Installation

Before installing, you will need to create an SDK key.

To manage keys, log in to your account, navigate to Account Settings -> Developer Tools, and scroll down to “SDK Key Management”. Click “Add an SDK Key” and add any desired local domains to the allow list (for example, localhost and localhost:8080).

To learn more about our developer tools, please visit the Matterport Developer Tools and Pricing

Once you have an SDK key, there are two methods for adding the Embed SDK to your site:

  1. Script tag (standard method)
  2. NPM package (beta)

Updates

Latest Embed SDK update: Dec 18, 2024
See the change log

<script> support

Include the Library and Add a Matterport Space

First, add the 3D Showcase SDK to your web application by including the Javascript library. This line goes in the <head> tag with your other includes.

<script>
{
  "imports": {
    "MP_SDK": "https://static.matterport.com/showcase-sdk/bootstrap/3.0.0-0-g0517b8d76c/sdk.es6.js"
  }
}
</script>

Next, embed a Matterport Space on your web page with an <iframe> tag. Learn more about embedding.

Add the applicationKey=[YOUR SDK_KEY] URL parameter to provide your sdk key as part of the url.

Give the <iframe> an ID you will use later.

<iframe
  width="853"
  height="480"
  src="https://my.matterport.com/show?m=SxQL3iGyoDo&play=1&applicationKey=[YOUR_SDK_KEY_HERE]"
  frameborder="0"
  allow="fullscreen; vr"
  id="showcase-iframe">
</iframe>

Connect to the Matterport Space

Now in the Javascript code for your web application, connect to the Matterport Space.

You’ll want to wait until the <iframe> containing the Matterport Space loads. Connecting happens after you’ve included the SDK library.

Replace the [YOUR_SDK_KEY_HERE] string with your sdk key.

import { connect } from 'MP_SDK';

const iframe = document.getElementById('showcase-iframe');

// connect the sdk; log an error and stop if there were any connection issues
try {
  const mpSdk = await connect(iframe);
  onShowcaseConnect(mpSdk);
} catch (e) {
  console.error(e);
}

function onShowcaseConnect(mpSdk) {
  // start making calls on mpSdk as described in the reference docs
}
Parameter Description
showcase-iframe The value you put for the the id parameter in the <iframe> tag earlier.
applicationKey Your SDK key is unique to your website domain. Go to Matterport Account Settings -> Developer Tools to create an SDK key for your application.

Legacy window.MP_SDK Support

Previous versions of the SDK set up a window.MP_SDK object with a connect function. To continue using this same connect method, use the non-ES6 version.

<script src="https://static.matterport.com/showcase-sdk/bootstrap/3.0.0-0-g0517b8d76c/sdk.js"></script>
<script>
  window.MP_SDK.connect(iframe, 'applicationkey')
</script>

However, connecting to a space with OAuth through the SDK is not supported by this version of the bootstrap. If support for OAuth is necessary, you will need to use the aforementioned sdk.es6.js instead.

Control 3D Showcase with Actions

Now you’ll want to make an action for 3D Showcase to execute. In the code for your web application, add this to a Javascript function where desired. Refer to the reference docs for a list of all the actions you can do.

mpSdk.<action>(<arguments>).then(successCallback)
.catch(errorCallback);

// ...

// What to do if action was successful
function successCallback(message) { console.log(message); }

// What to do if the action failed
function errorCallback(err) { console.error(err); }
Parameter Description
<action> The action you want 3D Showcase to do.
<arguments> The arguments for that action.

Listen to Events from 3D Showcase

Listening for events from 3D Showcase is done in a similar way.

mpSdk.on(<event_name>, function (<state_arguments>) {
  // what to do when this event happens
});
Parameter Description
<event_name> Event you’re listening for
<state_arguments> Return values related to this event. These tell you about the new state of 3D Showcase after this event has happened.

Use the Metadata

Finally, you can grab metadata about the entire Matterport Space by calling getData() and getDetails() in your web app. For example:

mpSdk.Model.getData()
  .then(function(model) {
    // Model data successfully retrieved
    console.log('Model sid:' + model.sid);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    // Problem retrieving model data
  });

Metadata is only available after you have successfully connected to the Matterport Space.

NPM SDK Embed Package

The NPM SDK Embed package allows you to use the Embed SDK directly from your NPM or Yarn projects. See the docs on NPM for the latest instructions.

See here for a tutorial on getting started with the package.