This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The RTCDataChannel.onbufferedamountlow property is an EventHandler which specifies a function the browser calls when the bufferedamountlow event is sent to the RTCDataChannel. This event, which is represented by a simple Event object, is sent when the amount of data buffered to be sent falls to or below the threshold specified by the channel's bufferedAmountLowThreshold.
See Buffering in Using WebRTC data channels to learn more about how to work with the data channel buffer.
Syntax
RTCDataChannel.onbufferedamountlow = function;
Value
A function which the browser will call to handle the bufferedamountlow event. This function receives as its only input parameter a simple Event object representing the event which has occurred.
Example
This example responds to the bufferedamountlow event by fetching up to 64kB of a file represented by an object source and calling RTCDataChannel.send() to queue up the retrieved data for sending on the data channel.
pc = new RTCPeerConnection();
dc = pc.createDataChannel("SendFile");
/* ... */
dc.onbufferedamountlow = function() {
if (source.position <= source.length) {
dc.send(source.readFile(65536));
}
}
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between Browsers The definition of 'RTCDataChannel.onbufferedamountlow' in that specification. |
Candidate Recommendation | Initial specification. |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
onbufferedamountlow | Chrome
Full support
57
| Edge
Full support
≤79
| Firefox Full support Yes | IE No support No | Opera
Full support
44
| Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android
Full support
57
| Chrome Android
Full support
57
| Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android
Full support
43
| Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
7.0
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
