RTCIceServer: credentialType property
Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
The RTCIceServer
dictionary's
credentialType
property is a string value which
indicates what type of credential the RTCIceServer.credential
value is.
The default is password
.
Syntax
js
const iceServer = {
// ...
credentialType: newCredentialType,
// ...
};
const credentialType = iceServer.credentialType;
iceServer.credentialType = newCredentialType;
Value
The permitted values are:
oauth
-
The
RTCIceServer
requires the use of OAuth 2.0 to authenticate in order to use the ICE server described. This process is detailed in RFC 7635. This property was formerly calledtoken
. password
-
The
RTCIceServer
requires a username and password to authenticate prior to using the described ICE server.
Example
This example creates a new RTCPeerConnection
which will use a
TURN server at turnserver.example.org
to negotiate
connections. Logging into the TURN server will use the username "webrtc" and the
creative password "turnpassword".
js
const myPeerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({
iceServers: [
{
urls: "turn:turnserver.example.org", // A TURN server
username: "webrtc",
credential: "turnpassword",
credentialType: "password",
},
],
});
Specifications
This feature is not part of any current specification.
Browser compatibility
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