electron-demo

node-datachannel electron demo

Project created with

npm init electron-app@latest my-new-app -- --template=webpack

Electron Compatibility and Rebuilding

node-datachannel uses N-API for creating binaries. Normally electron is compatible with N-API binarıes, so you should not need to rebuild the binaries.

If you need anyway, you can use electron-rebuild package with some modifications.

Electron does not support cmake-js which node-datachannel uses as builder.

As a workaround you can use a custom plugin for electron-forge.

Package named as plugin-node-datachannel

For rebuilding native addon;

> npm i https://github.com/murat-dogan/plugin-node-datachannel

# Add plugin to forge.config.js like below
...
{
    name: 'plugin-node-datachannel',
    config: {},
},
...

How to start the demo Application

Package the App

• cd examples/electron-demo
• npm install
• npm run package

Now the app is built and ready to be used in folder out.

Start Signaling Server

In another terminal, start signaling server as below;

• cd examples/client-server
• npm install
• node signaling-server.js

Now signaling server is ready and running.

Start App

• Start 2 instances of the application
• Copy ID of one instance
• Paste the copied ID to the other instance
• Click Connect