Video Tracking

Tracking interactions with video content on a website is a common task, and it has its representation in the JENTIS data model.

Please use this syntax as a generic way to capture interactions with content on your website.

CODE

Track command: video

Properties

Name	Description	Type	Mandatory	Example
provider	Reference to the content provider or network, ie. YouTube, Vimeo, etc.	String	no	youtube
start	Timestamp (seconds) value at which the user started the video.	Numeric	no	1655213044474
duration	The total duration time in seconds of the content.	Numeric	no	42
currenttime	The current elapsed time in seconds of the content.	Numeric	no	24
percent	Current location in content as percentage of total time.	Numeric	no	100
status	Current status of the content displayed.	String	no	play, seek, pause
url	URL (link) address of the content.	String	no	https://www.jentis.com
title	Title of the content.	String	no	My Video
id	Unique identifier of the content.	String	no	123

Example

The following push displays an exemplary _jts push API call. Where the second parameter value "true" makes sure the call is automatically submitted to the server (without explicitly calling track:submit), see details for this behaviour in the basics reference: JENTIS Data Layer: Push Data

JS

window._jts.push({
    "track": "video", //JENTIS Tracking command
    "provider": "youtube",
    "start": /*Returns the timestamp when user started the video.*/,
    "duration": /*Returns the duration in seconds of the currently playing video.*/,
    "currenttime": /*Returns the elapsed time in seconds since the video started playing*/,
    "percent": /*Returns the percentage the video is at currently.*/,
    "status": /*Current status of the video. Return values: play, seek, pause, compvare*/
    "url": /*Returns url of the Video*/,
    "title": /*Returns title of the video*/,
    "id": /*Returns ID of the ideo*/
}, true);