JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<div id="player"></div>
<script>
var tag = document.createElement('script');
tag.src = "https://www.youtube.com/iframe_api";
var firstScriptTag = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
firstScriptTag.parentNode.insertBefore(tag, firstScriptTag);
var player;
function onYouTubeIframeAPIReady() {
player = new YT.Player('player', {
height: '390',
width: '640',
videoId: 'M7lc1UVf-VE'
});
}
function loader(vid) {
player.cueVideoById(vid, 5, "large");
}
</script>
<ul>
<li><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="loader('eX0Iy93nqKs');"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/eX0Iy93nqKs/default.jpg" />One</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="loader('aYsGwLWqWI4');"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/aYsGwLWqWI4/default.jpg" />Two</a></li>
<li><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="loader('Vlkrm8nLCJo');"><img src="http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Vlkrm8nLCJo/default.jpg" />Three</a></li>
</ul>