Vue VideoJS in UIBuilder

I tried many different ways but I can't make this VueJS doc example to work within the uibuilder vue setup (after adding videojs and vue-video-player libraries): Vue and Video.js
I tried with both a VideoPlayer.vue file, and import VideoPlayer from "@/components/VideoPlayer.vue"; or some stuff in MyComponent.vue and some in index.js but it throws errors in console.

@TotallyInformation to the rescue!

How would mycomponent.vue, index.js and index.html look like to embed VideoJS player?
Thank you again :slight_smile:

What errors are you getting?

Are you using the CDN version or the npm version (which you would install via the uibuilder library manager)?

Have you tried getting something to work without Vue first? The Vue documentation you reference is especially poor so getting it to work with a simple example without Vue would at least let you know that you are able to load everything without error.

In the given example, you would translate the 2nd set of code into your index.html and index.js files.

Place the 1st set of code into a file in the src folder called VideoPlayer.vue to match their naming.

Then use the http vue loader to dynamically load that file. Refer to the uibuilder WIKI for examples.

To reference media files, you can place them in the same src folder as well, reference them as ./whatever.mp4 urls to load them. There are other places you can use if that isn't convenient.

Thank you so much.
Sorry for not beinf verbose the first time. I was pretty upset :slight_smile:

OK, so yeah, everything is local:
image
An I tested VideoJS without Node-Red.

Following your reply, I pasted the first set within src/VideoPlayer.vue (but I wonder if import videojs from 'video.js'; is working, see error below.

Then I added the video-player part of the 2nd set into src/index.html:

<body>
    <div id="app">
        <b-container id="app_container">
        <video-player :options="videoOptions"></video-player>

and finally tried to glue them using src/index.js

var app1 = new Vue({
    el: '#app',
    components: {
        'video-player': httpVueLoader('VideoPlayer.vue'),
    }, // --- End of components --- //
    data: {
			videoOptions: {
				autoplay: true,
				controls: true,
				sources: [
					{
						src:
							"./video.webm"
					}
				]
			}
	},
      mounted: function(){
        uibuilder.start()
        this.player = videojs(this.$refs.videoPlayer, this.options, function onPlayerReady() {
            console.log('onPlayerReady', this);
    })
        var vueApp = this
...

Video is playing when called alone.

Errors I get:

[Vue warn]: Error in mounted hook: "ReferenceError: videojs is not defined"

(found in <Root>) vue.js:634:17
    VueJS 11
    <anonymous> http://192.168.1.236:1880/vue-file/index.js:24
ReferenceError: videojs is not defined
    mounted http://192.168.1.236:1880/vue-file/index.js:62
    VueJS 7
    <anonymous> http://192.168.1.236:1880/vue-file/index.js:24
vue.js:1897:15
Requesting search results.. search_results.js:1:9
[Vue warn]: Failed to resolve async component: function() {

I don't get why Video.js is not loaded
while uibuilder details says

"http-vue-loader": {
        "loaded": true,
        "folder": "/data/node_modules/http-vue-loader",
        "url": "../uibuilder/vendor/http-vue-loader",
        "version": "1.4.2",
        "main": "./src/httpVueLoader.js",
        "browser": "",
        "homepage": "https://github.com/FranckFreiburger/http-vue-loader#readme"
    },
    "video.js": {
        "loaded": true,
        "folder": "/data/node_modules/video.js",
        "url": "../uibuilder/vendor/video.js",
        "version": "7.10.2",
        "main": "./dist/video.cjs.js",
        "browser": "",
        "homepage": "https://videojs.com"
    }

OK, so breaking this down to find out where the problem lies. Firstly, can we get video.js to work at all?

Answer - yes.

<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <title>Node-RED UI Builder - Video.JS Tests</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Node-RED UI Builder - VueJS + bootstrap-vue default template">

    <link rel="icon" href="./images/node-blue.ico">

    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap-vue/dist/bootstrap-vue.css" />
    <link href="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.10.2/video-js.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="./index.css" media="all">

</head><body>

    <div id="app" v-cloak>
        <b-container id="app_container">

            <video  id="my-video"
                    class="video-js"
                    controls
                    preload="auto"
                    width="640"
                    height="264"
                    poster="MY_VIDEO_POSTER.jpg"
                    data-setup="{}">
                <source src="//vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4" type="video/mp4">
            </video>

