Players Mandatory & optional configuration

Introduction

Currently, to play the contents we need to pass all the config data to the player. In this config there are some mandatory and options fields. This wiki explains those mandatory and optional fields.

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PDF player configuration

The following configuration is required to play the pdf content in player

context (Optional) : Additional data to the content
config (Optional) : Config object data to content play
metadata (Required) : Metadata gives a complete information about the content.

pdfPlayerConfig = {
    context?: Context;
    config?: Config;
    metadata: any; // content data
}

1. Context contains the following properties:

	Property name	Description	optional/Required	With property	Without property	Comment	Default
1	mode	To identify preview used by the user to play/edit/preview	Optional	No change in telemetry data	No change in telemetry data	Can be set it as preview from the player side. There is no major impact in player preview.	`"preview"`
2	authToken	Auth key to make the api call	Optional	No change in telemetry data	No change in telemetry data	As we are not calling any api from player side authtoken property can be optional.	“ “
3	sid	User sessionId	Required	sid will log in telemetry	sid will not log in telemetry	Default can be set from player side	“ ”
4	did	Unique id to identify the device	Required	did will log in telemetry	did will not log in telemetry	Default can be set from player side	“ “
5	uid	Current logged in user id	Required	uid will log in telemetry	uid will not log in telemetry	Default can be set from player side	`"anoymous"`
6	channel	Unique id of the channel	Required	channel id will log in telemetry	channel id will not log in telemetry	This can be a optional and can be set it from player side a a default parameter.	“ “
7	pdata	producer id	Required	{ "id": "sunbird.portal", "ver": "3.2.12", "pid": "sunbird-portal.contentplayer" }	{}	Default can be set from player side	{}
8	contextRollup	Defines the content rollup data	Optional	Context rollup will log in telemetry context	content rollup will not log in context	Its a optional field in telemetry	{}
9	objectRollup	Defines the content object data	Optional	Object rollup will log in telemetry	Object rollup will not log in telemetry	Its a optional field in telemetry	{}
10	tags	defines the tags data	Optional	Tag will log	Empty tag list will log	Its a optional tags data	{}
11	cdata	Defines the correlation data	Optional	Cdata will log	cdta will log in telemetry	Correlation data requires for telemetry	{}
12	timeDiff	It defines the time difference	Optional	No change in telemetry data	No change in telemetry data	This can be a optional field	“ “
13	host	Defines the from which domain content should be loaded	Optional	No change in telemetry data	No change in telemetry data	Default can be set from player side	“ “
14	endpoint	It defines the endpoint	Optional	No change in telemetry data	No change in telemetry data	This can be a optional	“ “
15	userData	Defines the user first name and last name	Optional	End page will show the first name and last name from userData	User first and lastname will not show in endpage	Default can be set from player side	{ "firstName": "anoymous", "lastName": "" }

pdata: If we not pass the pdata the pdata will not logged in telemetry

Sample telemetry data without pdata

{"eid":"INTERACT","ets":1662988243357,"ver":"3.0","mid":"INTERACT:fcd57afb91574c6526058b5aa68403de","actor":{"id":"3c0a3724311fe944dec5df559cc4e006","type":"User"},"context":{"channel":"505c7c48ac6dc1edc9b08f21db5a571d","env":"contentplayer","sid":"7283cf2e-d215-9944-b0c5-269489c6fa56","did":"3c0a3724311fe944dec5df559cc4e006","cdata":[{"id":"XBfyG8Hd4lF7SKSM9Rvj5CdoXKfntwEd","type":"ContentSession"},{"id":"bFLHgkI1NTnhl1IOzS2nch0bH3EkpFkE","type":"PlaySession"},{"id":"2.0","type":"PlayerVersion"}],"rollup":{"l1":"505c7c48ac6dc1edc9b08f21db5a571d"},"uid":"anonymous"},"object":{"id":"do_31291455031832576019477","ver":"undefined","type":"Content","rollup":{}},"tags":[""],"edata":{"type":"TOUCH","subtype":"","id":"next","pageid":"2"}}

contextRollup: If we not pass the pdata the pdata will not logged in telemetry

Sample content object telemetry data without rollup

"context": {
		....
		....
		"rollup": {},
		"uid": "anonymous"
	}

sid, did, uid, channel: If we not pass the pdata the pdata will not logged in telemetry

Sample telemetry data without pdata:

