RTCPeerConnection.onnegotiationneeded

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The RTCPeerConnection.onnegotiationneeded event handler is a property containing the code to execute when the negotiationneeded event, of type Event, is received by this RTCPeerConnection. Such an event is sent by the browser to inform that negotiation will be required at some point in the future.

Syntax

peerconnection.onnegotiationneeded = function;

Values

  • function is the name of a user-defined function, without the () suffix or any parameters, or an anonymous function declaration, such as function(event) {...}. An event handler always has one single parameter, containing the event, here of type Event.

Example

pc.onnegotiationneeded = function(ev) { alert("negotiationneeded event detected!"); };

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support (Yes) [1] (Yes) [1] No support (Yes) ?
Feature Android Chrome for Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? ? ? No support ? ?

[1] Though this property is not prefixed, the interface it belongs to is.

See also

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