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# Use Winamp2-js in your project
# Ussage
**PRE ALPHA**
There are many websites that could potentially benefit from having Winamp embeded in them. That said, nobody that I know of is really doing this in production. In an attempt to try this out, I have published Winamp2-js as an NPM package. The API is far from stable as I don't actually know all the various use-cases it should support. Some potential ones are:
* A player that comes preloaded with a SoundCloud playlist.
* A player that's compatible with [https://github.com/justinfrankel/WHUMP] database files.
* A player that can be used to demonstrate skins on a skins website.
* A generic podcast widget.
* Something else?
You can attempt to use it in your JS project like so:
Here's how to use Winamp-js in your own project:
## Install
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## Create a container
Create a DOM element somewhere in your HTML document:
Create a DOM element somewhere in your HTML document. This will eventually contain Winamp2-js.
```html
<div id='winamp-container'></div>
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// Can be downloaded from https://github.com/captbaritone/winamp2-js/raw/master/skins/base-2.91.wsz
url: "path/to/skins/base-2.91.wsz"
},
enableHotkeys: true // Enable hotkeys
});
// Render after the skin has loaded.
winamp.renderWhenReady(document.getElementById('winamp-container'));
```
## Notes:
## API
* This should not be considered "production" code.
* Winamp2-js does not support Internet Explorer.
* Winamp2-js was built to run on its own page, it may not play well with surrounding CSS.
Many methods on the winamp instance deal with `track`s. Here is the shape of a `track`:
```JavaScript
const track = {
// Either `url` or `blob` must be specified
// Note: This URL must be served the with correct CORs headers.
url: 'https://example.com/song.mp3',
blob: dataBlob,
// Optional. Name to be used until ID3 tags can be resolved.
// If the track has a `url`, and this property is not given,
// the filename will be used instead.
defaultName: 'My Song',
// Optional. Data to be used _instead_ of trying to fetch ID3 tags.
metaData: {
artist: 'Jordan Eldredge',
title: "Jordan's Song"
},
// Optional. Duration (in seconds) to be used instead of
// fetching enough of the file to measure its length.
duration: 95
};
```
## Static Methods
The `Winamp` class has the following _static_ methods:
### `browserIsSupported()`
Returns a true if the current browser supports the features that Winamp2-js depends upon. It is recomended to check this before you attempt to instantiate an instance of `Winamp`.
```JavaScript
if(Winamp.browserIsSupported()) {
new Winamp({/* ... */});
// ...
} else {
// Perhaps you could show some simpler player in this case.
}
```
## Construction
The `Winamp` class is constructed with an options object.
```JavaScript
const options = {
// Required. An object representing the initial skin to use.
// Note: This URL must be served the with correct CORs headers.
initialSkin: {
url: './path/to/skin.wsz'
},
// Optional. An array of `track`s (see above) to prepopulate the playlist with.
initialTracks: [/* ... */],
// Optional. An array of objects representing skins.
// These will appear in the "Options" menu under "Skins".
// Note: These URLs must be served the with correct CORs headers.
avaliableSkins: [
{ url: "./green.wsz", name: "Green Dimension V2" },
{ url: "./osx.wsz", name: "Mac OSX v1.5 (Aqua)" }
],
// Optional. (Default: `false`) Should global hotkeys be enabled?
enableHotkeys: true,
// Optional. An array of additional file pickers.
// These will appear in the "Options" menu under "Play".
// In the offical version. This option is used to provide a "Dropbox" file picker.
filePickers: [{
// The name that will appear in the context menu.
contextMenuName: "My File Picker...",
// A function which returns a Promise that resolves to
// an array of `track`s (see above)
filePicker: () => Promise.resolve([{
url: './rick_roll.mp3'
}]),
// A boolean indicating if this options should be made
// avaliable when the user is offline.
requiresNetwork: true
}]
};
const winamp = new Winamp(options);
```
## Instance Methods
The `Winamp` class has the following _instance_ methods:
### `appendTracks(tracks)`
Add an array of `track`s (see above) to the end of the playlist.
```JavaScript
winamp.appendTracks([
{url: 'https://example.com/track1.mp3'},
{url: 'https://example.com/track2.mp3'},
{url: 'https://example.com/track3.mp3'}
]);
```
### `setTracksToPlay(tracks)`
Replace the playlist with an array of `track`s (see above) and begin playing the first track.
```JavaScript
winamp.appendTracks([
{url: 'https://example.com/track1.mp3'},
{url: 'https://example.com/track2.mp3'},
{url: 'https://example.com/track3.mp3'}
]);
```
### `renderWhenReady(domNode)`
Winamp2-js will wait until it has fetch the skin and fully parsed it, and then render itself into the given container. A promise is returned which will resolve after the render is complete.
```JavaScript
const container = document.getElementById('winamp-container');
winamp.renderWhenReady(container).then(() => {
console.log('rendered winamp!');
});
```
## Notes
* Internet Explorer is not supported.
* Winamp2-js injects CSS into the page. The CSS is namespaced under `#winamp2-js` ID, so it should not interfere with anything on the host page.
* Winamp2-js' HTML contains non-prefixed IDs and class names. If you have CSS on your page that is not namespaced, it may accidently be applied to Winamp2-js. If this happens please reach out. I may be able to resolve it.
* Skin and audio URLs are subject to [CORS](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Access_control_CORS). Please ensure they are either served from the same domain, or that the other domain is served with the correct headers.
* This API is subject to change at any time.
* Please reach out to me. I'd love to help you set it up, and understand how it's being used. I plan to expand this API as I learn how people want to use it.