Web/API/RTCErrorEvent/error

The read-only RTCErrorEvent property error contains an RTCError object describing the details of the error which the event is announcing.

Syntax

let errorInfo = rtcErrorEvent.error;

Value

An RTCError object whose properties provide details about the error which has occurred in the context of a WebRTC operation. Since RTCError is based upon DOMException, it includes those properties. Additional properties defined by RTCError are:

errorDetail Read only: A DOMString specifying the WebRTC-specific error code identifying the type of error that occurred.
receivedAlert Read only: An unsigned long integer value indicating the fatal DTLS error which was received from the network. Only valid if the errorDetail string is dtls-failure. If null, no DTLS error was received.
sctpCauseCode Read only: If errorDetail is sctp-failure, this property is a long integer specifying the SCTP cause code indicating the cause of the failed SCTP negotiation. null if the error isn't an SCTP error.
sdpLineNumber Read only: If errorDetail is sdp-syntax-error, this property is a long integer identifying the line number of the SDP on which the syntax error occurred. null if the error isn't an SDP syntax error.
sentAlert Read only: If errorDetail is dtls-failure, this property is an unsigned long integer indicating the fatal DTLS error that was sent out by this device. If null, no DTLS error was transmitted.

All RTCError objects have their name set to OperationError.

Examples

In this example, a handler is established for an RTCDataChannel's error event.

dataChannel.addEventListener("error", (event) => {
  let error = event.error;

  if (error.errorDetail === "sdp-syntax-error") {
    let errLine = error.sdpLineNumber;
    let errMessage = error.message;
    
    let alertMessage = `A syntax error occurred interpreting line ${errLine} of the SDP: ${errMessage}`;
    showMyAlertMessage("Data Channel Error", alertMessage);
  } else {
    terminateMyConnection();
  }
});

If the error is an SDP syntax error—indicated by its errorDetail property being sdp-syntax-error—, a message string is constructed to present the error message and the line number within the SDP at which the error occurred. This message is then displayed using a function called showMyAlertMessage(), which stands in for whatever output mechanism this code might use.

Any other error is treated as terminal, causing a terminateMyConnection() function to be called.

The above example uses addEventListener() to add the handler for error events. You can also use the RTCDataChannel object's onerror event handler property, like this:

dataChannel.onerror = (event) => {
  let error = event.error;

  /* and so forth */
};

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between BrowsersThe definition of 'RTCErrorEvent.error' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`error`	Chrome ?	Edge ?	Firefox ?	IE No support No	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android ?	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS Full support 6	Samsung Internet Android ?

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown

RTCErrorEvent.error by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.