JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Qj8PhxSnhg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Qj8PhxSnhg&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>

<a class="play" href="#">play</a>
<a class="pause" href="#">pause</a>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function(){
 var obj = $('object');
 obj.find('embed').attr('src', function(i,s){return s+'&enablejsapi=1&version=3'})
 obj.find('param[name=movie]').attr('value', function(i,v){return v+'&enablejsapi=1&version=3'})

 $('.play').click(function(){
  obj.find('embed')[0].playVideo();
 });
 $('.pause').click(function(){
  obj.find('embed')[0].pauseVideo();
 })
});
     
function onYouTubePlayerReady(playerid){
    alert('youtube player ready');
}