Getting started: NodeJS + OpenTok

This repo is designed for beginners. It's the bare minimum to build a fully functioning video chat room

How to run:

First, you need to install a list of dependencies. Type npm install in your terminal

Run your nodejs server node app.js or supervisor app.js

After you run the nodejs server, simply go to your browser and type localhost:9393/roomid Everyone in the same room will be able to video chat with each other.

For a live demo, this is hosted at http://nodeopentok.aws.af.cm/.

Requirements

This app features the latest in Web Media Streaming technology using WebRTC. Currently, only Chrome supports it. To run on other browsers using flash, simply change the javascript library to use flash in view.ejs

<script src="http://static.opentok.com/v0.91/js/TB.min.js"></script>

File Descriptions

README.md

This is this readme file, written in Markdown

package.json

Json object of your app description and all the modules that your nodejs app needs to run

node_modules

All the modules that you defined in package.json will be downloaded into this folder after you type npm install

app.js

Server side code! Code Summary:

Whenever we get a request, check the url to see if an OpenTok sessionID exist for that particular URL. If not, create a new OpenTok sessionID. Pass the OpenTok sessionID and corresponding Token into the view

view.ejs

Client Side Code! Code Summary:

With the OpenTok sessionID and token generated by app.js, Connect to the OpenTok session. When we are connected, create a publisher and start publishing video into the session. Subscribe to all video streams from other publishers.

Go Code!

Thanks for reading. My name is Song Zheng and I am a Developer Evangelist at TokBox - @songz