            <h2>Dynamic Data</h2>
            <div>
                <p>Uses Vue to dynamically update in response to messages from Node-RED.</p>
                <p>
                    Check out the <code>mounted</code> function in <code>index.js</code> to See
                    how easy it is to update Vue data from Node-RED.
                </p>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Status" border-variant="info" header-bg-variant="info" header-text-variant="white" align="center" >
                    <p class="float-left">Socket.io Connection Status: <b>{{socketConnectedState}}</b></p>
                    <p class="float-right">Time offset between browser and server: <b>{{serverTimeOffset}}</b> hours</p>
                </b-card>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Normal Messages" border-variant="primary" header-bg-variant="primary" header-text-variant="white" align="left" >
                    <p>
                        Messages: Received=<b>{{msgsReceived}}</b>, Sent=<b>{{msgsSent}}</b>
                    </p>
                    <pre v-html="hLastRcvd" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <pre v-html="hLastSent" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <p slot="footer" class="mb-0">
                        The received message is from the input to the uibuilder node.
                        The send message will appear out of port #1 of the node.
                    </p>
                </b-card>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Control Messages" border-variant="secondary" header-bg-variant="secondary" header-text-variant="white" align="left" >
                    <p>
                        Control Messages: Received=<b>{{msgsControl}}</b>, Sent=<b>{{msgsCtrlSent}}</b>
                    </p>
                    <pre v-html="hLastCtrlRcvd" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <pre v-html="hLastCtrlSent" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <p slot="footer" class="mb-0">
                        Control messages always appear out of port #2 of the uibuilder node
                        whether they are from the server or the client. The <code>from</code> property
                        of the message tells you where it came from.
                    </p>
                </b-card>
            </div>

        </b-container>
    </div>

    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/vue/dist/vue.min.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap-vue/dist/bootstrap-vue.min.js"></script>
    <script src="./uibuilderfe.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.10.2/video.min.js"></script>
    <script src="./index.js"></script>

</body></html>

This works fine on my PC.


Then adding this to the mounted section of index.js:

        var player = videojs('my-video')
        console.log(player)

Shows that I can access the player as expected.

Thank you again, but how can I pass the video file from the payload?

I only replaced the mounted part with yours and got:

Vue warn]: Failed to resolve async component: function() {



			return new Component(name).load(url)

			.then(function(component) {



				return component.normalize();

			})

			.then(function(component) {



				return component.compile();

			})

			.then(function(component) {



				var exports = component.script !== null ? component.script.module.exports : {};



				if ( component.template !== null )

					exports.template = component.template.getContent();



				if ( exports.name === undefined )

					if ( component.name !== undefined )

						exports.name = component.name;



				exports._baseURI = component.baseURI;



				return exports;

			});

		}
Reason: ReferenceError: responseText is not defined vue.js:634:1

One step at a time.

First, lets find out why the vue component isn't working. By replacing the .min versions of the scripts in index.html with the non-min versions, you will get debugging information from VueJS.


image

In your .vue file, comment out the import statement. That isn't needed because the act of adding the library as a script has already effectively imported the code. import will only work if you have a build step that translates the code.

Also replace the line that says export default { with a line that says module.exports = {. This is for the same reason. You cannot use export in a browser unless you are using an HTML component which requires a different method of loading (also documented in the uibuilder WIKI). A build step would replace that line. As we are using the http loader, we can simply use the older form of module.exports.

That now will work absolutely fine.

You can simply pass the new URL into the player I think. Not tried that yet.

My other tests with uibuilder loaded httpLoader fine but pasting your example I get:
Uncaught ReferenceError: httpVueLoader is not defined
Could you please paste your working Node-Red JSON export?

The flow on its own wouldn't help because it doesn't include the source code for the index.(html|js) nor the .vue file.

Here is a working example with the player loaded directly with no video. And an inject that sends the video url then starts the playback when the video has loaded - all standard code taken from the videojs website and adjusted into the standard uibuilder template.

It also has a working example of the .vue file dynamically loaded via the http loader. I haven't bothered to do anything with it though as I don't think that a vue component is warranted unless you want to do more complex things.

[{"id":"dfcd2046.f0d35","type":"inject","z":"ff1a7711.244f48","name":"","props":[{"p":"payload"},{"p":"topic","vt":"str"}],"repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"topic":"","payload":"{\"src\": \"//vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4\", \"type\": \"video/mp4\"}","payloadType":"json","x":130,"y":1060,"wires":[["de3ed4a5.ddb688"]]},{"id":"de3ed4a5.ddb688","type":"uibuilder","z":"ff1a7711.244f48","name":"","topic":"","url":"videojs","fwdInMessages":false,"allowScripts":false,"allowStyles":false,"copyIndex":true,"showfolder":false,"useSecurity":false,"sessionLength":432000,"tokenAutoExtend":false,"x":330,"y":1060,"wires":[["b9248f71.f5d22"],["b3f325aa.1ea888"]]},{"id":"b9248f71.f5d22","type":"debug","z":"ff1a7711.244f48","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":630,"y":1040,"wires":[]},{"id":"b3f325aa.1ea888","type":"debug","z":"ff1a7711.244f48","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"false","statusVal":"","statusType":"auto","x":630,"y":1080,"wires":[]}]

index.html

<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <title>Node-RED UI Builder - Video.JS Tests</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Node-RED UI Builder - VueJS + bootstrap-vue default template">

