# VideoPeers - Real Time P2P Video Chat Application

## Description

This is a real time video chat application built using WebRTC, Socket.io, Node.js, Express.js, and Next.js. It allows users to create a room and share the room ID with other users to join the room for a peer-to-peer video call.


## Key Features

- [x] Create and join video chat rooms using room IDs
- [x] Real-time peer-to-peer video calling using WebRTC
- [x] Audio mute/unmute controls
- [x] Video Hold/Play controls
- [x] Call End option
- [x] Responsive Design
- [x] Built with Next.js, Node.js, Express, Socket.io

## Technologies used / Prerequisites Of The Project

- [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/) - React framework
- [WebRTC](https://webrtc.org/) - Real-time communication 
- [Socket.io](https://socket.io/) - Bidirectional communication 
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) - Backend runtime
- [Express](https://expressjs.com/) - Node.js framework
- [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/) - Styling


## Installation

1. Clone the repository

```bash
git clone https://github.com/hirentimbadiya/Video-Peers.git
```

2. Install dependencies for Client Side

```bash
cd client  #in Video-Peers/client
npm install
```

3. Install dependencies for Server Side

```bash
cd server #in Video-Peers/server
npm install
```

4. Run the application

- Run the client side
   ```bash
   cd client #in Video-Peers/client
   npm run dev
   ```
- Run the server side
   ```bash
   cd server #in Video-Peers/server
   npm run dev
   ```

## Video Demo


## Future Scope

- Text chat support in rooms
- Screen Sharing Feature
- Multiple Participants in a room
- Video recording option


## My Learnings

By Building this project I learned about the following concepts:

- WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is a technology that enables real-time peer-to-peer communication between browsers and mobile applications. It is an open-source and free project that used to provide web browsers and mobile applications with real-time communication (RTC) via simple application programming interfaces (APIs).

- Socket.IO is a library that enables real-time, bidirectional and event-based communication between the browser and the server. It consists of: a Node.js server: Source | API. a Javascript client library for the browser (which can be also run from Node.js): Source | API.

- Next.js is a React framework that enables several server-side rendering (SSR) features such as static site generation (SSG), automatic code splitting, server-side rendering, and client-side routing. It is a framework that is built on top of React.js and Node.js.


## License
[MIT](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/)

## Author
- [hirentimbadiya](https://github.com/hirentimbadiya)
- Email : hirentimbadiya74@gmail.com