Adding a YouTube Video

To include a YouTube video in your page:

  1. Copy the YouTube url.
  2. Copy the video's title.
  3. Reference the video in the markdown.

Referencing the Video in the Markdown

To reference the video we use markdown like:

<Video src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1JWOVGzzgMc" title="Dockstore: An Introduction" />

The title is required. Screen readers announce it as the name of the video, so it should describe the video, for example by using the video's YouTube title. A page with a video that has no title will fail to build.

This renders like:


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