DMVAST usage example

Hello, and congruts for this tool!

I’m trying a create a player using the DMVAST client, but i can’t clearly figure out how to use it Are there any more analytical examples on this.

I am using the flow bellow: i am requesting a vast code as bellow, parse the video URL, create a Vast tracker and then create a video element dynamically with the video url

	DMVAST.client.get('http://bs.serving-sys.com/BurstingPipe/adServer.bs?cn=is&c=23&pl=VAST&pli=14222276&PluID=0&pos=1901&ord=[timestamp]&cim=1', function(response, error)
		{
			// process the VAST response
			var VAST = response;
			var videoURL = response.ads["0"].creatives["0"].mediaFiles["0"].fileURL;


			// Create a VAST Tracker instance
			var vastTracker = new DMVAST.tracker(response.ads["0"], response.ads["0"].creatives["0"]);
		

			var content = document.getElementById("story_body");
			var video = document.createElement("video");
			video.controls = true;
			video.muted = true;
			video.src = videoURL;
			video.load();

After that, how do i call any tracking events? or they are fired automatically? Also, Is it supposed to show the skip button automatically, or do i have to saw it manually, and how?

[briganti]

I want to clean it first ^^

edit: I’ll keep this issue open as a reminder

[briganti]

Hi @giannoudak

I agree with you, we’re clearly missing some documentation about how to use the VAST client. This lib just provides a VAST parser and a tracker. However, you have to do the integration with the video player. You have to provide some info to the tracker so it can ping the tracking URLs. I’ve done a quick JsBin with a skippable linear ad to show you the basic:

https://jsbin.com/wayukaw/edit?html,js,output If you don’t have an ad, keep refreshing and you should get one.

Some tracking is missing (like play, pause, mute… full list here) but all the important ones are there.

Hope it helps.