    <link rel="icon" href="./images/node-blue.ico">

    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap-vue/dist/bootstrap-vue.css" />
    <link href="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.10.2/video-js.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="./index.css" media="all">

</head><body>

    <div id="app" v-cloak>
        <b-container id="app_container">

            <div>
                <video  id="my-video"
                        class="video-js"
                        controls
                        preload="auto"
                        width="640"
                        height="264"
                        data-setup="{}">
                    <!-- <source src="//vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4" type="video/mp4"> -->
                </video>
                <hr>
                <video-player :options="videoOptions"/>
            </div>

            <h2>Dynamic Data</h2>
            <div>
                <p>Uses Vue to dynamically update in response to messages from Node-RED.</p>
                <p>
                    Check out the <code>mounted</code> function in <code>index.js</code> to See
                    how easy it is to update Vue data from Node-RED.
                </p>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Status" border-variant="info" header-bg-variant="info" header-text-variant="white" align="center" >
                    <p class="float-left">Socket.io Connection Status: <b>{{socketConnectedState}}</b></p>
                    <p class="float-right">Time offset between browser and server: <b>{{serverTimeOffset}}</b> hours</p>
                </b-card>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Normal Messages" border-variant="primary" header-bg-variant="primary" header-text-variant="white" align="left" >
                    <p>
                        Messages: Received=<b>{{msgsReceived}}</b>, Sent=<b>{{msgsSent}}</b>
                    </p>
                    <pre v-html="hLastRcvd" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <pre v-html="hLastSent" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <p slot="footer" class="mb-0">
                        The received message is from the input to the uibuilder node.
                        The send message will appear out of port #1 of the node.
                    </p>
                </b-card>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Control Messages" border-variant="secondary" header-bg-variant="secondary" header-text-variant="white" align="left" >
                    <p>
                        Control Messages: Received=<b>{{msgsControl}}</b>, Sent=<b>{{msgsCtrlSent}}</b>
                    </p>
                    <pre v-html="hLastCtrlRcvd" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <pre v-html="hLastCtrlSent" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <p slot="footer" class="mb-0">
                        Control messages always appear out of port #2 of the uibuilder node
                        whether they are from the server or the client. The <code>from</code> property
                        of the message tells you where it came from.
                    </p>
                </b-card>
            </div>

        </b-container>
    </div>

    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/vue/dist/vue.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap-vue/dist/bootstrap-vue.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/http-vue-loader"></script>
    <script src="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.10.2/video.js"></script>
    <script src="./uibuilderfe.js"></script>
    <script src="./index.js"></script>

</body></html>

index.js

'use strict'

new Vue({
    el: '#app',
    
    components: {
        'video-player': httpVueLoader('video-player.vue'),
    }, // --- End of components --- //
    
    data: {
        player: null,
        videoOptions: {
			autoplay: false,
			controls: true,
			sources: [
				{
					src:
						'//vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4',
					  type: 'video/mp4'
				}
			]
		},
		videoUrl: '',
		
        startMsg    : 'Vue has started, waiting for messages',
        feVersion   : '',
        counterBtn  : 0,
        inputText   : null,
        inputChkBox : false,
        socketConnectedState : false,
        serverTimeOffset     : '[unknown]',
        imgProps             : { width: 75, height: 75 },

        msgRecvd    : '[Nothing]',
        msgsReceived: 0,
        msgCtrl     : '[Nothing]',
        msgsControl : 0,

        msgSent     : '[Nothing]',
        msgsSent    : 0,
        msgCtrlSent : '[Nothing]',
        msgsCtrlSent: 0,

