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: {
      _metadataObject_    // Some of the metadata fields are required. Mentioned in below 3.Metadata section
    }             
}

1. Context (Optional):

Context is an optional property for player config, if we want to send the context - the following table shows what are the fields is required to send the context.

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;
      };
}

	Property name	Description	Optional/Required	Without field	Comment	Default	Code changes required
1	`channel`	it is an `string` containing unique channel name.	Required `minLength=1`	telemetry validation error	Default can be set from player side. Telemetry sdk will set by default `“in.ekstep"`	`"in.ekstep"`	Yes
2	`env`	It is an `string` containing Unique environment where the event has occurred	Required	telemetry validation error	Content player set it by default to `“contentplayer"`	`"contentplayer"`	No
3	`pdata`	Producer data. It is an `object` containing id, version and pid.	Required { id: "in.ekstep", ver ? : "1.0", pid ? : "" }	telemetry validation error	Default can be set from player side. Telemetry sdk will set by default`{ id: "in.ekstep", ver: "1.0", pid: "" }`	`{ id: "in.ekstep", ver: "1.0", pid: "" }`	Yes
4	`mode`	To identify preview used by the user to play/edit/preview	Optional	`"play"`	Telemetry sdk will set by default as `"play"`	`"play"`	No
5	`sid`	It is an `string` containing user session id.	Optional	`actor.id = uid ? uid : "anonymous"`	Telemetry sdk will set by default as `"anonymous"` if `uid` is not present.	`"anonymous"`	No
6	`did`	It is an `string` containing unique device id.	Optional	It will generate from telemetry sdk	Telemetry sdk will set by default using fingerPrintJs	fingerPrintjs2	No
7	`uid`	It is an `string` containing user id.	Optional	`actor.id = "anonymous"`	Telemetry sdk will set by default as `"anonymous"`	`"anonymous"`	No
8	`authToken`	It is an `string` containing consumer token to access the API	Optional	`""`	Player will set default `""`	`""`	No
9	`contextRollup`	Defines the content rollup data	Optional	`{}`	Its a optional field in telemetry	`{}`	No
10	`objectRollup`	Defines the content object data	Optional	`{}`	Its a optional field in telemetry	`{}`	No
11	`tags`	It is an `array`. It can be used to tag devices so that summaries/metrics can be derived via specific tags. Helpful during analysis	Optional	`[]`	Its a optional tags data	`[]`	No
12	`cdata`	It is an `array`. Correlation data. Can be used to correlate multiple events. Generally used to track user flow	Optional [ "type", "id"]	`[]`	This is an optional but - if we are passing the `type` and `id` is required.	`[]`	No
13	`host`	It is an `string` containing API endpoint host.	Optional	`""`	Content Player set it as `""` and Telemetry sdk will set by default as `“https://api.ekstep.in"`	“`https://api.ekstep.in`“	No
14	`endpoint`	It defines the endpoint	Optional	`""`	Content Player set it as “`/data/v3/telemetry`“	`/data/v3/telemetry`	No
15	`userData`	Defines the user first name and last name	Optional	User first and lastname will not show in endpage	Default can be set from player side	{ "firstName": "anoymous","lastName": ""}	Yes
16	`dispatcher`	Dispatcher is required to receive the player events. .	Optional	The parent will not see the player events.	dispatcher: { dispatch(event) { console.log(`Events from dispatcher: ${JSON.stringify(event)}`); } }	`""`	No

2. Config (Optional)

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

sample config object interface:

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

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` (only for pdf, epub)	It is `boolen` value to show and hide print button in sidemenu	optional	`true` (only for pdf, epub is 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`

3. Metadata (Required)

Metadata gives a complete information about the content.

Sample metadata object interface in online play:

"metadata": { 
    "identifier": string;
      "name": string;
      "artifactUrl": string;
      "streamingUrl"?: string;
  }

In metadata the following properties are mandatory to play the content in ONLINE play.

Property name	Description	Without field	optional/Required	Comment
`identifier`	It is `string` of uniq content id	Unable to load the content error	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	Unable to load the content error	Required	Its a required to show the name of the pdf while loading the pdf.
`streamingUrl`	It is `string` url.	Unable to load the content error	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	Unable to load the content error	Required but optional if streamingUrl is preset	It is required to load the pdf file.

Sample metadata object interface in offline play:

"metadata": { 
    "identifier": string;
      "name": string;
      "artifactUrl": string;
      "basePath": string;
      "baseDir?": string;
      "streamingUrl"?: string;
  }

Following properties are mandatory to play the content OFFLINE play.

Property name	Description	Without field	Optional/Required	Comment
`Name`	It is `string` to represent the name of the content or pdf	Unable to load the content error	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	Content will not load offline	Required	It is required to know - the content is downloaded and can be play offline
`artifactUrl`	It is a `string` url	Unable to load the content error	Required	It is required to load the pdf file.
`basePath`	It is `string` to represent the base path of the pdf file	Unable to load the content error	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	Unable to load the content error	Required but optional if `basePath` is present	It is required to load the pdf file.