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Embedded Player interaction API documentation

Last update: February 10, 2025

Adobe Learning Manager provides a library, which can be integrated into an app. This library provides various APIs to listen to events and trigger actions in the embedded player.

Using the APIs provided, you can play, pause, and perform other actions on the player.

Load the library

The library is available at this location.

To load the library, follow the steps below:

  1. Load the js file in the consumer application.
  2. On loading the library, window.cpPlayerLib will be populated.
NOTE
If you are not using prod US, set the params cpPlayerLib.env and cpPlayerLib.sourceOrigin based on your env.

The default values are:

  • window.cpPlayerLib.env = https://learningmanager.adobe.com/app/player;
  • window.cpPlayerLib.sourceOrigin = “https://cpcontents.adobe.com”;

Methods available

The cpPlayerLib library consists of the following functions:

startPlayer

Method Name
startPlayer
Description
Loads a player in the app.
Parameters

  • loId : The Learning Object ID.

  • accountId : The Account ID of the ALM account.

  • userId : The User ID.

  • accessToken : The access token.

  • domRefId: The ID of the div container in which the player must be rendered.

  • onModuleLoaded: This function will be invoked when the modules with the below details are loaded.

  • contentType

  • loId

  • moduleId

  • completed

  • currentLanguage

  • availableLanguages

  • isCCAvailable

  • ccEnabled

Returns
Returns a promise. On resolution of the promise, a playerObj will be passed.
Exception
The promise will result in an exception.
Sample code
cpPlayerLib.startPlayer(loId, accountId, userId, accessToken, domRefId, onModuleLoaded).then((playerObj) => {//playerObj has the apis to interact with the player}) >

getAllPlayers

Method name
getAllPlayers
Description
Returns all player objects on the current page.
Parameters
None
Sample Code
cpPlayerLib.getAllPlayers()

getPlayer

Method name
getPlayer
Description
Returns a player object with the specified Learning Object id.
Parameters
  • loId : The Learning Object ID.
Sample Code
cpPlayerLib.getPlayer(loId)

navigateToModule

Method name
navigateToModule
Description
Navigate to the next module.
Parameters
  • moduleId: The module ID.
Sample Code
playerObj.navigateToModule(moduleID)

next

Method name
next
Description
Navigate to the next module.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.next()

previous

Method name
previous
Description
Navigate to the previous module.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.previous()

toggleTOC

Method name
toggleTOC
Description
Toggle the TOC panel on the player.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.toggleTOC()

toggleNotes

Method name
toggleNotes
Description
Toggle the notes panel on the player.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.toggleNotes()

toggleClosedCaption

Method name
toggleClosedCaption
Description
Toggle the display of closed captions on the player.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.toggleClosedCaption()

changeLanguage

Method name
changeLanguage
Description
Change the content language on the player.
Parameters
  • language: The language code to be specified.
Sample Code
playerObj.changeLanguage("es")

closePlayer

Method name
closePlayer
Description
Close the player and remove the player from the page.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.closePlayer()

togglePlayPause

Method name
togglePlayPause
Description
Toggle between playing and pausing the content on the player.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.togglePlayPause()

setVolume

Method name
setVolume
Description
Set the volume of the player. The value must be between 0 to 1.
Parameters
  • volume: The value of the volume. The valid range is 0-1.
Sample Code
playerObj.setVolume(0.5)

setPlayBackSpeed

Method name
setPlayBackSpeed
Description
Set the speed of the playback in the player.
Parameters
  • speed: The value of the speed to be specified. Valid values are .25, .5, .75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, 1.75, 2.
Sample Code
playerObj.setPlayBackSpeed(1.25)

seek

Method name
seek
Description
Jump to any time on the video.
Parameters
  • time: The time to jump to. The time is in seconds.
Sample Code
playerObj.seek(50)

forward

Method name
forward
Description
Jump forward in the video by 10 seconds.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.forward()

backward

Method name
backward
Description
Jump backward in the video by 10 seconds.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.backward()

navigateToPage

Method name
navigateToPage
Description
Jump to the specified page on the PPT/PDF.
Parameters
  • pageNumber: The page number to jump to.
Sample Code
playerObj.navigateToPage (5)

nextPage

Method name
nextPage
Description
Jump to the next page on the PPT/PDF.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.nextPage()

previousPage

Method name
previousPage
Description
Jump to the previous page on the PPT/PDF.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.previousPage()

zoomIn

Method name
zoomIn
Description
Zoom in on the content on a PPT/PDF.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.zoomIn()

zoomOut

Method name
zoomOut
Description
Zoom out on the content on a PPT/PDF.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.zoomOut()

downloadJobAid

Method name
downloadJobAid
Description
Download a Job Aid from a course.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.downloadJobAid()

toggleJobAidPullout

Method name
toggleJobAidPullout
Description
Whether or not you want to download a job aid.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.toggleJobAidPullout()

fullScreen

Method name
fullScreen
Description
Set player to full screen Mode.
Parameters
  • None
Sample Code
playerObj.fullScreen()

List of events

onPlayerEvents(callBack)

On registering the callback function will be invoked on all player events. The event names are as follows:

  • PLAY (Video/ Audio/ CP)
  • PAUSE (Video/ Audio/ CP)
  • TIMEUPDATE (Video/ Audio/ CP)
  • PAGECHANGE (PPT/ PDF)
  • NOTEADDED (All contents)
  • LAUNCHED (All contents)
  • STARTED (All contents)
  • COMPLETED (All contents)
  • PASSED (All contents)
  • FAILED (All contents)

onStreamingEvents(callBack)

On registering the callback function will be invoked on all player statements that are sent for tracking user activity.

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