Demo of embeded YouTube videos using YouTubeR plugin – dark theme

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Test video with a bee

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YouTubeR for Joomla quick start

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YouTubeR - unique Joomla plugin, that allows you to upload videos on YouTube from your website and to easily embed YouTube videos/playlists/channel to your website. More about the plugin here: http://youtuber.maxiolab.com/?platf...

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Quick start

For the quick start first af all you need to follow these simple steps:

1. Install YouTubeR plugin
2. Get Google API keys

After these steps you can upload your videos on YouTube and embed any YouTube video/playlist/channel to your website.

How to embed YouTube video to the page

To embed YouTube video simply use this shortcode inside article, module or even template html following shortcode:

[mx_youtuber type="video" id="5vZ4lCKv1ik"]

More about how to use shortcodes and how to get a video ID of the desired video you can read in the “Shortcodes” section.

How to upload a video on YouTube from the website

Go to the edit content or module page, under the content editor you will see a “YouTubeR” button, click it.

If you don’t see this button, you probably have not activated “YouTubeR button” plugin.

In the popup window authorize you YouTube account by clicking “authorize” button.

Then click “Upload video” button in the upper top corner:

Fill in all the fields and choose your video file to upload and click “Upload” button.

When video will be uploaded you will see it in your videos list without thumbnail. Thumbnail will be generated by YouTube later. As soon as it will be generated you will see it in your videos list.

Google API keys

First of all, go to Extensions > Plugins and open “System – YouTubeR lite” plugin.

To use this plugin, you need a valid Google API keys. You can get them with a Google account on Google Developers Console.

The Google API is free with a limit, but for a normal use you don’t have to worry at all, currently, for the YouTube API data the limit is of 50,000,000 units/day.

On the Google Developers Console site, click on the Create project button, set any name for it and wait until it’s created.

First we need to enable the YouTube Data API so go to APIs & auth > APIs, click on the YouTube Data API and on the Enable API button.

Then go to APIs & auth > Credentials.

Here wee need 2 diferent keys: Browser key and Web application Client ID.

1. Obtaining a Browser key

Click on the Add credentials button.

In the modal choose the API key option, then click Browser key button.

This step is optional, you can set on the HTTP referrers field all the domains you want the API to accept queries from, for example like this: *.example.com/* for the example.com domain.

In some cases we’ve found Google will throw an error from the domain even it is correct, in that cases we suggest you to leave the refer field empty to allow from any domain. The API key won’t be public anytime in your website so you don’t have to worry at all.

Ok, after all, click on the Create button, your API key will be right there.

Copy the API key from the Google Developers Console and paste it in the YouTubeR settings page on your site and save changes.

2. Obtaining a Web application Client ID

Click on the Add credentials button and choose OAuth 2.0 client ID option.

This step is optional, click the Configure consent screen. If you don’t have this button, then you have already configured “consent screen”. Fill in the required fields and press save and you’re done configuring consent screen.

Choose Web application and fill in the name of your application (it can be whatever you want).

Then fill in Authorized JavaScript origins – these are URLs of the websites where you will use YouTubeR plugin.

Click “Create” button and you will see your client ID.

You guessed it! Copy the client ID from the Google Developers Console and paste it in the YouTubeR settings page on your site and save changes.

Perfect! You’re done! Now you can start with the shortcodes.

Shortcode parameters

Using these parameters in YouTubeR lite shortcode allows you to customize how videos will look like.