YouTube iframe API: how do I control an iframe player that's already in the HTML?

Question

I want to be able to control iframe based YouTube players. This players will be already in the HTML, but I want to control them via the JavaScript API.

I\'ve been re

Answer 1

You can do this with far less code:

function callPlayer(func, args) {
    var i = 0,
        iframes = document.getElementsByTagName('iframe'),
        src = '';
    for (i = 0; i < iframes.length; i += 1) {
        src = iframes[i].getAttribute('src');
        if (src && src.indexOf('youtube.com/embed') !== -1) {
            iframes[i].contentWindow.postMessage(JSON.stringify({
                'event': 'command',
                'func': func,
                'args': args || []
            }), '*');
        }
    }
}

Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/kmturley/g6P5H/296/