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monoceres
monoceres

Reputation: 4770

Are WebRTC data channel packets atomic?

I want to use a WebRTC data channel to exchange json messages between peers.

Can I safely assume that each json message arrives atomically remotely (not like in TCP where packets may be split or chunked together) or do I need implement something like a length prefix to know where one message ends and another begin?

Using a reliable channel and possibly a tcp turn server, if that's relevant.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 198

Answers (1)

Tim Panton
Tim Panton

Reputation: 499

Yes, according to the webRTC draft spec, whatever message you send() down a data channel should arrive in a single onmessage callback at the far end.

In real life however, Chrome sometimes calls onmessage with a partial message when it runs out of buffers. If you keep your messages <64k this seems not to happen.

Upvotes: 1

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