Conviva Options

Conviva requires certain information to be configured:

Metadata

Data that Conviva requires. Certain metadata must be set via:

Init Config

Conviva metadata is set on the plugin config metadata.

Options

Name Type Description Required
customerKey String Unique identifier Y
applicationName String Name of the application Y
touchstoneUrl String Url to Conviva's testing tool Touchstone N

Snippet

var player = TOP.createAndInitPlayer({
    config : {
        plugins : [
            {
                kind : 'top.plugins.conviva',
                metadata : {
                    customerKey    : '<your customer key>',
                    applicationName: '<your app name>',
                    touchstoneUrl  : '<your touchstone url>' // optional
                }
            }
        ]
    }
});

Play Options

Other information will be set on convivaMetadata in the play options (stream url, isLive, and duration will automatically be populated by TOP):

Required

Name Type Description
assetName String Unique name for each stream/video asset.
viewerId String A unique identifier to distinguish individual viewers or devices through Conviva's Viewers Module (purchase required). The identifier may be a user's unique username, an email address, a unique device identifier, or a generated GUID.

Optional

Name Type Description
defaultResource String Used as the resource name for integrations where the streamer does not know the resource being played.

Snippet

var options = {
    convivaMetadata : {
        assetName       : '<your asset name>',
        viewerId        : '<your viewer id>'
    }
};

player.play(
    '//content.m3u8',
    options
);

Tags

Optional client specific information will be set on convivaTags in the play options.

Snippet

var options = {
    convivaTags : {
        prop1 : 'whatever',
        prop2 : 'you want',
        prop3 : 'can go here'
    }
};

player.play(
    '//content.m3u8',
    options
);