ReduxRTC

Peer 2 Peer connected states using Redux and WebRTC

Github Demo

Table of contents

• Installation
• Usage
  • Middleware
  • Reducer
  • Store
  • Create
  • Enter
  • State
  • Dispatch
• Conclusion
• Dependencies

Installation

npm install redux-rtc -S

Usage

import { createStore, combineReducers, applyMiddleware } from 'redux'
import { connected, rtc, create, enter } from 'redux-rtc'

Middleware

const middleware = applyMiddleware(connected)

Reducer

const rootReducer = combineReducers({
    rtc: rtc, // Required namespace 'rtc'
    ...
})

Store

const store = createStore(rootReducer, middleware)

Create Room

store.dispatch(create())

Once created the store will contain a token. This token is used in other clients to enter the room

Enter Room

store.dispatch(enter(ROOM_TOKEN))

State

const { rtc } = store.getState()

RTC The current state of the ReduxRTC connection

Properties

• token: (string) - The unique identifier for the connection
• room: (object) - The room instance RTCMultiConnection
• streams: (array[VideoElement]) - All of the connected media elements
• loading: false (boolean) - The loading status of the room
• error: 'No Room Found' (string) - Errors will propagate here

Dispatch

By default actions that are dispatched do not propagate to connected clients. To share the actions across all peers the property connected should be added to the action

var setTrue = function () {
    return { 
        type: 'SHARED_BOOLEAN_TRUE',
        connected: true
    }
};
var setFalse = function () {
    return { 
        type: 'SHARED_BOOLEAN_FALSE',
        connected: true
    }
};
var toggleReducer = function (state, action) {
    switch (action.type) {
        case 'SHARED_BOOLEAN_TRUE': return true;
        case 'SHARED_BOOLEAN_FALSE': return false;
        default: return state || false;
    }
}

Since the action is denoted as connected, the Middleware handles posting the message to the connection and the connected peers recieve the action and dispatch to their cooresponding stores.

Conclusion

Dependencies

• Redux
• RTCMultiConnection