How to target autoplay attribute in HTML 5 Video element inside modal

Question

I have a HTML 5 video element inside a modal window. Now I need a check that if modal is opened and video element has autoplay then play the video. If the video does not have th

Answer 1

To check if autoplay is set:

var $video = $('.modal-box.opened').find('video');

if( typeof $video.attr('autoplay') === "string"){
    $video.get(0).play();
}

or to check if autoplay is not set:

if( typeof $video.attr('autoplay')  === "undefined"){
    //Logic here
}