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Embed Webex Webinar in a Web Application or React App

surya pruthvi — Thu, 16 May 2024 11:36:35 GMT

I am looking to embed Webex webinars into my React application.

I am able to embed a Webex meeting using WebexMeetingWidget from https://github.com/webex/widgets

But the same widget is not working for a Webex webinar link

I'm eager to explore potential solutions for embedding webinars, whether through the above widget or alternative widgets. Any help is appreciated.

Re: Embed Webex Webinar in a Web Application or React App

Janos Benyovszki — Fri, 17 May 2024 06:45:06 GMT

@surya pruthvi indeed the JS SDK and the widgets are not yet capable of handling webinars. The only alternative for embedding / live streaming webinars would be https://help.webex.com/en-us/article/a6cmw/Live-stream-meetings-and-webinars .

Re: Embed Webex Webinar in a Web Application or React App

surya pruthvi — Fri, 17 May 2024 14:47:12 GMT

Thank you for your quick response @Janos Benyovszki
Can we embed or show a webex webinar using integrations? https://developer.webex.com/docs/integrations

Re: Embed Webex Webinar in a Web Application or React App

Janos Benyovszki — Sat, 18 May 2024 07:46:16 GMT

@surya pruthvi unfortunately not, Integrations are a way to generate OAuth access tokens for users to communicate with the Webex APIs. It does not have client sided capabilities.

Re: Embed Webex Webinar in a Web Application or React App

dstaudt — Tue, 21 May 2024 17:12:53 GMT

2 cents...
As Janos mentions, you could perhaps host a video player that connects to the live stream of an ongoing webinar (assuming the webinar is configured to stream). I'm not sure what webinar features would be available to the viewer - likely anything beyond just viewing the main stream as a video would be out of scope (e.g. webinar chat, Q&A, content-sharing, etc.)
Implementing such a player in your app would be likely out of the scope of Webex developer support, and you would look to the streaming provider's SDK/dev support.
The other main option would be to "cross launch" the webinar into a new browser window - this of course means it's not an integrated experience, but gives the attendeed **ll features (and keeps your work to a bare minimum.)

Re: Embed Webex Webinar in a Web Application or React App

surya pruthvi — Thu, 23 May 2024 10:41:20 GMT

Thank you @Janos Benyovszki and @dstaudt.

Could we use an iframe for embedding? I understand there may be concerns with "Content Security Policy" related to cross-domain embedding, However, if we try embedding the webinar URL within a website on the same domain or sub-domain, would that be effective ?

Additionally, do you have any insight into whether there are plans to introduce support for webinars using widgets or SDKs in the future?

Thank You.