import * as React from "react"; import YouTube from 'react-youtube'; // https://github.com/troybetz/react-youtube class Example extends React.Component { render() { const opts = { height: '390', width: '640', playerVars: { // https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters autoplay: 1 as 1 } }; return ( ); } _onReady(event: { target: any }) { // access to player in all event handlers via event.target event.target.pauseVideo(); } }