WebRTC video chat app with ReactJS

Synopsis

WebRTC audio/video conferencing app with user authentication using ReactJS.

Motivation

Simple ReactJS app that interacts with the WebRTC APIs to establish audio/video conference between 2 users, without a trip through a server.

Application Logic and Implementations

To connect two users over WebRTC, we exchange information to allow browsers to talk to each other. This process is called signaling and it is facilitated by using NodeJS and socket server chained to the express 4.0 engine to provide the plumbing. Other than signaling, no data has to be sent through a server. When a connection is successfully established and authentication and authorization are complete, stream data exchanged between peers is directed to a React component for rendering.

Demo

Demo of the app can be found on Heroku: https://webrtc-video-room-34aecfad71b7.herokuapp.com/

Installation

Once you have cloned this project, go ahead and

NPM

Use npm through the command line to install all required dependecies:

npm i
npm start

Docker

Or use it with Docker:

docker build -t webvideo .
docker run -d -p 3000:3000 webvideo

Access

The app can be accessed at:

https://localhost:3000

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2015 Dian Dimitrov

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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