WebRTC for the rest of us. It's a miracle.

Can you believe this:

But seriously, this is a webRTC wrapper for data packet exchange. Sending audio and video might be cool, but just sending serialized data is more useful.

1. Include the library, [datafestivus.js], from this repository.
2. Construct a SideBand object (var sideband = new DataFestivus.SideBand) and override the methods onsave, oncomplete, and begin. Due to implementation details, there are specific requirements for each override. See github Issue #1
3. Depending on whether the local code is offering or answering the connection, pass the sideband instance to DataFestivus.start or DataFestivus.reply, respectively.
4. After the sideband's oncomplete is called (indicating a successful connection), use Datafestivus.send to transmit a data object via the connection. Add an event listener function using Datafestivus.addMessageListener, which is called with the data object as its single argument.

begin - See github Issue #2 - begin must differentiate offer and answer by whether sideBand.isStarted is set to true

This project aims to create a stateless storage system on a server that can facilitate a peer-to-peer connection in WebRTC. It also implements a WebRTC app that demonstrates its usefulness. The reason for the server application is:

1. WebRTC requires a 3rd party means of communication in order to establish a peer-to-peer connection.
2. Every WebRTC tutorial glosses over this problem by connecting a browser window to itself via javascript variables.
3. Some solutions suggest using 3rd-party services to solve the problem, such as Firebase, which are unnecessary.
4. The data that needs to be transmitted is simple json; there's no need to complicate sharing it.