Conference

Introduction

The Conference object in the API handles, sends and updates all the important information throughout the lifetime of the call.

Methods

Name	Description
constructor(callId: string, extraData: string)	Initializes the Conference object with provided data
getPermissionState(): {DevicePermissionStatus}	Returns the current permission state for device (audio/video) access
setOutputDevice(deviceId: string)	Sets the output device (speaker) for the current session
startCall()	Initializes the session, connects to other Peers
endCall()	Ends the call, cleaning up any session information

constructor(callId: string, extraData: string)

Create's the conference object with the custom callId and stores any extraUserData to send as a string (i.e. userId) to other Peers

let status = conf.getPermissionState()

// returns
{ 
    state: "success" | "failed" | "denied",
    error: {
        reason: string // specific to each Browser DOM
        rawStr: string // error to display to user
    }
}

getPermissionState() -> DevicePermissionStatus

Between handles all the hard parts of getting device permissions for your application. Returns a DevicePermissionStatus object with details about the permission status.

let status = conf.getPermissionState()

// returns
{ 
    state: "success" | "failed" | "denied",
    error: {
        reason: string // specific to each Browser DOM
        rawStr: string // error to display to user
    }
}

endCall()

Ends the call, cleaning up any session information and emitting a 'sessionTerminated' event on the Conference() class.

conf.endCall()

setOutputDevice(deviceId: string)

Sets the device to use for audio output in the conference.

conf.setOutputDevice(deviceId: string)

startCall()

Start initializing connection to servers. Joins the call with callId and the extraData set in the constructor. It also sets device permissions, sets up listeners for device data.

conf.startCall()

Listeners

'devicesUpdated' -> {MediaDeviceInfo[]}

Media devices are automatically pushed to you whenever there's a change. Between supports video/audio input device on all browsers, audio output device are only supported on Chromium browsers.

conf.on('devicesUpdated', (MediaDeviceInfo[]) => { })

'localParticipant' -> {LocalParticipant}

When the local stream of the current user is published, the LocalParticipant object is emitted. This object allows for getting the video stream, muting/unmuting devices, changing devices, etc... Learn more here

conf.on('LocalParticipant', (LocalParticipant) => { })

'peerJoined' -> {Peer}

When a user joins a call, the Peer object is emitted. This object allows for getting their video stream, setting volume data, etc... Learn more here

conf.on('PeerJoined', (Peer) => { })

'peerLeft' -> {string}

When a user leaves a call, the id of the particpant is emitted as a string. You can do any custom cleanup required by your application such as removing the video.

conf.on('PeerLeft', (string) => { })

'socketFailed' -> {}

Emitted when the socket connection fails, the API will attempt to reconnect until it cannot, the socketDisconnected is then emitted

conf.on('socketFailed', () => { })

'socketDisconnected' -> {}

Emitted when the socket disconnects unexpectedly.

conf.on('socketDisconnected', () => { })

'socketClose' -> {}

Emitted when the socket is closed from user input.

conf.on('socketClose', () => { })