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React Scripts and embeds

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Pick a method

MethodUse it when
ConsentGateYou render the iframe in a React component and want a placeholder until the visitor allows its category.
The iframe blockerThe iframe comes from markup you do not render with React, such as CMS or Markdown content.

Both keep the iframe's src out of the page until the category is allowed, so the embed's host receives no request before consent.

Gate an embed with ConsentGate

Wrap the iframe in ConsentGate anywhere inside ConsentProvider:

src/video-embed.tsx
import { ConsentDialogLink, ConsentGate } from 'c15t/react';

export const VideoEmbed = () => (
	<ConsentGate
		category="measurement"
		placeholder={
			<div className="placeholder">
				<p>Allow measurement to load this YouTube video.</p>
				<ConsentDialogLink>Choose video permissions</ConsentDialogLink>
			</div>
		}
	>
		<iframe
			title="YouTube video"
			sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation"
			src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/czTksCF6X8Y?playsinline=1"
			allow="encrypted-media; picture-in-picture"
			allowFullScreen
		/>
	</ConsentGate>
);

The iframe is absent from the page until the visitor allows measurement. The placeholder shows a message and a ConsentDialogLink until then. When the visitor withdraws measurement, React removes the iframe.

Pick the category that matches what the embed does. The example uses measurement for YouTube because its player measures views. A map or chat widget usually belongs under functionality or experience. ConsentGate documents the built-in placeholder and every prop.

Gate an iframe with the iframe blocker

ConsentProvider runs the iframe blocker by default. Give an iframe data-src instead of src, and a data-category:

Markup from your CMS
<iframe
  data-src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=YOUR_EMBED_ID"
  data-category="functionality"
  title="Store map"
></iframe>

c15t sets src from data-src when the category is allowed and removes src when the category is withdrawn. It watches the page, so iframes added later are handled too. Add data-vendor with a vendor ID to also block the iframe while the visitor has turned that vendor off.

To turn the blocker off, set iframeBlocker: false in the provider options.

Verify the embeds

Open the production build in a private window with DevTools open, under a policy that asks for consent.

  1. No iframe has a src pointing at youtube-nocookie.com or google.com/maps, and the Network panel shows no request to them.
  2. Allow the embed's category and save. The iframe loads.
  3. Withdraw the category and save. The page reloads without the embed.

The YouTube and Google Maps guides cover sizing and titles.