TICATS_VIDEO_ADS.js

// Took this JavaScript code from:
// https://ticats.ca/video/thomas-erlington-goes-75-yards-to-the-house
// Added some comments (look for COMMENT:) on what may need to be modified for the preroll ads to show successfully.

<script type="text/javascript">
function vastFromTags( tags, channels ) {
  
    if ( tags ) {
      var keywords = '&Tags=' + tags;
    }

    channels = channels.replace(/-/g, " ")
    channels = channels.replace(/_/g, " ")

    var ad_timecode = Date.now();
    var ad_sitecode = '/103711331/Ticats_BigBox'; // COMMENT: Should be: /103711331/Ticats_Video

    keywords += '&lang=eng'; // COMMENT: Probably remove this
    
    if ( channels ) keywords += '&Channel=' + channels; // COMMENT: Probably remove this

    // COMMENT: Should be more like: https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?iu=/103711331/Ticats_Video&description_url=[placeholder]&env=vp&impl=s&correlator=&tfcd=0&npa=0&gdfp_req=1&output=vast&sz=1280x720&unviewed_position_start=1
    var ad_vasttag = 'http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=' + ad_sitecode +
    '&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&vpos=preroll&env=vp&output=xml_vast2&unviewed_position_start=1&ciu_szs=728x90,300x250' +
        '&cust_params=' + encodeURIComponent(keywords) +
    '&url=' + encodeURIComponent( window.location ) + '&correlator=' + ad_timecode  ;

    try {
      console.log("VAST: " + ad_vasttag);
    } catch (error) {
      // ie
    }
    
    return ad_vasttag;
  }

  jQuery(document).ready( function() {
    jwplayer("video_d709991b65fe").setup({
      width : "100%",
      height : "100%",
      loadAtInit : true,
      autostart : true,
      mute : false,
      aspectratio : "16:9",
      primary : "html5",
      stretching : "uniform",
      advertising: {
        client: "vast",
          tag: vastFromTags('', ''),
      },
            image : "https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/assets-ticats\/app\/uploads\/ticats\/2019\/07\/04093229\/SeanThomasErlington_01-1.jpg",
      sources : [{"label":"mp4_360p","file":"http:\/\/assets-ticats.s3.amazonaws.com\/videos\/2019\/07\/02\/SeanThomasErlington_mp4_360p.mp4","width":"360"},{"label":"mp4_720p","file":"http:\/\/assets-ticats.s3.amazonaws.com\/videos\/2019\/07\/02\/SeanThomasErlington_mp4_720p.mp4","width":"720","default":"true"}],
                    related: {
          file: "/app/themes/base/templates/video-related.php?id=100971&video_channel=0",
          onclick: "link",
          oncomplete: "show",
          autoplaytimer: 10        },
            ga: {}
    });
  })
</script>