RTCSessionDescription.type

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

The property RTCSessionDescription.type is a read-only value of type RTCSdpType which describes the description's type.

Syntax

var value = sessionDescription.type;
sessionDescription.type = value;

Value

The possible values are defined by an enum of type RTCSdpType.

The allowed values are those of an enum of type RTCSdpType:

  • "offer", the description is the initial proposal in an offer/answer exchange.
  • "answer", the description is the definitive choice in an offer/answer exchange.
  • "pranswer", the description is a provisional answer and may be changed when the definitive choice will be given.
  • "rollback", the description rolls back to offer/answer state to the last stable state.

Example

// The remote description has been set previously on pc, a RTCPeerconnection

alert(pc.remoteDescription.type);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
type
Yes
15
Yes
No
Yes
11
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
11
Yes

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCSessionDescription/type