JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Kevin Faulhaber
HTML
<div id="container"></div>
<button id="playPause">Pause</button>
JavaScript
var con = document.getElementById('container');
var vid = document.createElement('video');
vid.controls = true;
vid.src = "http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/video/basics/devstories.mp4";
con.appendChild(vid);
vid.play();
var pp = document.getElementById('playPause');
pp.onclick = function(){
if(vid.paused){
vid.play();
pp.innerHTML = "Pause";
}else{
vid.pause();
pp.innerHTML = "Play";
}
};