Embed Youtube Video in R Markdown

Question

I am trying to publish a .Rmd in Rpubs by embedding a YouTube video link. After some exploration, I am trying the following which just gives a blank space in my html.

<div align="center">
   <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zsYjsgm4Psg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
   </iframe>
</div>

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Could you provide the link to Rpubs? Then others could check whether they can see the video. — Stibu, Jan 01 '15 at 19:36
I also got a blank space when I knit the html. The video only appeared when I clicked on 'Open in Browser' in the generated html document (using RStudio). — epo3, Sep 16 '16 at 10:24

Hack-R · Answer 1 · 2014-12-31T14:29:53.327

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<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9bZkp7q19f0?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

This can optionally be put inside a code chunk within your .Rmd

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edited Dec 31 '14 at 14:29

answered Dec 31 '14 at 02:11

Hack-R

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Why would you put the HTML code in an code chunk? For me it works, if I simply put the HTML line in an `.Rmd` file. Publishing on Rpubs worked as well. – Stibu Dec 31 '14 at 09:20
@Stibu you don't strictly have to put it in a chunk, the original author did that as a matter of style for presenting it. – Hack-R Dec 31 '14 at 14:28

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '18 at 12:33

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On you tube, I tried using the link for sharing, https://youtu.be/....

But instead find "embed" under where you tube gives the share link. This give the tag you need and the right link, it is not the same has you would use in an tag.

answered Apr 30 '18 at 12:33

Mike Seman

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Embed Youtube Video in R Markdown

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