Using Dailymotion Api in BB Code Template

[XiTCLUB]

Hi,
I wanted to use HTML5 schema in my BB code templates and wanted to fetch video data via dailymotion API and for that i have to create and echo variables inside template

The code i am using is

PHP Code:

<?php
$id={vb:raw code};
$thumbnail_medium_url='https://api.dailymotion.com/video/'.$id.'?fields=thumbnail_720_url';
$json_thumbnail = file_get_contents($thumbnail_720_url);
$get_thumbnail = json_decode($json_thumbnail, TRUE);
$thumb=$get_thumbnail['thumbnail_720_url'];
?>

and i am echoing it like this

PHP Code:

<?php echo $thumb ?>

but this is not working like it should and just printing whole statement as it is

[Zachery]

You can't use PHP in the bbcode templates, or any templates for that matter.

[XiTCLUB]

Originally Posted by Zachery

You can't use PHP in the bbcode templates, or any templates for that matter.

Yeah i see and i figure out things with Tutorials and template system and i came too close.
I created a Plugin with this code

PHP Code:

function video_api_thumb($vid){
$id = $vid;
$thumbnail_720_url='https://api.dailymotion.com/video/'.$id.'?fields=thumbnail_720_url';
$json_thumbnail = file_get_contents($thumbnail_720_url);
$get_thumbnail = json_decode($json_thumbnail, TRUE);
$thumb=$get_thumbnail['thumbnail_720_url'];
}
$thumb_url = video_api_thumb('x17r8h7');
$templater = vB_Template::create('dailymotion_video_api');
$templater->render();
vB_Template::preRegister('bbcode_video',array('video_thumb_url' => $thumb_url)); 


and used this in my bbcode_video

PHP Code:

Thumbnail : {vb:raw video_thumb_url} 


Now its printing Thumbnail URL in my thread view but i want to use dynamic video id instead of hard coded one i function ($thumb_url = video_api_thumb('x17r8h7');). how can i pass a video id to that plugin function so it will return fresh thumbnail ??

[Zachery]

Take a look at the video bbcode related stuff.

[XiTCLUB]

Originally Posted by Zachery

Take a look at the video bbcode related stuff.

There is something like this {vb:raw code} in "bbcode_video" in templates. now how can i send this {vb:raw code} to plugin ??

[kh99]

You can remove these two lines from your code:

$templater = vB_Template::create('dailymotion_video_api');
$templater->render();

because they aren't doing anything ($templater->render() returns a string).

I understand that you want the video id to be a parameter, but I don't understand where you want to enter it.

Edit: Maybe you want to provide the code as part of the bbocde? Which hook location are you using for your plugin?

[kh99]

By the way, have you looked at this mod: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=230707 ? Maybe it already does what you want.

And I noticed that there are a couple older mods below in the "Similar Threads" section below. They are for older versions, but they still might work with vb4, or at least give you an idea of how to do it.

Edit: Oh, well, I guess you're trying to use the api to get the thumbnail and not just embed the video, so maybe those don't help.

[Zachery]

Also, if you just want to use dailymotion, you can update the bbcode_video.xml file, no need for a lot of complicated nonsense.

[XiTCLUB]

Originally Posted by kh99

You can remove these two lines from your code:

$templater = vB_Template::create('dailymotion_video_api');
$templater->render();

because they aren't doing anything ($templater->render() returns a string).

I understand that you want the video id to be a parameter, but I don't understand where you want to enter it.

Edit: Maybe you want to provide the code as part of the bbocde? Which hook location are you using for your plugin?

Okay i have removed those lines and i am using hook location "global_start"
i want to get video id from thread where video is embedded and parse that id to my plugin function so i can get video_tubmnail, title, length and other stuff from dailymotion

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Originally Posted by Zachery

Also, if you just want to use dailymotion, you can update the bbcode_video.xml file, no need for a lot of complicated nonsense.

I can see that you are not getting what i wanted to do. i am not stupid enough to get stuck on just embedding videos.

[Zachery]

Please enlighten me, why can't you just update the video bbcode template?