Webrtc - videochatroom

This is a video-chat application made with react, using the webrtc API and a signal server found here (https://github.com/stun-project/signal_server). It allows several peers to connect at once.

Implemented functionality

• Group videochat

Future work

• Textchatting in room
• Share screen
• Authentication
• Room overview
• Share-button
• Write tests

Dependencies

• Browser webrtc API
• Socket.io library
      It is used to enable full duplex communucation between the client and the signal-server

Setup

Setup instructions assume that you have cloned both the signal server and this repository, and that you have npm installed.

Local dev setup

Starting up the signal server

cd signal_server
npm install
node signal.js

Starting the react app

cd webrtc
npm install
npm start

Docker compose setup

Docker and Docker-compose are required for this setup.
Build the frontend image:

cd webrtc
docker build -t Sigmundgranaas/webrtc .

Build the signal server image:

cd signal_server
docker build -t Sigmundgranaas/signal_server .

Finally start the containers:

cd webrtc
docker-compose up