The Node server application in this step has two tasks.
This simple WebRTC application will only permit a maximum of two peers to share a room.
Create a file called server.js and add some variables we need for this session.
var static = require('node-static');
var http = require('http');
var file = new(static.Server)();
var app = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
file.serve(req, res);
}).listen(2013);
var io = require('socket.io').listen(app);
Now in the same server.js file add the base messaging intermediary functions.
io.sockets.on('connection', function (socket){
// convenience function to log server messages on the client
function log(){
var array = [">>> Message from server: "];
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
array.push(arguments[i]);
}
socket.emit('log', array);
}
socket.on('message', function (message) {
log('Got message:', message);
// for a real app, would be room only (not broadcast)
socket.broadcast.emit('message', message);
});
Next on a "create or join" we must manage the WebRTC video chat 'rooms', so add the methods to handle this.
socket.on('create or join', function (room) {
var numClients = io.sockets.clients(room).length;
log('Room ' + room + ' has ' + numClients + ' client(s)');
log('Request to create or join room ' + room);
if (numClients === 0){
socket.join(room);
socket.emit('created', room);
} else if (numClients === 1) {
io.sockets.in(room).emit('join', room);
socket.join(room);
socket.emit('joined', room);
} else { // max two clients
socket.emit('full', room);
}
socket.emit('emit(): client ' + socket.id + ' joined room ' + room);
socket.broadcast.emit('broadcast(): client ' + socket.id + ' joined room ' + room);
});
});