Django: How to embed a video in using the URL sourced from the database in Django?</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2022-07-15T04:33:29.380" class="fromnow">Jul 15 '22 at 04:33</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2022-08-02T17:31:34.280" datetime="2022-08-02T17:31:34.280">Aug 02 '22 at 17:31</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 971 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 971 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="72989081" data-ownerid="10525182" data-score="1"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="72989081"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btn__unset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="1">1</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btn__unset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value=""></div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I have a Django app that displays a list of videos (ListView). On clicking each item in the ListView, I get directed to DetailView where that specific video is displayed. I am trying to accomplish this by: <a class="external-link" href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ppbF1.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img alt="enter image description here" src="../../images/3839560847.webp"/></a></p> <pre><code>{% extends 'base.html' %} {% load embed_video_tags %} {% block content %} &lt;/br&gt; &lt;/br&gt; &lt;/br&gt; &lt;/br&gt; &lt;div class="post-entry"&gt; &lt;div class="card" style=""&gt; &lt;div class="card-body"&gt; &lt;!-- sourcing the URL directly --&gt; &lt;iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/T9ikpoF2GH0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen&gt; &lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/br&gt; &lt;!-- sourcing URL from django model --&gt; &lt;iframe width="560" height="315" src="{{object.URL}}" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen&gt; &lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/br&gt; &lt;!-- info from model --&gt; &lt;a href="#" class="btn btn-primary"&gt;Video &lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="#" class="btn btn-success"&gt;Audio &lt;/a&gt; &lt;div class=""&gt; &lt;h5 class="card-title text-left"&gt; Title: {{object.title}}&lt;/h5&gt; &lt;h6 class="card-text text-left "&gt;Guest: {{object.guest_firstName}} {{object.guest_lastName}}&lt;/h6&gt; &lt;h6 class="card-text text-left "&gt;Host: {{object.host_firstName}} {{object.host_lastName}}&lt;/h6&gt; &lt;h6 class="card-text text-left "&gt;Description: {{object.description}} &lt;/h6&gt; &lt;h6 class="card-text text-left "&gt;Topics: {{object.topics}} &lt;/h6&gt; &lt;h6 class="card-text text-left "&gt;Date Published: {{object.date_published}} &lt;/h6&gt; &lt;h6 class="card-text text-left "&gt; URL: {{object.URL}} &lt;/h6&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/br&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; {% endblock content %} </code></pre> <p>I can see that the URL as a text is modeled properly.</p> <p><a class="external-link" href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7DIXr.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img alt="enter image description here" src="../../images/3799780452.webp"/></a></p> <p>This is how it's supposed to look. The image below shows the embedded video by hard passing the URL in the . But I want to pass the URL dynamically to the <code>src="&lt;URL sourced to database&gt;"</code> from the database.</p> <p>Please help me.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/python" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'python'" rel="tag">python</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/django" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'django'" rel="tag">django</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/django-models" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'django-models'" rel="tag">django-models</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/django-views" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'django-views'" rel="tag">django-views</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/django-templates" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'django-templates'" rel="tag">django-templates</a> </div> </div> </div> <div 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data-post-id="73004714"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btn__unset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>You must ensure the URL contains <strong>embed</strong> rather <strong>watch</strong> as the <code>/embed</code> endpoint allows outside requests, whereas the <code>/watch</code> endpoint does not.</p> <pre><code>&lt;iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/A6XUVjK9W4o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; </code></pre> <p>You're tying doing this instead:</p> <pre><code>&lt;iframe src="https://youtu.be/T9ikpoF2GHO" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; </code></pre> <p>Source: <a href="../../a/25661346#25661346">https://stackoverflow.com/a/25661346/1242842</a></p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="user-info "> <div class="user-action-time">edited <span title="2022-07-18T11:50:30.997" class="relativetime">Jul 18 '22 at 11:50</span></div> <div class="user-gravatar32"></div> <div class="user-details" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <span class="d-none" itemprop="name">Alexander Suraphel</span> <div class="-flair"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Jul 16 '22 at 13:46">answered Jul 16 '22 at 13:46</time> <a href="../../users/1242842/alexander-suraphel" class="s-avatar s-avatar__32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" 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data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-128946805" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="128946805" data-comment-owner-id="10525182" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment128946805_73004714"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">I have `/embed` in the video URL</span> –&nbsp;<a href="../../users/10525182/sl4566" title="132 reputation" class="comment-user owner">SL4566</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/72989081/django-how-to-embed-a-video-in-iframe-using-the-url-sourced-from-the-database-#comment128946805_73004714"><span title="2022-07-16T23:12:48.070 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Jul 16 '22 at 23:12</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-128970034" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="128970034" data-comment-owner-id="1242842" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment128970034_73004714"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@SL4566 can you share the generated HTML via https://dpaste.org/?</span> –&nbsp;<a href="../../users/1242842/alexander-suraphel" title="10,103 reputation" class="comment-user ">Alexander Suraphel</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/72989081/django-how-to-embed-a-video-in-iframe-using-the-url-sourced-from-the-database-#comment128970034_73004714"><span title="2022-07-18T11:41:09.557 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Jul 18 '22 at 11:41</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-128970158" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="128970158" data-comment-owner-id="1242842" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment128970158_73004714"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">@SL4566 I just looked at the your code and you're trying to embed `https://youtu.be/T9ikpoF2GHO` which won't work.</span> –&nbsp;<a href="../../users/1242842/alexander-suraphel" title="10,103 reputation" class="comment-user ">Alexander Suraphel</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/72989081/django-how-to-embed-a-video-in-iframe-using-the-url-sourced-from-the-database-#comment128970158_73004714"><span title="2022-07-18T11:46:16.797 License: CC BY-SA 4.0" class="relativetime-clean">Jul 18 '22 at 11:46</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-128984659" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="128984659" data-comment-owner-id="10525182" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment128984659_73004714"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">I do not know why the video does not work anymore. Here's another embedded code. I could not still figure it out. ``` <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3XOKpLgSJtI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"> ``` – SL4566 Jul 18 '22 at 23:56

Answer 1

I had the same experience and I solved it by adding video id after embed. In your case it should be as

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YourVideoId" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>