        isLoggedOn  : false,
        userId      : null,
        userPw      : null,
        inputId     : '',
    }, // --- End of data --- //
    computed: {
        hLastRcvd: function() {
            var msgRecvd = this.msgRecvd
            if (typeof msgRecvd === 'string') return 'Last Message Received = ' + msgRecvd
            else return 'Last Message Received = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgRecvd)
        },
        hLastSent: function() {
            var msgSent = this.msgSent
            if (typeof msgSent === 'string') return 'Last Message Sent = ' + msgSent
            else return 'Last Message Sent = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgSent)
        },
        hLastCtrlRcvd: function() {
            var msgCtrl = this.msgCtrl
            if (typeof msgCtrl === 'string') return 'Last Control Message Received = ' + msgCtrl
            else return 'Last Control Message Received = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgCtrl)
        },
        hLastCtrlSent: function() {
            var msgCtrlSent = this.msgCtrlSent
            if (typeof msgCtrlSent === 'string') return 'Last Control Message Sent = ' + msgCtrlSent
            //else return 'Last Message Sent = ' + this.callMethod('syntaxHighlight', [msgCtrlSent])
            else return 'Last Control Message Sent = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgCtrlSent)
        },
    }, // --- End of computed --- //
    methods: {
        increment: function(event) {
            console.log('Button Pressed. Event Data: ', event)

            // Increment the count by one
            this.counterBtn = this.counterBtn + 1
            var topic = this.msgRecvd.topic || 'uibuilder/vue'
            uibuilder.send( {
                'topic': topic,
                'payload': {
                    'type': 'counterBtn',
                    'btnCount': this.counterBtn,
                    'message': this.inputText,
                    'inputChkBox': this.inputChkBox
                }
            } )

        }, // --- End of increment --- //

        doLogon: function() {
            uibuilder.logon( {
                'id': this.inputId,
            } )
        }, // --- End of doLogon --- //

        doLogoff: function() {
            uibuilder.logoff()
        }, // --- End of doLogon --- //

        // return formatted HTML version of JSON object
        syntaxHighlight: function(json) {
            json = JSON.stringify(json, undefined, 4)
            json = json.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
            json = json.replace(/("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g, function (match) {
                var cls = 'number'
                if (/^"/.test(match)) {
                    if (/:$/.test(match)) {
                        cls = 'key'
                    } else {
                        cls = 'string'
                    }
                } else if (/true|false/.test(match)) {
                    cls = 'boolean'
                } else if (/null/.test(match)) {
                    cls = 'null'
                }
                return '<span class="' + cls + '">' + match + '</span>'
            })
            return json
        }, // --- End of syntaxHighlight --- //
    }, // --- End of methods --- //

    // Available hooks: beforeCreate,created,beforeMount,mounted,beforeUpdate,updated,beforeDestroy,destroyed, activated,deactivated, errorCaptured

    /** Called after the Vue app has been created. A good place to put startup code */
    created: function() {
        // Example of retrieving data from uibuilder
        this.feVersion = uibuilder.get('version')

        /** **REQUIRED** Start uibuilder comms with Node-RED @since v2.0.0-dev3
         * Pass the namespace and ioPath variables if hosting page is not in the instance root folder
         * e.g. If you get continual `uibuilderfe:ioSetup: SOCKET CONNECT ERROR` error messages.
         * e.g. uibuilder.start('/uib', '/uibuilder/vendor/socket.io') // change to use your paths/names
         * @param {Object=|string=} namespace Optional. Object containing ref to vueApp, Object containing settings, or String IO Namespace override. changes self.ioNamespace from the default.
         * @param {string=} ioPath Optional. changes self.ioPath from the default
         * @param {Object=} vueApp Optional. Reference to the VueJS instance. Used for Vue extensions.
         */
        uibuilder.start(this) // Single param passing vue app to allow Vue extensions to be used.

        //console.log(this)
    },

    /** Called once all Vue component instances have been loaded and the virtual DOM built */
    mounted: function(){
        //console.debug('[indexjs:Vue.mounted] app mounted - setting up uibuilder watchers')
        
        var app = this  // Reference to `this` in case we need it for more complex functions

        app.player = videojs('my-video')
        console.log(app.player)

        // If msg changes - msg is updated when a standard msg is received from Node-RED over Socket.IO
        // newVal relates to the attribute being listened to.
        uibuilder.onChange('msg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange] msg received from Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgRecvd = msg
            app.msgsReceived = uibuilder.get('msgsReceived')
            
            if ( msg.payload.src ) {
                app.player.src(msg.payload)
                app.player.ready(function() {
                    app.player.play();
                })
            }
        })

        //#region ---- Debug info, can be removed for live use ---- //

        /** You can use the following to help trace how messages flow back and forth.
         * You can then amend this processing to suite your requirements.
         */

        // If we receive a control message from Node-RED, we can get the new data here - we pass it to a Vue variable
        uibuilder.onChange('ctrlMsg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:ctrlMsg] CONTROL msg received from Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgCtrl = msg
            app.msgsControl = uibuilder.get('msgsCtrl')
        })

