Screen Recorder Launcher API Functions (cloned)

use the screen recorder launcher api to create a global somlauncher javascript object this object exposes the functions contained in this article first, you'll need to download and host the api javascript file, jar files, and install executables that we provide these files can be hosted anywhere on your servers but for the purchase of this article we'll assume they are all uploaded to a folder on your server accessible at https //myhost/som to start using the api, include the following javascript file \<script type="text/javascript" src="https //myhost/som/som launcher 2 0 x js">\</script> then call the somlauncher launch( ) function to start the recorder the launch function takes several options detailed below most implementations will use the basic uploader which will require options also detailed in the configure the basic uploader docid\ vfpgre3ya2faxyqi7swxe if you are developing a custom user interface (ui) or custom upload endpoint, such as to your backend or a cloud service not supported in the basic uploader, then you can go to configure the custom uploader docid\ y lobltkjqub2r3uztnz7 somlauncher launch() several options can be passed through the function named somlauncher launch( ) required properties when using the somlauncher launch() function, set the following properties screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu partner information to implement your integration, make sure to set the partner information in the javascript contact your account manager at screencast o matic to obtain your partner information specify the partner information when adding api code to your website jarhostpath this property provides the url path where the jars and zip files are hosted on your system for download by the user (replace any spaces in your path with %20) jarhostpath 'https //myhost/som/', jar file names these are provided by screenpal all jars must be signed by the same certificate jars { all \[ // jars that are loaded for both windows and mac osx ], win \[ // jars that are only loaded on windows ], mac \[ // jars that are only loaded on mac ] }, callback\ function this required function is called back with result of the launch attempt callback function(result) the returned value is an object with the following result properties result type (string) value description success the recorder has launched and should be showing soon on the screen failed the recorder failed to launch already the recorder is already running unsupported the current device is unsupported check result unsupportedtype for the reason result launchtype (string) value description `string` if result type == 'success' , then this is the string for the launch type used ("java" or "protocol") result protocolnoinstallmarked (true or undefined) if checkinstallmark=true in options was passed to the launcher, then the script checks here first to see if there was a previous install marked successful in this browser the script returns failure right away if no previous install was marked successful result protocolnoinstallmarked ( true or undefined ) result protocolinstalled (true, false, or undefined) in browsers for win8+ie10+ and firefox, detection of an installed custom protocol is available if the current browser has the detection feature, this value is set to true or false depending on if the custom protocol is installed if the browser doesn't support the detection then this will be undefined result protocolusercancelled (true, false, or undefined) in browsers for win8+ie10+, detection of a user clicking cancel (rejecting) the custom protocol is available if the current browser has this feature, this value is set to true or false depending on the user response to the prompt (to run the custom protocol or not) if the browser doesn't support the detection, then this value will be undefined result unsupportedtype (string) value description oldmac this browser is running on a mac that is older than 10 7, so it can't run the recorder notwinormac this browser isn't running on a windows or mac pc, so it can't run the recorder result error (string) if there is an error while launching, this value is set to a string that you can use to help debug only valid when using the optional remotestatusservice optional properties when using the somlauncher launch() function, the following optional properties can be set screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu screen recorder launcher api functions (cloned) docid\ wfqfttf1rgifm0aj1qghu order (launching options) the launching options and order they should be tried for windows or mac the defaults shown below default to not trying java in chrome (chrome does not support java any more) the launcher script remembers if a method had previous success and attempts to launch that first upon subsequent launches for example, using the default values below, if the "protocol" method worked on the previous attempt, then the script will try that first instead of trying "java" first order { win ischrome ? \['protocol'] \['protocol','java'], mac \['protocol'] }, timeout the optional timeout in seconds that causes the code to wait before designating that a particular launch option failed you can also set up a different timeout to use if the launch type has previously succeeded on this computer, so you can wait longer for it to work using the protocolaftersuccess and javaaftersuccess timeouts the default values are timeouts { protocol 10, java 10, protocolaftersuccess 10, javaaftersuccess 10 } checkinstallmark set this optional property to true if the script should only try protocol launcher if it finds that the install was attempted from this browser checkinstallmark false, remotestatusservice the javascript polls localhost ports looking for the recorder to start if you are using https, this may cause warnings in the browser console (browser dependent) the warnings include insecure access to remove these warnings, create a remote service on your servers that the javascript will poll and the recorder will notify when it has been started the service requires two endpoints one that the recorder notifies, which is the updatestatus url, and a second that the javascript polls, which is the pollstatus url updatestatus the updatestatus is a url that the recorder will post to upon startup to report the status for this launch the post body will be json like { "status" "status" } pollstatus the pollstatus is a url that the javascript uses to (long) poll for the status update the result of the get request should be json like { "status" "status", "pollinginterval" 5 } if no status is reported yet, then the status would be an empty string else, it should be the status string reported in the updatestatus call the pollinginterval is an optional timeout (in seconds) that the javascript uses when calling the server (default value of 5 seconds) make sure to encode the url parameter in the updatestatus and pollstatus with globally unique ids to allow your service to distinguish callbacks remotestatusservice { updatestatus 'http // /?id=some guid here', pollstatus 'http // /?id=some guid here' } properties the properties map is used to pass properties to configure the recorder after its launched for example if you are using the basic uploader then it will have a set of properties needed which you will pass via the properties map properties { name 'value', }, there are also a few properties which can be used regardless of the uploader chosen showmanager when using the screen recorder and video editor you can launch the editor without first doing a screencast to open a window showing local recordings on the computer by setting this property to true { "showmanager" true } somlauncher setmarkinstall() if you set the checkinstallmark\ true (in the options to the launch() function), use this function to mark when you have shown the download to the user this helps the launcher to only try the protocol launch if the install was downloaded if the install has not been marked during this instance of browsing, then the launch will call back with result protocolnoinstallmarked = "true"