Using javascript to click an embedded youtube video

Question

I'd like to click on an embedded youtube video using javascript (so the video plays automatically). I successfully simulated a click on a <div> like this:

function f(){
    alert("hello");
}

<div id="someid" onmouseup="f();">
    my text
</d>

document.getElementById("someid").onmouseup();

How can the above code be adapted to work with an embedded youtube video?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 08 '11 at 20:08

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Just add &autoplay=1 to the link of the video in the <embed> tag.

answered Dec 08 '11 at 20:08

Alex

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 26 '12 at 00:48

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If he does what you suggest the views on the embedded video won't count. I'm pretty sure he is asking his question because he is trying to find a way to get the video to autoplay and have youtube count the views at the same time.

answered Feb 26 '12 at 00:48

Johnny B.

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Using javascript to click an embedded youtube video

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