{"eid":"INTERACT","ets":1662989700604,"ver":"3.0","mid":"INTERACT:df20f452603133275899885c89826a0a","actor":{"id":"ac7fa5a7da1312d0603d351c941a2813","type":"User"},"context":{"pdata":{"id":"sunbird.portal","ver":"3.2.12","pid":"sunbird-portal.contentplayer"},"env":"contentplayer","did":"ac7fa5a7da1312d0603d351c941a2813","cdata":[{"id":"QtPz7hI6rQjEqosRF3Shlwx9jhMOSzGs","type":"ContentSession"},{"id":"ikwUrq2L04DcojCek0Remi2nvmlbkJwr","type":"PlaySession"},{"id":"2.0","type":"PlayerVersion"}],"rollup":{"l1":"505c7c48ac6dc1edc9b08f21db5a571d"}},"object":{"id":"do_31291455031832576019477","ver":"undefined","type":"Content","rollup":{}},"tags":[""],"edata":{"type":"TOUCH","subtype":"","id":"next","pageid":"2"}}

tags: If we not pass the tags the empty tags will log in telemetry

Sample telemetry data without tags:

"context": {
		...
	"tags": [],

objectRollup: If we not pass the pdata the pdata will not logged in telemetry

Sample content object telemetry data without rollup

"context: {
},
"object": {
		"id": "do_31291455031832576019477",
		"ver": "undefined",
		"type": "Content",
		"rollup": {}
	},

userData: If we pass the userData, it will show in endpage.

If we not send - it will not show.

dispatcher: Dispatcher is required to receive the player events. This is optional and if we not passed, the parent will not received the player events.

dispatcher: {
        dispatch(event) {
          console.log(`Events from dispatcher: ${JSON.stringify(event)}`);
        }
      }

Sample context object interface:

{
      mode?: string;
      authToken?: string;
      sid: string;
      did: string;
      uid: string;
      channel: string;
      pdata: Pdata;
      contextRollup?: ContextRollup;
      tags?: string[];
      cdata: Cdata[];
      timeDiff?: number;
      objectRollup?: ObjectRollup;
      host?: string;
      endpoint?: string;
      dispatcher?: object;
      userData?: {
          firstName: string;
          lastName: string;
      };
}

2. Config

All the configuration can be set by default from player side so this config object can be optional

Property name	Description	optional/Required	Default
share	It is `boolen` value to show and hide share button in sidemenu	optional	true
download	It is `boolen` value to show and hide download button in sidemenu	optional	true
print	It is `boolen` value to show and hide print button in sidemenu	optional	true
reply	It is `boolen` value to show and hide reply button in sidemenu	optional	false
exit	It is `boolen` value to show and hide exit button in sidemenu	optional	false

sideMenu: If we not pass the side menu object for pdf config - the default the following menu will show in sidemenu

Share
Download
Print

sample config data

"config"?: { 
    "sideMenu"?: { 
      "showShare"?: true, // show/hide share button in side menu. default value is true
      "showDownload"?: true, // show/hide download button in side menu. default value is true
      "showReplay"?: true, // show/hide replay button in side menu. default value is true
      "showExit"?: false, // show/hide exit button in side menu. default value is false
      "showPrint"?: true // show/hide print button in side menu. default value is true
    }
  }

3. Metadata

Metadata gives a complete information about the content. In metadata the following properties are mandatory to play the content online.

Property name	Description	optional/Required	Comment
identifier	It is `string` of uniq content id	Required	Its a unique content id so Its a required to log the telemetry and other data against contnet
Name	It is `string` to represent the name of the content or pdf	Required	Its a required to show the name of the pdf while loading the pdf.
streamingUrl	It is `string` url.	Required but optional if the artifactUrl is present	It is optional field. This is required if you want to load the streaming pdf url
artifactUrl	It is a `string` url	Required but optional if streamingUrl is preset	It is required to load the pdf file.

artifactUrl/streamingUrl : If we not pass the artifactUrl or streamingUrl, The pdf content will not load and it will show error. To load the content artifactUrl or streamingUrl is required.

Following properties are mandatory to play the content Offline.

Property name	Description	Optional/Required	Comment
Name	It is `string` to represent the name of the content or pdf	Required	Its a required to show the name of the pdf while loading the pdf.
isAvailableLocally	It is a `boolen` value which indicate the content is locally available	Required	It is required to know - the content is downloaded and can be play offline
artifactUrl	It is a `string` url	Required	It is required to load the pdf file.
basePath	It is `string` to represent the base path of the pdf file	Required but optional if baseDir is present	It is required to load the pdf file.
baseDir	It is `string` to represent the base path of the pdf file	Required but optional if basePath is present	It is required to load the pdf file.