        /** You probably only need these to help you understand the order of processing
         * If a message is sent back to Node-RED, we can grab a copy here if we want to
         */
        uibuilder.onChange('sentMsg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:sentMsg] msg sent to Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgSent = msg
            app.msgsSent = uibuilder.get('msgsSent')
        })

        /** If we send a control message to Node-RED, we can get a copy of it here */
        uibuilder.onChange('sentCtrlMsg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:sentCtrlMsg] Control message sent to Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgCtrlSent = msg
            app.msgsCtrlSent = uibuilder.get('msgsSentCtrl')
        })

        /** If Socket.IO connects/disconnects, we get true/false here */
        uibuilder.onChange('ioConnected', function(connected){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:ioConnected] Socket.IO Connection Status Changed to:', connected)
            app.socketConnectedState = connected
        })
        /** If Server Time Offset changes */
        uibuilder.onChange('serverTimeOffset', function(serverTimeOffset){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:serverTimeOffset] Offset of time between the browser and the server has changed to:', serverTimeOffset)
            app.serverTimeOffset = serverTimeOffset
        })

        /** If user is logged on/off */
        uibuilder.onChange('isAuthorised', function(isAuthorised){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:isAuthorised] isAuthorised changed. User logged on?:', isAuthorised)
            //console.log('authData: ', uibuilder.get('authData'))
            //console.log('authTokenExpiry: ', uibuilder.get('authTokenExpiry'))
            app.isLoggedOn = isAuthorised
        })

        //#endregion ---- Debug info, can be removed for live use ---- //

    } // --- End of mounted hook --- //

}) // --- End of app1 --- //

// EOF

video-player.vue

<template>
    <div>
        <video ref="videoPlayer" class="video-js"></video>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    //import videojs from 'video.js';
    
    //export default {
    module.exports = {
        name: "VideoPlayer",
        props: {
            options: {
                type: Object,
                default() {
                    return {};
                }
            }
        },
        data() {
            return {
                player: null
            }
        },
        mounted() {
            this.player = videojs(this.$refs.videoPlayer, this.options, function onPlayerReady() {
                console.log('onPlayerReady', this);
            })
        },
        beforeDestroy() {
            if (this.player) {
                this.player.dispose()
            }
        }
    }
</script>

I'm getting closer to the solution but sorry, I'm still getting an error pasting your flow and files above (in src/):

[Vue warn]: Error in mounted hook: "ReferenceError: videojs is not defined"
(found in <Root>)

Indeed, if we don't import it in the .vue file, what mounted() {this.player = videojs(this.$refs.videoPlayer... could call?

Or how app.player = videojs('my-video') in index.js could be interpreted?

You haven't used my index.html code. You haven't actually loaded the VideoJS library.

Two lines are needed in index.html

In the <head> section, you need

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.10.2/video-js.css" />

Towards the end of the <body> section, you need

<script src="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.10.2/video.js"></script>

You can replace those with ../uibuilder/vendor/video.js/dist/video-js.min.css and ../uibuilder/vendor/video.js/dist/video.min.js to use your local versions.


BTW, for reference, I've added this example to the uibuilder WIKI for other people's convenience.

Using Video.js with uibuilder and VueJS · TotallyInformation/node-red-contrib-uibuilder Wiki (github.com)

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Actually, I did use your index.html code


I have no idea why it's not working for me

Please post your full code.

OK, meanwhile, I tried with local versions using your details page:

http-vue-loader 1.4.2 ../uibuilder/vendor/http-vue-loader ../uibuilder/vendor/http-vue-loader/./src/httpVueLoader.js /data/node_modules/http-vue-loader
video.js 7.10.2 ../uibuilder/vendor/video.js ../uibuilder/vendor/video.js/./dist/video.cjs.js /data/node_modules/video.js

Now I get a new error:
Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined
http://192.168.1.236:1880/uibuilder/vendor/video.js/dist/video.cjs.js:17

<!doctype html><html lang="en"><head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

    <title>Node-RED UI Builder - Video.JS Tests</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Node-RED UI Builder - VueJS + bootstrap-vue default template">

    <link rel="icon" href="./images/node-blue.ico">

    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap-vue/dist/bootstrap-vue.css" />
    <link href="https://vjs.zencdn.net/7.10.2/video-js.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="./index.css" media="all">

</head><body>

    <div id="app" v-cloak>
        <b-container id="app_container">

            <div>
                <video  id="my-video"
                        class="video-js"
                        controls
                        preload="auto"
                        width="640"
                        height="264"
                        data-setup="{}">
                    <!-- <source src="//vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4" type="video/mp4"> -->
                </video>
                <hr>
                <video-player :options="videoOptions"/>
            </div>

