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RTCPeerConnection.getStreamById

This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

Obsolete
This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.

The RTCPeerConnection.getStreamById() method returns the MediaStream with the given id that is associated with local or remote end of the connection. If no stream matches, it returns null.

This property has been replaced with the RTCPeerConnection.getLocalStreams and RTCPeerConnection.getRemoteStreams properties. If you have code that uses stream, you will need to update, since browsers have begun to remove support for stream.

Syntax

var mediaStream = pc.getStream(id);

Parameters

id
Is a DOMString corresponding to the stream to return.

Example

var stream = pc.getStreamById(myTrackId);
if (stream) {
  console.log("Found stream: " + stream.id);
}

Polyfill

Running the following code before any other code will create RTCPeerConnection.prototype.getStreamById() if it's not natively available.

// from: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=698163&desc=5#c10
RTCPeerConnection.prototype.getStreamById = function(id) {
  try {
    var localStreams = this.getLocalStreams();
    var remoteStreams = this.getRemoteStreams();
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < localStreams.length; i++) {
     if (localStreams[i].id == id)
       return localStreams[i];
    }
    for (i = 0; i < remoteStreams.length; i++) {
     if (remoteStreams[i].id == id)
       return remoteStreams[i];
    }
  } catch(e) {}
  return null;
}

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

Desktop
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 56 15 22 ? 43
43
Promise based version.
37 — 43
?
Mobile
Android webview Chrome for Android Edge Mobile Firefox for Android Opera for Android iOS Safari Samsung Internet
Basic support 56 56 Yes 44 43
43
Promise based version.
37 — 43
? 6.0

See also

© 2005–2018 Mozilla Developer Network and individual contributors.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/getStreamById