react-howler-player

This is a simple, accessible audio player built using Reactjs and Howlerjs. view demo

howler.js

Javascript audio library for the modern web. howler.js makes working with audio in JavaScript easy and reliable across all platforms.

Usage

npm install --save howler react-howler-player

import React, { Component } from "react";
import Player from "react-howler-player";

const App = () => {
    const onPlayerReady = (data) => {
        console.log(data);
    };

    const timeUpdate = (data) => {
        console.log(data);
    };

    return (
        <div>
            <Player
                src={["audio file URL"]}
                isDark={true}
                onTimeUpdate={timeUpdate}
                onLoad={onPlayerReady}
            />
        </div>
    );
};

Example

git clone git@github.com:binodswain/react-howler-player.git
cd react-howler-player
npm i
npm run build

cd example
npm i
npm start

This will start a React app (bootstrapped with create-react-app) with multiple player instances. One player instance with remote URL and one with local file.

Screenshots

Default Player

Player with dark mode

Props passed to component

attribute	type	optional	details
src	Array	false	Source of audio playback
isDark	Boolean	true	Flag to switch between light and dark theme
onTimeUpdate	function	true	On playback progress, timestamp obj is passed to the function
loadingText	function	true	Text displayed while preparing the playback.(default val: 'Preparing')
preparingComp	JSX Comp.	true	Component to display instead of loading text. (preparingComp | | loadingText)
speedPanel	string	true	Position of audio playback rate list. ('top', 'bottom', 'relative'). defaultVal : 'relative'
onLoad	function	true	Callback function that passes howler audio instance and couple of basic information
profile	string	true	Player profile. ['generic', 'minimal', 'top_progress']

Features:

• Clean: uses semantic elements for UI.
• Controls: supports Keyboard events/ controls.
• Audio Format: supports a wide range of audio format.

License

MIT © binodswain