WebRTC Messaging & Data

The RTCDataChannel for arbitrary peer-to-peer data, with reliable or fast delivery modes.

Messaging covers the RTCDataChannel: sending text, JSON, and binary data peer-to-peer, and choosing between reliable ordered delivery and faster unordered modes. Start with the overview for the high-level picture.

Overview

Messaging overview

Start here: the high-level picture of WebRTC messaging.

Deep dive

Data Channels

Reliability & Flow Control

Wire Protocols

Multiplayer

Reference

Messaging API reference

1 WebRTC API symbol, each on its own page.

Cross-cutting

Security

Mandatory encryption and authentication, in every topic.

Debugging

Reading connection health with the Stats API.