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Version: 0.29.0

TypeScript Quick Start

This tutorial shows how to use Fishjam from plain TypeScript, without any UI framework.
It uses @fishjam-cloud/ts-client, the same client that powers the React SDK. There are no hooks or providers: you call methods and listen to events.

What you'll build​

A single web page that joins a room, publishes your camera and microphone, and shows everyone else in the room.

What you'll learn​

  • How to connect to a room with FishjamClient
  • How to publish your camera and microphone
  • How to display tracks from other participants
  • How to leave the room

Prerequisites​

  • A TypeScript web project with a bundler, for example npm create vite@latest my-app -- --template vanilla-ts
  • Access to Fishjam Dashboard

Step 1: Install and set up​

Install the package​

npm install @fishjam-cloud/ts-client

Get your Fishjam ID and Sandbox API URL​

  1. Log in to Fishjam Dashboard
  2. Navigate to the Sandbox tab
  3. Copy your Fishjam ID
  4. Copy your Sandbox API URL from the Sandbox API section

Step 2: Get a peer token​

Every peer needs a peer token to join a room. For testing, request one from the Sandbox API:

// Check https://fishjam.io/app/sandbox for your Sandbox API URL
const SANDBOX_API_URL = "YOUR_SANDBOX_API_URL";

async function getPeerToken(roomName: string, peerName: string) {
  const url = new URL(SANDBOX_API_URL);
  url.searchParams.set("roomName", roomName);
  url.searchParams.set("peerName", peerName);

  const response = await fetch(url);
  const { peerToken } = await response.json();
  return peerToken as string;
}
warning

The Sandbox API is for prototyping only. In production, get the peer token from your own backend.

Step 3: Connect to a room​

Create a FishjamClient and call connect. The returned promise resolves once you have joined the room:

import { FishjamClient } from "@fishjam-cloud/ts-client";

// Check https://fishjam.io/app/ for your Fishjam ID
const FISHJAM_ID = "YOUR_FISHJAM_ID";

const client = new FishjamClient();

const peerToken = await getPeerToken("testRoom", `user_${Date.now()}`);

await client.connect({
  url: `wss://fishjam.io/api/v1/connect/${FISHJAM_ID}`,
  token: peerToken,
  peerMetadata: {},
});

Step 4: Publish your camera and microphone​

Get a MediaStream from the browser and add each of its tracks to the client:

const localStream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
  video: true,
  audio: true,
});

for (const track of localStream.getTracks()) {
  await client.addTrack(track, {
    type: track.kind === "video" ? "camera" : "microphone",
    paused: false,
  });
}

// Show your own video (muted, so you don't hear yourself)
const myVideo = document.createElement("video");
myVideo.autoplay = true;
myVideo.muted = true;
myVideo.srcObject = localStream;
document.body.appendChild(myVideo);

Step 5: Display other participants​

The client emits trackReady when media from another peer starts arriving, and trackRemoved when it stops. Register these listeners before calling connect, so you also receive the tracks of peers who are already in the room:

client.on("trackReady", (ctx) => {
  if (!ctx.track) return;

  const element = document.createElement(
    ctx.track.kind === "video" ? "video" : "audio",
  );
  element.id = ctx.trackId;
  element.autoplay = true;
  element.srcObject = new MediaStream([ctx.track]);
  document.body.appendChild(element);
});

client.on("trackRemoved", (ctx) => {
  document.getElementById(ctx.trackId)?.remove();
});

Step 6: Leave the room​

client.disconnect();

Complete example​

index.html:

<!doctype html>
<html>
  <body>
    <button id="join">Join</button>
    <button id="leave">Leave</button>
    <div id="videos"></div>
    <script type="module" src="/src/main.ts"></script>
  </body>
</html>

src/main.ts:

import { FishjamClient } from "@fishjam-cloud/ts-client";

// Check https://fishjam.io/app/ for your Fishjam ID
// Check https://fishjam.io/app/sandbox for your Sandbox API URL
const FISHJAM_ID = "YOUR_FISHJAM_ID";
const SANDBOX_API_URL = "YOUR_SANDBOX_API_URL";

const videos = document.getElementById("videos")!;
const client = new FishjamClient();
let localStream: MediaStream | undefined;

async function getPeerToken(roomName: string, peerName: string) {
  const url = new URL(SANDBOX_API_URL);
  url.searchParams.set("roomName", roomName);
  url.searchParams.set("peerName", peerName);

  // For production apps, get the peerToken from your own backend instead
  const response = await fetch(url);
  const { peerToken } = await response.json();
  return peerToken as string;
}

function addMediaElement(id: string, track: MediaStreamTrack, muted = false) {
  const element = document.createElement(
    track.kind === "video" ? "video" : "audio",
  );
  element.id = id;
  element.autoplay = true;
  element.muted = muted;
  element.srcObject = new MediaStream([track]);
  videos.appendChild(element);
}

client.on("trackReady", (ctx) => {
  if (ctx.track) addMediaElement(ctx.trackId, ctx.track);
});

client.on("trackRemoved", (ctx) => {
  document.getElementById(ctx.trackId)?.remove();
});

async function join() {
  const peerToken = await getPeerToken("testRoom", `user_${Date.now()}`);

  await client.connect({
    url: `wss://fishjam.io/api/v1/connect/${FISHJAM_ID}`,
    token: peerToken,
    peerMetadata: {},
  });

  localStream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({
    video: true,
    audio: true,
  });

  for (const track of localStream.getTracks()) {
    await client.addTrack(track, {
      type: track.kind === "video" ? "camera" : "microphone",
      paused: false,
    });
  }

  const myVideo = localStream.getVideoTracks()[0];
  if (myVideo) addMediaElement("my-video", myVideo, true);
}

function leave() {
  client.disconnect();
  localStream?.getTracks().forEach((track) => track.stop());
  videos.replaceChildren();
}

document.getElementById("join")!.addEventListener("click", join);
document.getElementById("leave")!.addEventListener("click", leave);

Run npm run dev, open the page in two browser tabs and click Join in both.

Next steps​