{"json_modified": "2016-06-02T09:11:26.931645", "uuid": "f961b244-6f5c-4416-860e-d536d862e888", "title": "datachannel", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/Events/datachannel", "tags": ["RTCDataChannel", "WebRTC", "Reference", "Experimental", "datachannel", "events", "Events"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-06-02T09:11:27", "label": "datachannel", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 124511, "last_edit": "2016-06-02T09:11:23", "summary": "A <strong><code>datachannel</code></strong> event informs the target, a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection\" title=\"The RTCPeerConnection interface represents a WebRTC connection between the local computer and a remote peer. It provides methods to connect to a remote peer, maintain and monitor the connection, and close the connection once it's no longer needed.\"><code>RTCPeerConnection</code></a> object, that a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCDataChannel\" title=\"The RTCDataChannel interface represents a bi-directional data channel between two peers of a connection.\"><code>RTCDataChannel</code></a> has been added to the connection, as a result of a call to <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/createDataChannel\" title=\"The createDataChannel() method on the RTCPeerConnection interface creates a new channel over which any kind of data may be transmitted. This can be useful for back-channel content such as images, file transfer, text chat, game update packets, and so forth.\"><code>RTCPeerConnection.createDataChannel()</code></a> by the remote peer.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "General_info", "title": "General info"}, {"id": "Properties", "title": "Properties"}, {"id": "Methods", "title": "Methods"}, {"id": "Related_Events", "title": "Related Events"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/Events/datachannel", "review_tags": []}