play youtube video iframe javascript code example

Example 1: play iframe video onclick a link javascript

<iframe id="video1" width="450" height="280" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TJ2X4dFhAC0?enablejsapi" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen></iframe>
    <a href="#" id="playvideo">Play button</a>
    <script>
     $("#playvideo").click(function(){
      $("#video1")[0].src += "?autoplay=1";
     });
    </script>

Example 2: load youtube iframe player api

// This code loads the IFrame Player API code asynchronously.
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);