            <h2>Dynamic Data</h2>
            <div>
                <p>Uses Vue to dynamically update in response to messages from Node-RED.</p>
                <p>
                    Check out the <code>mounted</code> function in <code>index.js</code> to See
                    how easy it is to update Vue data from Node-RED.
                </p>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Status" border-variant="info" header-bg-variant="info" header-text-variant="white" align="center" >
                    <p class="float-left">Socket.io Connection Status: <b>{{socketConnectedState}}</b></p>
                    <p class="float-right">Time offset between browser and server: <b>{{serverTimeOffset}}</b> hours</p>
                </b-card>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Normal Messages" border-variant="primary" header-bg-variant="primary" header-text-variant="white" align="left" >
                    <p>
                        Messages: Received=<b>{{msgsReceived}}</b>, Sent=<b>{{msgsSent}}</b>
                    </p>
                    <pre v-html="hLastRcvd" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <pre v-html="hLastSent" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <p slot="footer" class="mb-0">
                        The received message is from the input to the uibuilder node.
                        The send message will appear out of port #1 of the node.
                    </p>
                </b-card>

                <b-card class="mt-3" header="Control Messages" border-variant="secondary" header-bg-variant="secondary" header-text-variant="white" align="left" >
                    <p>
                        Control Messages: Received=<b>{{msgsControl}}</b>, Sent=<b>{{msgsCtrlSent}}</b>
                    </p>
                    <pre v-html="hLastCtrlRcvd" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <pre v-html="hLastCtrlSent" class="syntax-highlight"></pre>
                    <p slot="footer" class="mb-0">
                        Control messages always appear out of port #2 of the uibuilder node
                        whether they are from the server or the client. The <code>from</code> property
                        of the message tells you where it came from.
                    </p>
                </b-card>
            </div>

        </b-container>
    </div>

    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/vue/dist/vue.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/bootstrap-vue/dist/bootstrap-vue.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/http-vue-loader/./src/httpVueLoader.js"></script>
    <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/video.js/./dist/video.cjs.js"></script>
    <script src="./uibuilderfe.js"></script>
    <script src="./index.js"></script>

</body></html>
'use strict'

new Vue({
    el: '#app',
    
    components: {
        'video-player': httpVueLoader('video-player.vue'),
    }, // --- End of components --- //
    
    data: {
        player: null,
        videoOptions: {
			autoplay: false,
			controls: true,
			sources: [
				{
					src:
						'//vjs.zencdn.net/v/oceans.mp4',
					  type: 'video/mp4'
				}
			]
		},
		videoUrl: '',
		
        startMsg    : 'Vue has started, waiting for messages',
        feVersion   : '',
        counterBtn  : 0,
        inputText   : null,
        inputChkBox : false,
        socketConnectedState : false,
        serverTimeOffset     : '[unknown]',
        imgProps             : { width: 75, height: 75 },

        msgRecvd    : '[Nothing]',
        msgsReceived: 0,
        msgCtrl     : '[Nothing]',
        msgsControl : 0,

        msgSent     : '[Nothing]',
        msgsSent    : 0,
        msgCtrlSent : '[Nothing]',
        msgsCtrlSent: 0,

        isLoggedOn  : false,
        userId      : null,
        userPw      : null,
        inputId     : '',
    }, // --- End of data --- //
    computed: {
        hLastRcvd: function() {
            var msgRecvd = this.msgRecvd
            if (typeof msgRecvd === 'string') return 'Last Message Received = ' + msgRecvd
            else return 'Last Message Received = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgRecvd)
        },
        hLastSent: function() {
            var msgSent = this.msgSent
            if (typeof msgSent === 'string') return 'Last Message Sent = ' + msgSent
            else return 'Last Message Sent = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgSent)
        },
        hLastCtrlRcvd: function() {
            var msgCtrl = this.msgCtrl
            if (typeof msgCtrl === 'string') return 'Last Control Message Received = ' + msgCtrl
            else return 'Last Control Message Received = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgCtrl)
        },
        hLastCtrlSent: function() {
            var msgCtrlSent = this.msgCtrlSent
            if (typeof msgCtrlSent === 'string') return 'Last Control Message Sent = ' + msgCtrlSent
            //else return 'Last Message Sent = ' + this.callMethod('syntaxHighlight', [msgCtrlSent])
            else return 'Last Control Message Sent = ' + this.syntaxHighlight(msgCtrlSent)
        },
    }, // --- End of computed --- //
    methods: {
        increment: function(event) {
            console.log('Button Pressed. Event Data: ', event)

