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Shams Nahid
Shams Nahid

Reputation: 6559

How to use simple-peer module in Node.js?

I am new in Node.js platform and want to use https://www.npmjs.com/package/simple-peer module in my application. But can not figure out how to implement that in my application. I can't figure out their documentation. Is there any resource that can show the procedure of using that module with Node.js or Node+Express?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3614

Answers (2)

Pramesh Bajracharya
Pramesh Bajracharya

Reputation: 2263

Might be late but :

If you do not want to, it's not compulsory to use browserify or webpack for this very module to work, but is a good practice though, atleast for now.

In simple-peer package it is mentioned :

Note: If you're NOT using browserify, then use the included standalone file simplepeer.min.js. This exports a SimplePeer constructor on window.

This means you can get SimplePeer() on the window object by adding a script tag in your html file like :

<script src="<path to your node_modules>/simple-peer/simplepeer.min.js"></script>

For me this works :

<script src="<path to your node_modules>/simple-peer/simplepeer.min.js"></script>
<script src="/index.js"></script>   <!-- Keep this script tag below simplepeer.min.js-->

Now use SimplePeer() inside index.html as : 

const peer = new SimplePeer({
    // Code ...
});

Hope this helps :)

Upvotes: 5

Bruno Grieder
Bruno Grieder

Reputation: 29814

As explained in the documentation,

This module works in the browser with browserify.

Basically you need to write nodeJS (i.e. commonJS) code - as shown in the examples - then using browserify, generate a bundle file which can be used browser side.

Most likely, webpack can be used as an alternative to browserify

Upvotes: 3

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