imclab / rtc-data-stream

convert a webRTC connection into a stream

rtc-data-stream

convert a reliable RTCDataChannel into a stream

use HTML5 WebRTC the node way -- with streams

use

you can use browserify to package this module for browser use.

var rtcDataStream = require('rtc-data-stream')
var quickconnect = require('rtc-quickconnect')

quickconnect({ ns: 'dctest', data: true }).on('dc:open', function(channel, peerId) {
  var rtc = rtcDataStream(channel)
  rtc.pipe(somewhereAwesome)
})

rtc is a stream and speaks stream events: data, error and end. that means you can pipe output to anything that accepts streams.

try

# install beefy
npm install -g beefy
# clone repo
git clone https://github.com/kumavis/rtc-data-stream
cd rtc-data-stream
# install dev dependencies
npm install
# start the example
npm start
# open another tab with the generated link

credit

Based on websocket-stream by max ogden

license

BSD LICENSE