I think the problem here is that after https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api loads, it will try to call the onYouTubeIframeAPIReady function but it can't find it. The code works if you change the functions to anonymous functions stored in variables that are available across the entire application.
home.html:
<head>
<title>test</title>
</head>
<body>
{{> home}}
</body>
<template name="home">
<h1> Home</h1>
This is the home page
<div id="player"></div>
</template>
home.js:
Template.home.rendered = function() {
/* 2. This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously. */
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
/* 3. This function creates an <iframe> (and YouTube player) */
/* after the API code downloads. */
var player;
onYouTubeIframeAPIReady = function() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'M7lc1UVf-VE',
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
};
/* 4. The API will call this function when the video player is ready. */
onPlayerReady = function(event) {
event.target.playVideo();
};
/* 5. The API calls this function when the player's state changes. */
/* The function indicates that when playing a video (state=1), */
/* the player should play for six seconds and then stop. */
var done = false;
onPlayerStateChange = function(event) {
if (event.data == YT.PlayerState.PLAYING && !done) {
setTimeout(stopVideo, 6000);
done = true;
}
};
stopVideo = function() {
player.stopVideo();
};
};
Notice the function declaration changes:
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() has been changed to
onYouTubeIframeAPIReady = function()
function onPlayerReady(event) has been changed to onPlayerReady
= function(event)
function onPlayerStateChange(event) has been changed to
onPlayerStateChange = function(event)
function stopVideo() has been changed to stopVideo = function()
These global variables are now callable by the injected YouTube script.

Youtube Player API Samples

I was trying the following code from the samples given on developers.google.com/*
<script>
// 2. This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
// 3. This function creates an <iframe> (and YouTube player)
// after the API code downloads.
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'yZxrao3zou4',
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
// 4. The API will call this function when the video player is ready.
function onPlayerReady(event) {
event.target.playVideo();
}
// 5. The API calls this function when the player's state changes.
// The function indicates that when playing a video (state=1),
// the player should play for six seconds and then stop.
var done = false;
function onPlayerStateChange(event) {
if (event.data == YT.PlayerState.PLAYING && !done) {
setTimeout(stopVideo, 6000);
done = true;
}
}
function stopVideo() {
player.stopVideo();
}
</script>
The code works perfectly when I have nothing else on my web page, but when I try to merge it with my project it doesn't seem to work.
I am guessing the problem is with the following lines:
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
Can someone tell me what does the above two lines do, especially the [0] part?
My code is pretty much the same except that instead of the script tag I have the code inside a function, which takes in a argument for the videoId.
EDIT:
My code is as follows:
<script>
// I have a input area, where the user can enter the movie name. When the user submits the movie name, I capture the val and pass it to the youtube().
function youtube(movie_name) {
var videoId;
$.ajax({
url:"https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?part=snippet&q="+movie_name+"&type=video&key=my_key",
success: function (response) {
videoId = response.items[0].id.videoId;
findMovieById(videoId);
}
});
}
function findMovieById(videoID) {
$("#player").css('display', 'inline-block');
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
// 3. This function creates an <iframe> (and YouTube player)
// after the API code downloads.
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: ""+videoID,
events: {
'onReady': onPlayerReady,
'onStateChange': onPlayerStateChange
}
});
}
// 4. The API will call this function when the video player is ready.
function onPlayerReady(event) {
alert('Player Ready');
event.target.playVideo();
}
// 5. The API calls this function when the player's state changes.
// The function indicates that when playing a video (state=1),
// the player should play for six seconds and then stop.
var done = false;
function onPlayerStateChange(event) {
if (event.data == YT.PlayerState.PLAYING && !done) {
setTimeout(stopVideo, 6000);
done = true;
}
}
function stopVideo() {
player.stopVideo();
}
}
</script>

The idea behind the sample code is that it is much more consistent when you load the YouTube iFrame library code after the rest of the page has loaded; hence the sample code demonstrates that you put an inline at the bottom of the page, and within that, you traverse the DOM, find a place where you can insert another tag, and do so dynamically (the [0] just says 'the first entry in the array of all elements of name in the document).
The logic here is that, when the iFrame library loads, it will call the function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady. But since the library loads asynchronously, it's best to load it this way to ensure that anything else that your API hooks might depend on (the element in the DOM you're binding to, for example) already exists.
Also note that, because the loaded library will always call the onYouTubeIframeAPIReady function, it MUST be defined outside any other function. Otherwise it isn't callable. That could be why nesting it inside your code somewhere isn't working.
Feel free to post some of your merged code for more detailed help.