Embed youtube video in rails

Question

I'm trying to embed video in pages. I tried two different ways but no luck

show.html.erb

<p id="notice"><%= notice %></p>

<p>
  <b>Name:</b>
  <%= @video.name %>
</p>

<p>
  <b>Url:</b>
  <%= @video.url %>
</p>

<p>
    <% #video_tag( @video.url , :size => "560x315", :controls => true, :autobuffer => true ) %>
    <%= youtube_video @video.url%>
</p>

<%= link_to 'Edit', edit_video_path(@video) %> |
<%= link_to 'Back', videos_path %>

The video does not show neither does the links below it.

Any tips would be appreciated. Thank you

this is the debug result

ActionView::MissingTemplate in Videos#show

Showing /Users/atbyrd/Documents/sites/city/app/views/videos/show.html.erb where line #15 raised:

Missing partial shared/video with {:handlers=>[:erb, :builder, :coffee], :formats=>[:html], :locale=>[:en, :en]}. Searched in: * "/Users/atbyrd/Documents/sites/city/app/views" * "/Users/atbyrd/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p290/gems/devise-1.5.1/app/views"

Extracted source (around line #15):

12: 13:

14: <% #video_tag( @video.url , :size => "560x315", :controls => true, :autobuffer => true ) %> 15: <%= youtube_video @video.url%> 16:

17: 18: <%= link_to 'Edit', edit_video_path(@video) %> |

Rails.root: /Users/atbyrd/Documents/sites/city Application Trace | Framework Trace | Full Trace

app/helpers/application_helper.rb:4:in youtube_video' app/views/videos/show.html.erb:15:in _app_views_videos_show_html_erb__1532956397246631491_70281299458880' app/controllers/videos_controller.rb:18:in `show'

Answer 1

you have forgotten to close a bracket

<%= video_tag( @video.url %>

should be

<%= video_tag( @video.url ) %>

UPDATE:

Try using video_path instead of video_tag.

2nd UPDATE:

here's how I do this myself on my own site:

1 - create a partial called _video.html.erb (I actually use haml, but erb will do if you prefer it) and put it in a folder like views/shared or something ad put the following code in it:

<iframe width="490" height="275" src="<%= url %>" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

2 add the following method to application_helper.rb

module ApplicationHelper
  # this method will embed the code from the partial
  def youtube_video(url)
    render :partial => 'shared/video', :locals => { :url => url }
  end 
end

3 - now just call this in your views with:

<%= youtube_video @video.url %>

This works ok for me

Answer 2

I got it, you forgot to use erb syntax. Try:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src= "<%= #{@video.url} %>" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Answer 3

@miaout17 is right, you can't use string interpolation in HTML, so you have to wrap it in Erb (e.g. <%= %>).

Also you're missing an ending ')' in your links below which is probably why they aren't working.