            // Increment the count by one
            this.counterBtn = this.counterBtn + 1
            var topic = this.msgRecvd.topic || 'uibuilder/vue'
            uibuilder.send( {
                'topic': topic,
                'payload': {
                    'type': 'counterBtn',
                    'btnCount': this.counterBtn,
                    'message': this.inputText,
                    'inputChkBox': this.inputChkBox
                }
            } )

        }, // --- End of increment --- //

        doLogon: function() {
            uibuilder.logon( {
                'id': this.inputId,
            } )
        }, // --- End of doLogon --- //

        doLogoff: function() {
            uibuilder.logoff()
        }, // --- End of doLogon --- //

        // return formatted HTML version of JSON object
        syntaxHighlight: function(json) {
            json = JSON.stringify(json, undefined, 4)
            json = json.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
            json = json.replace(/("(\\u[a-zA-Z0-9]{4}|\\[^u]|[^\\"])*"(\s*:)?|\b(true|false|null)\b|-?\d+(?:\.\d*)?(?:[eE][+\-]?\d+)?)/g, function (match) {
                var cls = 'number'
                if (/^"/.test(match)) {
                    if (/:$/.test(match)) {
                        cls = 'key'
                    } else {
                        cls = 'string'
                    }
                } else if (/true|false/.test(match)) {
                    cls = 'boolean'
                } else if (/null/.test(match)) {
                    cls = 'null'
                }
                return '<span class="' + cls + '">' + match + '</span>'
            })
            return json
        }, // --- End of syntaxHighlight --- //
    }, // --- End of methods --- //

    // Available hooks: beforeCreate,created,beforeMount,mounted,beforeUpdate,updated,beforeDestroy,destroyed, activated,deactivated, errorCaptured

    /** Called after the Vue app has been created. A good place to put startup code */
    created: function() {
        // Example of retrieving data from uibuilder
        this.feVersion = uibuilder.get('version')

        /** **REQUIRED** Start uibuilder comms with Node-RED @since v2.0.0-dev3
         * Pass the namespace and ioPath variables if hosting page is not in the instance root folder
         * e.g. If you get continual `uibuilderfe:ioSetup: SOCKET CONNECT ERROR` error messages.
         * e.g. uibuilder.start('/uib', '/uibuilder/vendor/socket.io') // change to use your paths/names
         * @param {Object=|string=} namespace Optional. Object containing ref to vueApp, Object containing settings, or String IO Namespace override. changes self.ioNamespace from the default.
         * @param {string=} ioPath Optional. changes self.ioPath from the default
         * @param {Object=} vueApp Optional. Reference to the VueJS instance. Used for Vue extensions.
         */
        uibuilder.start(this) // Single param passing vue app to allow Vue extensions to be used.

        //console.log(this)
    },

    /** Called once all Vue component instances have been loaded and the virtual DOM built */
    mounted: function(){
        //console.debug('[indexjs:Vue.mounted] app mounted - setting up uibuilder watchers')
        
        var app = this  // Reference to `this` in case we need it for more complex functions

        app.player = videojs('my-video')
        console.log(app.player)

        // If msg changes - msg is updated when a standard msg is received from Node-RED over Socket.IO
        // newVal relates to the attribute being listened to.
        uibuilder.onChange('msg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange] msg received from Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgRecvd = msg
            app.msgsReceived = uibuilder.get('msgsReceived')
            
            if ( msg.payload.src ) {
                app.player.src(msg.payload)
                app.player.ready(function() {
                    app.player.play();
                })
            }
        })

        //#region ---- Debug info, can be removed for live use ---- //

        /** You can use the following to help trace how messages flow back and forth.
         * You can then amend this processing to suite your requirements.
         */

        // If we receive a control message from Node-RED, we can get the new data here - we pass it to a Vue variable
        uibuilder.onChange('ctrlMsg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:ctrlMsg] CONTROL msg received from Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgCtrl = msg
            app.msgsControl = uibuilder.get('msgsCtrl')
        })

        /** You probably only need these to help you understand the order of processing
         * If a message is sent back to Node-RED, we can grab a copy here if we want to
         */
        uibuilder.onChange('sentMsg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:sentMsg] msg sent to Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgSent = msg
            app.msgsSent = uibuilder.get('msgsSent')
        })

        /** If we send a control message to Node-RED, we can get a copy of it here */
        uibuilder.onChange('sentCtrlMsg', function(msg){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:sentCtrlMsg] Control message sent to Node-RED server:', msg)
            app.msgCtrlSent = msg
            app.msgsCtrlSent = uibuilder.get('msgsSentCtrl')
        })

