Castlabs Web Player with Nowtilus SSAI

This guide is for integrating the MediaMelon Player SDK for the javascript based Castlabs player web.

Step 1: Add the MediaMelonPlayer SDK

Include the following import line to the web page in the start

  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://PATH_TO_MEDIAMELON_PLAYER_SDK/mmsmartstreaming_castlabsplayer.min.js"></script>

Step2: Network call to fetch the Media and Vast urls

Make a post network call to the channel URL and fetch the Media and Vast urls as shown in the below code snippet.

      let NowtilusSSAIURL = "https://live.serverside.ai/ad-aggregation-service/mrss/channel/4c84556b-58e1-4d1f-b9bd-dd3241b7b1c2";
      let xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
      let mediaURL = "", vastURL = "", timelineArrayVOD = [];
      let isLive = false;


      if (isLive) {
        var dataSrc = ""
        let xhttp1 = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhttp1.open("GET", "http://ssai.romeo.a1.net/abstractor/channel/1269/playoutUri/hls-default/HD?tls=true", true);
        xhttp1.setRequestHeader("x-account-api-key", "HSBY9-94ECY-20ECY-YWSE5-1WFE0");
        xhttp1.setRequestHeader("x-forwarded-for", "52.4.140.117");
        xhttp1.send();
        xhttp1.onreadystatechange = function () {
          if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
            let data = JSON.parse(this.response);
            dataSrc = data['data'];
          }
        };

        setTimeout(function () {
          let xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
          xhttp.open("POST", "https://ssaipre.serverside.ai/a1mm/live/1269", true);
          xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
          xhttp.setRequestHeader("x-forwarded-for", "52.4.140.117");

          let JSON_obj = {
            "data": dataSrc,
            "adServer": {
              "accountCode": "13625",
              "profileId": "13627",
              "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.67 Safari/537.36"
            }
          };

          xhttp.send(JSON.stringify(JSON_obj));
          xhttp.onreadystatechange = function () {
            if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
              let data = JSON.parse(this.response);
              mediaURL = data.data.split("vast-data=")[0]
              mediaURL = mediaURL.substring(0, mediaURL.length - 1);
              vastURL = atob(data.data.split("vast-data=")[1].split("&token=")[0]);

            }
          };
        }, 1000);
      }
      else {
        xhttp.open("POST", NowtilusSSAIURL, true);
        xhttp.setRequestHeader("api-key", "79a8aff3-f3ec-4b1d-8c21-2074a4cc5b7b");
        xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
        xhttp.setRequestHeader("User-Agent", "Mozilla/5.0%20(Linux;%20Android%208.1.0;%20CPH1809)%20AppleWebKit/537.36%20(KHTML,%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome/79.0.3945.93%20Mobile%20Safari/537.36");
        xhttp.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic bm93dGlsdXM6bm93dGlsdXM=");

        var data = `{
      "url": "https://serversideai.blob.core.windows.net/agsmrss/serverside/serverside_mrss_preroll_midroll.mrss",
      "context": "web",
      "ifa": "ifa",
        "deliverytypes": [
        "hls"
        ]
    }`;
        xhttp.onreadystatechange = function () {
          if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
            let data = JSON.parse(this.response);
            mediaURL = data['hls'].url;
            timelineArrayVOD = data['hls'].clips;

          }
        };
        xhttp.send(data);
      }

Step 3: Register and Initialize the MediaMelon Player SDK

<customer_id> is your MediaMelon-assigned Customer ID. If you do not know your Customer ID contact MediaMelon at [e-mail]

After the player instance has been created, create a new Plugin object, register, report player Info and then initialize the plugin as shown below:

Note:

Please provide the exact correct details in all fields like CUSTOMER_ID, ASSET_ID, ASSET_TITLE, VIDEO_ID, PLAYER_BRAND, PLAYER_MODEL, PLAYER_VERSION, PLAYER_NAME, DOMAIN_NAME, SUBSCRIBER_ID, SUBSCRIBER_TYPE & SUBSCRIBER_TAG. This data helps in debugging through MediaMelon SmartSight if anything goes wrong.

    let mmCastlabsPlugin = CastlabsMMSSJSIntgr();
    if (mmCastlabsPlugin.getRegistrationStatus() === false) {
      // Register with Mediamelon SDK
      // Change the required fields here
      mmCastlabsPlugin.registerMMSmartStreaming("castlabs", "CUSTOMER_ID",
        "SUBSCRIBER_ID",
        "DOMAIN_NAME",
        "SUBSCRIBER_TYPE",
        "SUBSCRIBER_TAG");
      mmCastlabsPlugin.reportPlayerInfo("PLAYER_BRAND", "PLAYER_MODEL", 'PLAYER_VERSION');
      mmCastlabsPlugin.enableLogTrace(false);
    }
    var mmVideoAssetInfo = {
      "assetName": "ASSET_NAME",
      "assetId": "ASSET_ID",
      "videoId": "VIDEO_ID",
      "contentType": "CONTENT_TYPE",
      "genre": "GENRE",
      "drmProtection": "DRM_PROTECTION",
      "episodeNumber": "EPISODE_NUMBER",
      "season": "SEASON",
      "seriesTitle": "SERIES_TITLE",
      "videoType": "VIDEO_TYPE",
      "customTags": {
        "key1": "VALUE_STRING1",
        "key2": "VALUE_STRING2"
      }
    };
    
