eduveliz/video-javascript-quickstart

JavaScript + Node.JS Group Video Calling Application using Metered Video SDK

Metered Video Calling Quickstart for JavaScript

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Overview

In this application would give you a starting point to build your own video calling application with Metered.

The application using Javascript + Node.JS and Express Backend.

Guide

Here the complete explantion on how this application is built here: https://docs.metered.ca/docs/step-by-step-guide-to-group-video-calling-app-using-metered

Setup Requirements

Before you can use this application, you would need a Metered Domain and Secret Key. To Obtain them do the following:

• Signup for a free account at https://dashboard.metered.ca/signup
• You will get the Metered Domain During Signup
• After Signup go to Developers page, from there you can get the Secret Key

Setting up the Application

1. Clone the Project

2. In the root folder create a .env file, inside the add your Metered Domain and Secret Key

   METERED_DOMAIN = ""
   METERED_SECRET_KEY=""
   

3. Install dependencies from npm

npm install

Run the Application

To run the application, just run npm start and the application will be live at http://localhost:4000

npm start

Testing on Multiple Devices

To test the application on multiple devices you can use ngrok, you can download and install it from here: https://ngrok.com/download

After installing run the demo application then run the command

ngrok http 4000

ngrok will give you a URL that you can open on multiple devices to test out video conferencing.

Further Reading

Checkout https://docs.metered.ca to read more about the Metered Video API