peerjs

Peers: a node.js PeerConnection library

Under heavy development and testing.

Chrome

• Run Canary with --enable-data-channel

Firefox

• Firefox flags: media.navigator.enabled: true media.navigator.permission.disabled: true media.peerconnection.enabled: true

Usage

Server

npm install peer

var PeerServer = require('peer').PeerServer({ port: 80, debug: true });

Client

<script type="text/javascript" src="/client/dist/peer.js"></script>

Source Peer

originator = new SinkPeer({ video: true, audio: true, ws: 'ws://www.host.com' });
originator.on('ready', function(id) {
  console.log(id);
});
originator.on('connection', function(recipient) {
  // Sends a message to the other peer. This can even be a blob or JSON.
  originator.send('Hi there!');
  originator.send({ file: new Blob([1, 2, 3])});
});
originator.on('data', function(data) {
  // Prints out any messages received.
  console.log(data);
});

Sink Peer

// Sinks start off with an ID of whom to connect to.
sink = new SinkPeer({ source: source_id, ws: 'ws://localhost' });

Other events

• localstream, remotestream: Callback is called with type, stream when a local or remote stream is added.

• disconnect: Called with id when a peer disconnects. (TODO)