    // Initializing the Nowtilus plugn
    var mmSSAITestPlugin = new mmNowtilusSSAIPlugin(player);
    
    setTimeout(function () {
      var nowtilusConfig = {
        isLive: isLive,
        streamType: 'dash',  //'hls' for hls stream
        apiKey: "23141f0f-24d7-4e77-9ba8-907d5d42bdc6",
        url: mediaURL,
        context: 'web',
        ifa: 'ifa',
        enablePolling: true,
      };

      mmSSAITestPlugin.setup(mediaURL, vastURL, timelineArrayVOD, nowtilusConfig);
      mmCastlabsPlugin.initialize(player, mediaURL, mmVideoAssetInfo, mmSSAITestPlugin, isLive);
      player.load(mediaURL);
  
    }, 4000);

Step 4: Listen to Ad Callback Events for Disabling Player Controls

Listen to the Ad callbacks provided by MediaMelon SDK for disabling the player controls during the Ad playback and can be enabled back when the Ad playback ends.

NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('onCueTimelineAdded', function (adinfo, adTimeline) {
        // adTimeline is an Array of adinfo objects. This contains details of all the Ads from upcoming Ad break.
        console.log("onCueTimelineAdded callback");
  });
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('onCueTimelineEnter', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("onCueTimelineEnter callback");
});
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('impression', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("AD Impression callback");
});
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('start', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("AD start callback");
});
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('firstQuartile', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("AD FirstQuartile callback");
});
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('midpoint', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("AD Midpoint callback");
});
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('thirdQuartile', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("AD ThirdQuartile callback");
});
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('complete', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("AD Complete callback");
});
NowtilusAdPlugin.addListener('onCueTimelineExit', function (adinfo) {
        console.log("onCueTimelineExit callback");
});

API's Provided by MediaMelon SDK Plugin

// Registering MediaMelon SDK
mmCastlabsPlugin.registerMMSmartStreaming("PLAYER_NAME", "CUSTOMER_ID", "SUBSCRIBER_ID", "DOMAIN_NAME", "SUBSCRIBER_TYPE", "SUBSCRIBER_TAG");

// Checking MediaMelon SDK Registration Status. This API returns a boolean value where, 
// true -> MediaMelon SDK Registration is Completed
// false -> MediaMelon SDK Registration is Pending
mmCastlabsPlugin.getRegistrationStatus()

// Reporting Player Information
mmCastlabsPlugin.reportPlayerInfo("PLAYER_BRAND", "PLAYER_MODEL", 'PLAYER_VERSION');

// Initializing MediaMelon SDK
mmCastlabsPlugin.initialize(<PLAYER_OBJECT>, "MEDIA_URL", <MM_VIDEO_ASSET_INFO>, <MM_SSAI_PLUGIN_OBJECT>);

// Enable or Disable Log Trace. It takes a boolean value as an input parameter.
// true -> Enabling Log Trace
// false -> Disabling Log Trace
mmCastlabsPlugin.enableLogTrace(false);

// Reporting Current Player State as Stopped
mmCastlabsPlugin.reportPlayerStopped();

// Updating Subscriber Details
mmCastlabsPlugin.updateSubscriber("SUBSCRIBER_ID", "SUBSCRIBER_TYPE", "SUBSCRIBER_TAG");

// Reporting Custom Metadata in a KEY & VALUE format
mmCastlabsPlugin.reportCustomMetadata("KEY", "VALUE_STRING");

// Shutting Down the MediaMelon SDK
mmCastlabsPlugin.closeMediaMelonSDK();

Variable	Description
PLAYER_NAME	String containing the Player Name.
CUSTOMER_ID	String containing your MediaMelon-assigned Customer ID.
SUBSCRIBER_ID	String containing your Subscriber’s ID. If you do not use subscriber IDs, enter null
DOMAIN_NAME	String containing your section of your subscriber or assets. (Optional)
SUBSCRIBER_TYPE	String containing the Subscriber Type (e.g. “Free”, “Paid”). If you do not use subscriber types, enter null
SUBSCRIBER_TAG	String containing an additional subscriber-specific information. This is sent in clear (not hashed) to SmartSight and it is advised to not send sensitive information in this field.
ASSET_ID	String containing Asset Id.
ASSET_NAME	String containing Asset Name.
VIDEO_ID	String containing your video’s ID. If you do not use videos IDs, enter null.
COTENT_TYPE	String containing type of the Content. For example - "Movie", "Special", "Clip", "Scene Epis Lifts".
GENRE	String containing Genre of the content. For example - "Comedy", "Horror".
DRM_PROTECTION	Widevine, Fairplay, Playready etc. Unknown means content is protected, but protection type is unknown. For clear contents, do not set this field
EPISODE_NUMBER	String containing sequence number of the Episode.
SEASON	String containing the Season. For example - "Season1".
SERIES_TITLE	String containing Title of the Series.
VIDEO_TYPE	String containing Video Type. For example - "LIVE", "VOD".
CUSTOM_TAGS	Extra custom metadata can be added here if required. If extra metadata is not required, enter null.
PLAYER_BRAND	String containing Player Brand.
PLAYER_MODEL	String containing Player Model. For example - This could be a variant of player. Say name of third party player used by organisation. Or any human readable name of the player.
PLAYER_VERSION	String containing Player Version.