Random video from a YouTube playlist (as video background)

How To
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Hello! :slight_smile:

I created a website that have a video in autoplay and loop in the background of the main hero section. It was created in Bricks > Background video > YouTube URL.

Now, I have been asked to show a random video from the clients’ YouTube channel, and I am wondering how can I achieve that…

I was thinking if it would be possible to add a YouTube playlist URL to Bricks, but no luck with that.

Also thinking if I could create something with conditions… But I am not sure if that would please the client, as it will be limited to certain YouTube URLs that I would have configured beforehand.

So I have no clue if it is something achievable with Bricks. Or if it has to be more of a feature request :woman_shrugging: - to be able to pull videos from a given playlist on YouTube.

Anyone has faced something like this before?

I know there might exist some plugins, but I would love to stick with Bricks native section and blocks.

Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks!!

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You could create a custom function that fetches the contents of a YouTube playlist (using the YouTube API) and returns a random item.

Quick demo using this playlist:

https://bricks.andreslotta.dev/random-video/

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Hi @aslotta !

With this solution, would I be able to make it work inside the “Background video” field in the Section?

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If you check the source code in my example you see that it is actually using the section background video setting. :slight_smile:

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Superb! :slight_smile: I’ll talk to my client and I may contact you to implement this on the site. Is it ok? :blush:

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Sure. Just drop me a message…