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Play Youtube video from external button

Make a Youtube video start from an HTML button.

BUTTON CODE – STRIP HREF AND PUT ID

1	<a id="play-button">Click here to view video</a>

IFRAME CODE – PUT ID

1	<iframe frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" src="video-url" id="video"></iframe>

MAIN SCRIPT

$('#play-button').on('click', function(ev) {

$("#video")[0].src += "&autoplay=1";

ev.preventDefault();

});

</script>