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RealtimeClient

Deprecated

It's no longer needed to create the client manually. You can use the product constructors, like Video.Client, to access the same functionality.

A real-time Client. To construct an instance of this class, please use createClient.

Example usage:

import { createClient } from "@signalwire/realtime-api";

// Obtain a client:
const client = await createClient({ project, token });

// Listen on events:
client.video.on("room.started", async (room) => {});

// Connect:
await client.connect();

Properties

Methods

connect

connect(): Promise<RealtimeClient>

Connects this client to the SignalWire network.

As a general best practice, it is suggested to connect the event listeners before connecting the client, so that no events are lost.

Returns

Promise<RealtimeClient>

Upon connection, asynchronously returns an instance of this same object.

Example

const client = await createClient({ project, token });
client.video.on("room.started", async (roomSession) => {}); // connect events
await client.connect();

disconnect

disconnect(): void

Disconnects this client from the SignalWire network.

Returns

void


off

off(event, fn?)

Remove an event handler.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
eventstringName of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fn?FunctionAn event handler which had been previously attached.

on

on(event, fn)

Attaches an event handler to the specified event.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
eventstringName of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fnFunctionAn event handler.

Example

In the below example, we are listening for the call.state event and logging the current call state to the console. This means this will be triggered every time the call state changes.

call.on("call.state", (call) => {
console.log("call state changed:", call.state);
});

once

once(event, fn)

Attaches an event handler to the specified event. The handler will fire only once.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
eventstringName of the event. See Events for the list of available events.
fnFunctionAn event handler.

removeAllListeners

removeAllListeners(event?)

Detaches all event listeners for the specified event.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
event?stringName of the event (leave this undefined to detach listeners for all events). See Events for the list of available events.