RTCIceServers.urls

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The RTCIceServer dictionary's urls property specifies the URL or URLs of the servers to be used for ICE negotiations. These are typically STUN and/or TURN servers.

Syntax

var iceServer = {
                  ...
                  urls = iceServerUrl | [ url1, ..., urlN ],
                  ...
                };
var serverUrls = iceServer.urls;
iceServer.urls = iceServerUrl | [ url1, ..., urlN ];

The value of this property may be specified as a single URL or as an array of multiple URLs.

Examples

Let's look a few examples of varying complexity.

A single ICE server

This example creates a new RTCPeerConnection which will use a STUN server at stunserver.example.org to negotiate connections.

myPeerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({
  iceServers: [
    {
      urls: "stun:stunserver.example.org"
    }
  ]
});

Notice that only the urls property is provided; the STUN server doesn't require authentication, so this is all that's needed.

A single ICE server with authentication

The second 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".

myPeerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({
  iceServers: [
    {
      urls: "turn:turnserver.example.org",
      username: "webrtc",
      credential: "turnpassword"
    }
  ]
});

A single ICE server with multiple URLs

The next example creates a new RTCPeerConnection which will use a single TURN server which has multiple URLs. This is useful if the server is, for example, available both on "turn" and "turns" schemes, or if there's a fallback address available for the server.

Keep in mind that ICE will try all the URLs you list here, so the more you include, the longer connections will take to establish.

myPeerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({
  iceServers: [
    {
      urls: ["turns:turnserver.example.org", "turn:turnserver.example.org"],
      username: "webrtc",
      credential: "turnpassword"
    }
  ]
});

Multiple ICE servers

Finally, this example creates a new RTCPeerConnection which will use one of two servers for ICE negotiation. Each server can have one or more URLs, as demonstrated above.

myPeerConnection = new RTCPeerConnection({
  iceServers: [
    {
      urls: ["turns:turnserver.example.org", "turn:turnserver.example.org"],
      username: "webrtc",
      credential: "turnpassword"
    },
    {
      urls: "stun: stunserver.example.org"
    }
  ]
});

Two ICE servers are provided. One is a TURN server which can be accessed both over TURN and TURNS. The other is a STUN server. Any number of servers could be listed of any combination of types.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browser
The definition of 'RTCIceServer.urls' in that specification.
Working Draft Initial specification.

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support (Yes) 37 (37)[1] ? ? ?
Feature Android Chrome for Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? (Yes) 37.0 (37)[1] ? ? ?

[1] When support for this property was added in Firefox 37, the old RTCIceServer.url property was deprecated; it should no longer be used.

See also

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