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include the data rate for streams in the up direction, and the average
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include the data rate for streams in the up direction, and the average
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audio energy (the square of the volume) for streams in the down direction.
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audio energy (the square of the volume) for streams in the down direction.
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--- Juliusz Chroboczek <https://www.irif.fr/~jch/>
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# Peer-to-peer file transfer
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Galene's client allows users to transfer files during a meeting. The
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protocol is peer-to-peer: the clients exchange network parameters and
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cryptographic keys through the server (over messages of type
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`usermessage`), but all file transfer is performed directly between the
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peers.
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An in-progress file transfer is represented by a JavaScript object of
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class `TransferredFile`. This object implements a finite state automaton
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whose current state is encoded as a string in the field `state`. It obeys
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the following state transitions:
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```
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(empty string) ⟶ inviting ⟶ connecting ⟶ connected ⟶ done ⟶ closed
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(any state) ⟶ cancelled ⟶ closed
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```
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## Downloading files
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A client that wishes to participate in the file transfer protocol must set
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up the `onfiletransfer` callback of the `ServerConnection` object.
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```javascript
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serverConnection.onfiletransfer = function(transfer) {
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...
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};
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```
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This callback will be called whenever a file transfer is initiated, either
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by the remote or by the local peer. The callback receives a single value
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of class `TransferredFile`. It should start by setting up the `onevent`
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callback, which is called whenever the state of the transfer changes and
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whenever data is received:
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```javascript
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transfer.onevent = func(state, data) {
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...
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};
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```
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The direction of the file transfer is indicated by the value of the
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boolean `this.up`, which is false in the case of a donwload.
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The callback may immediately reject the file transfer by either throwing
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an exception or by calling `transfer.cancel` and returning. If the file
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transfer is not immediately rejected, the callback should set up an
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`onevent` callback on the `TransferredFile` object:
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```javascript
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transfer.onevent = func(state, data) {
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...
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};
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```
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It must then arrange for either `transfer.receive` or `transfer.cancel` to
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be called, for example from an `onclick` callback.
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The `onevent` callback will then be repeatedly called, which can be used
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e.g. to present a progress bar to the user. Eventually, the `onevent`
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callback will be called with `state` equal to either `cancelled` or
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`done`; in the latter case, the transferred data is passed as a `Blob` in
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the `data` parameter of the callback.
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## Uploading files
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A file upload is initiated by calling the `sendFile` method of the class
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`ServerConnection`.
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```javascript
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serverConnection.sendFile(userid, file);
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```
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The `userid` parameter is the id of the remote peer. The `file` parameter
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is an object of kind `File`, typically obtained from an `HTMLInputElement`
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with type `file`.
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The `onfiletransfer` callback is then called (with `this.up` set to true),
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and the transfer proceeds analogously to a file download, except that no
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data is passed to the `onevent` callback at the end of the transfer.
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— Juliusz Chroboczek <https://www.irif.fr/~jch/>
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