WebRTC API: Learn how to connect computers in a network with HTML5 and JavaScript

JD Gauchat

Jan 2018 · J.D Gauchat

About this ebook

 Learn how to use the WebRTC API to establish peer-to-peer communications. After reading this guide, you will know how to connect your users with each other, how to create a system to let your users perform video calls, and how to transfer data from one user to another.

Table of Contents

WEBRTC API

Web Paradigms

ICE Servers

Peer Connection

ICE Candidate

Offer and Answer

Session Description

Media Streams

Events

Configuration

Configuring the Signaling Server

Configuring the ICE Servers

Implementing WebRTC

Data Channels

QUICK REFERENCE

Connection

ICE Candidate

Signals

Streams

Events

Data Channels

This guide assumes that you have a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and you know how to create files and upload them to a server. If you don't know how to program in HTML, CSS or JavaScript, you can download our guides Introduction to HTML, Introduction to CSS, and Introduction to JavaScript. For a complete course on web development, read our book HTML5 for Masterminds.

This guide is a collection of excerpts from the book HTML5 for Masterminds. The information included in this guide will help you understand a particular aspect of web development, but it will not teach you everything you need to know to develop a website or a web application. If you need a complete course on web development, read our book HTML5 for Masterminds. For more information, visit our website at www.formasterminds.com.