PeerJS provides a complete, configurable, and easy-to-use peer-to-peer API built on top of WebRTC, supporting both data channels and media streams.
Here's an example application that uses both media and data connections: https://glitch.com/~peerjs-video. The example also uses its own PeerServer.
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Include the library
with npm:
npm install peerjs
with yarn:
yarn add peerjs
// The usage -
import { Peer } from "peerjs";Create a Peer
const peer = new Peer("pick-an-id");
// You can pick your own id or omit the id if you want to get a random one from the server.Connect
const conn = peer.connect("another-peers-id");
conn.on("open", () => {
conn.send("hi!");
});Receive
peer.on("connection", (conn) => {
conn.on("data", (data) => {
// Will print 'hi!'
console.log(data);
});
conn.on("open", () => {
conn.send("hello!");
});
});Call
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(
{ video: true, audio: true },
(stream) => {
const call = peer.call("another-peers-id", stream);
call.on("stream", (remoteStream) => {
// Show stream in some <video> element.
});
},
(err) => {
console.error("Failed to get local stream", err);
},
);Answer
peer.on("call", (call) => {
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(
{ video: true, audio: true },
(stream) => {
call.answer(stream); // Answer the call with an A/V stream.
call.on("stream", (remoteStream) => {
// Show stream in some <video> element.
});
},
(err) => {
console.error("Failed to get local stream", err);
},
);
});npm test Firefox |
 Chrome |
 Edge |
 Safari |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 83+ | 83+ | 15+ |
We test PeerJS against these versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari with BrowserStack to ensure compatibility. It may work in other and older browsers, but we don't officially support them. Changes to browser support will be a breaking change going forward.
Note
Firefox 102+ is required for CBOR / MessagePack support.
Q. I have a message Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression in browser's console
A. The message occurs when you use PeerJS with Webpack. It is not critical! It relates to Parcel parcel-bundler/parcel#2883 We'll resolve it when updated to Parcel V2.
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