Initiating a call
Now that we have set everything up properly, we are ready to initiate a call with a remote user. Sending the offer to another user starts all this. Once a user gets the offer, he/she will create a response and start trading ICE candidates, until he/she successfully connects. This process is exactly the same as mentioned in Chapter 3, Creating a Basic WebRTC Application, except for the fact that it is now being done remotely over our signaling server. To accomplish this, we add the following code to our script:
callButton.addEventListener("click", function () { var theirUsername = theirUsernameInput.value; if (theirUsername.length > 0) { startPeerConnection(theirUsername); } }); function startPeerConnection(user) { connectedUser ...Get Learning WebRTC now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
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