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# Play audio files using JavaScript
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{% hint style="info" %}
New licenses for WebViewer Audio are no longer offered.
{% endhint %}
## Initial setup
Before you begin, make sure your development environment includes [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) and [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/get-npm/).
## Install
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Shell" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```sh
npm install @pdftron/webviewer-audio
```
{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
## How to use
Here is an example of how WebViewer and WebViewer-audio could be integrated into your application.
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```js
import React, { useRef, useEffect } from 'react';
import WebViewer from '@pdftron/webviewer';
import { initializeAudioViewer } from '@pdftron/webviewer-audio';
const App = () => {
const viewer = useRef(null);
useEffect(() => {
WebViewer(
{
path: '/webviewer/lib',
},
viewer.current,
).then(async instance => {
// Extends WebViewer to allow loading media files (.mp3, .mp4, ogg, webm, etc.)
const {
loadAudio,
} = await initializeAudioViewer(
instance,
{
license: '---- Insert commercial license key here after purchase ----',
}
);
// Load a media element at a specific url. Can be a local or public link
// If local it needs to be relative to lib/ui/index.html.
// Or at the root. (eg '/audio.mp3')
const audioUrl = '/audio.mp3';
loadAudio(audioUrl);
});
}, []);
return (
);
}
export default App;
```
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{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
### Loading as a Script Tag
If your environment can not import WebViewer Video from the module, you can instead include WebViewer Video as a script tag. Simply, take the file `node_modules/@pdftron/webviewer-audio/dist/main.js` and add it to your project's html page.
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="HTML" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```html
```
{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
This will add the object `WebViewerAudio` to the window. This object contains `initializeAudioViewer`. So the previous code can be changed to:
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JavaScript" %}
{% code lineNumbers="true" %}
```js
// ...
const {
loadAudio,
} = await window.WebViewerAudio.initializeAudioViewer(
instance,
{
license: '---- Insert commercial license key here after purchase ----',
}
);
// ...
```
{% endcode %}
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
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