Trouble running demo

1

I’m attempting to run the session.start demo / tutorial and I’m getting a javascript error. Chrome is telling me that ‘KalturaSessionService.start’ is not a function.

All help would be appreciated!

Here’s the entire piece of code I’m running:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaClientBase.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaClient.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaVO.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaTypes.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaServices.js"></script>

<script>
  var config = new KalturaConfiguration();
  config.serviceUrl = 'https://www.kaltura.com';
  var client = new KalturaClient(config);
  KalturaSessionService.start(
        "secret goes here",
        "userid",
        2,
        partnerid)
  .execute(client, function(success, ks) {
    if (!success || (ks.code && ks.message)) {
      console.log('Error starting session', success, ks);
    } else {
      console.log('Kaltura Result success', success);
      client.setKs(ks);
    }
  });
</script>
2

Hi @garberfc,

I don’t see where in your code you’ve included the needed JS files from the AJAX client lib.
Please see the code sample in this thread for references:

Notice, however, that using the JS client to generate a session is not recommended, for the obvious reason that the admin secret will be available to anyone viewing the page source.

Thanks,

3

Sorry, there was some HTML markup that was causing my tags to be hidden. I’ve edited the original posting.

4

It appears the Tutorial/Console AIP is out of date with the version of the libraries I downloaded today. The version is 3.3.0.

Here’s some working code for the next person who stumbles into this issue:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/webtoolkit.md5.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/ox.ajast.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaClientBase.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaTypes.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaVO.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaServices.js"></script>
<script src="/js/kaltura/KalturaClient.js"></script>

<script>
  var config = new KalturaConfiguration();
  config.serviceUrl = 'https://www.kaltura.com';
  var client = new KalturaClient(config);
  var kalturaSessionService = new KalturaSessionService(client);
  kalturaSessionService.start(function(success, ks) {
        if (!success || (ks.code && ks.message)) {
          console.log('Error starting session', success, ks);
        } else {
          client.setKs(ks);
          console.log("ks=" + ks);
        }},
        "SecretId",
        "UserId",
        2,
        PartnerId);
5

I found the API Docs here: http://www.kaltura.com/api_v3/testmeDoc/ I’m not sure why I don’t see the class KalturaSessionService in the docs… :frowning:

6

Hi @garberfc,

Looking at your code, it seems you are using an older version of the JS client. The entire client was redone recently.
I strongly recommend you use the latest, which can be obtained here:
http://cdnbakmi.kaltura.com/content/clientlibs/ajax_22-03-2017.tar.gz
You can always download the latest version from here:

All examples at developer.kaltura.com relate to the new client lib.
Here is a full code sample for generating a KS:

<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="KalturaFullClient.min.js"></script>

<script>
$( document ).ready(function() {
  var config = new KalturaConfiguration();
  config.serviceUrl = 'https://www.kaltura.com';
  var client = new KalturaClient(config);
  // Note: this is meant only as a sample.
  // You should NEVER generate sessions on the client,
  // as this exposes your Admin Secret to users.
  // Instead, generate a session on the server and pass the
  // KS to the client.
  KalturaSessionService.start(
        "ADMIN_SECRET",
        "USER_ID",
        2,
        PARTNER_ID)
  .execute(client, function(success, ks) {
    if (!success || (ks.code && ks.message)) {
      console.log('Error starting session', success, ks);
    } else {
      client.setKs(ks);
      console.log(ks);
    }
  });
});
</script>
</head>
</html>

Documentation for the session service and its different actions can be found here:

Thanks,