The JavaScript API gives you powerful tools to manipulate the <video> element, as the video object provides many properties, methods and events.
The complete list of events can be found in the HTML5 living standard specification.
The list of properties can be found at the W3C HTML5 Video Events and API page. This page is interesting for Web developers because it shows an interactive view of the different values and events changing over time while the video is playing within the page.
Try that direct link, play with the different buttons and look at the table of events and properties that will change in real time. The displayed names show the properties, events, and methods from the API.
We provide this as a quick reminder - keep in mind that the complete list is much longer!
In the next pages, let's see, through a set of examples, how to use these most important properties, methods, and events...