{"id":18736,"date":"2021-12-07T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T09:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apphitect.ae\/blog\/?p=18736"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T09:58:48","slug":"build-a-peer-to-peer-video-chat-app-with-webrtc-and-nodejs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apphitect.ae\/blog\/build-a-peer-to-peer-video-chat-app-with-webrtc-and-nodejs\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Group Video Chat App using Node.js + WebRTC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Looking to Build Peer-to-Peer Video Chat App with Node.js?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will discuss how to build a live video chat app<\/a> WebRTC technology and Node.js<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are acquainted with any sort of real-time meetings that use the internet to communicate \u2013 then chances are you have used WebRTC. Google Meet, Discord, Facebook Messenger, GoToMeeting, Amazon Chime, etc., are some of the top video chat app that make use of WebRTC js<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through this article, you as a developer can learn how to build a web application or chat apps with video calls.  This is basically a guide that will help developers understand how to create a live video call app that allows a user to broadcast their video and voice in their room. This room will be available for other users, called viewers, giving them an option to join as the approval of the host of the meeting. The viewers will be able to interact with the broadcaster via a chat functionality that will deliver messages to the entire chat room.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To create chat application<\/a>, you will use Node.JS for the server framework. Web Sockets will handle the communication between peers in each room and WebRTC will manage the broadcasting of the video and voice. But before we get to that, let\u2019s understand what WebRTC is and define thoroughly what it means.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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