        /** If Socket.IO connects/disconnects, we get true/false here */
        uibuilder.onChange('ioConnected', function(connected){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:ioConnected] Socket.IO Connection Status Changed to:', connected)
            app.socketConnectedState = connected
        })
        /** If Server Time Offset changes */
        uibuilder.onChange('serverTimeOffset', function(serverTimeOffset){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:serverTimeOffset] Offset of time between the browser and the server has changed to:', serverTimeOffset)
            app.serverTimeOffset = serverTimeOffset
        })

        /** If user is logged on/off */
        uibuilder.onChange('isAuthorised', function(isAuthorised){
            //console.info('[indexjs:uibuilder.onChange:isAuthorised] isAuthorised changed. User logged on?:', isAuthorised)
            //console.log('authData: ', uibuilder.get('authData'))
            //console.log('authTokenExpiry: ', uibuilder.get('authTokenExpiry'))
            app.isLoggedOn = isAuthorised
        })

        //#endregion ---- Debug info, can be removed for live use ---- //

    } // --- End of mounted hook --- //

}) // --- End of app1 --- //

// EOF
<template>
    <div>
        <video ref="videoPlayer" class="video-js"></video>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    //import videojs from 'video.js';
    
    //export default {
    module.exports = {
        name: "VideoPlayer",
        props: {
            options: {
                type: Object,
                default() {
                    return {};
                }
            }
        },
        data() {
            return {
                player: null
            }
        },
        mounted() {
            //this.player = videojs(this.$refs.videoPlayer, this.options, function onPlayerReady() {
            //    console.log('onPlayerReady', this);
            })
        },
        beforeDestroy() {
            if (this.player) {
                this.player.dispose()
            }
        }
    }
</script>

As it says on the details page, that page can only show you what the module author has put into the module's package.json. It is showing you that in order to give you some clues, you cannot simply take it at face value I'm afraid. I've put the exact code into posts above. The cjs version you have referenced requires a build step.

I get why I had the previous error but not locally: NoScript in Firefox was blocking unpkg.
After switching back to remote libraries and allowing everything, I still get an error:

[Vue warn]: Failed to resolve async component: function() {



			return new Component(name).load(url)

			.then(function(component) {



				return component.normalize();

			})

			.then(function(component) {



				return component.compile();

			})

			.then(function(component) {



				var exports = component.script !== null ? component.script.module.exports : {};



				if ( component.template !== null )

					exports.template = component.template.getContent();



				if ( exports.name === undefined )

					if ( component.name !== undefined )

						exports.name = component.name;



				exports._baseURI = component.baseURI;



				return exports;

			});

		}
Reason: ReferenceError: responseText is not defined vue.js:634:17

BTW, I found the local version: ../uibuilder/vendor/video.js/dist/video.js

In your video-player.vue file .. i believe that last closing parentheses is not needed

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Make sure you don't have any other extensions blocking things.

Take out the <video-player :options="videoOptions"/> and <script src="../uibuilder/vendor/http-vue-loader/./src/httpVueLoader.js"></script> lines in index.html

From index.js, t take out the components section and the data.videoOptions and data.videoUrl variables.

Your page should now be ignoring the .vue file and the rest should work.

Thank you @UnborN , actually it turned my eyes to something else I changed because of the previous videojs issue: I commented the this.player

Should be as @TotallyInformation wrote before:

        mounted() {
            this.player = videojs(this.$refs.videoPlayer, this.options, function onPlayerReady() {
                console.log('onPlayerReady', this);
            })

Now, it's working!
Thank you, thank you so much.
Main message from @TotallyInformation is the solution but thank you @UnborN for double checking my code.

No more errors!
Do you also have 2 players?


I wonder because sometimes Firefox on Linux has some issues with codecs, maybe that's the cause.

In the source, there are 2 players:

Some lessons here that may be useful to others in the future.

  • Take things one step at a time.
  • When using a library or framework, try with the simplest configuration first. Making sure that the framework isn't tripping you up.
  • JavaScript is currently a MESS! It is moving too fast for its own good which leaves multiple, overlapping technologies that none of us fully understand. Components, CJS, Require, Import, Export, Module.Exports, .... - Urgh!
  • Components are worthwhile only if you plan to make something reusable. Otherwise they are likely to just get in the way.
  • While VueJS is generally very nice to work with, it too has too many ways of doing things and unless component authors are good, disciplined and know what they are doing, it leaves the rest of us scratching our heads if something doesn't quite work right.

I have said that the example shows you 2 ways, you are seeing both ways. That's why I said to remove the component because I don't believe you need it.


However, good news is that we now have a working example of an embedded video player on the uibuilder WIKI.

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