Web/API/RTCIceCandidate/protocol

The RTCIceCandidate interface's read-only protocol property is a string which indicates whether the candidate uses UDP or TCP as its transport protocol. protocol is null by default if not specified properly in the SDP, but this is an error condition and will result in a thrown exception when you call RTCPeerConnection.addIceCandidate().

The protocol property's value is set when the RTCIceCandidate() constructor is used. The value is automatically extracted from the candidate a-line, if it's formatted properly.

Syntax

var protocol = RTCIceCandidate.protocol;

Value

A DOMString which indicates what network protocol the candidate uses, UDP or TCP. These values are defined by the enumerated type RTCIceProtocol:

tcp

The candidate, if selected, would use TCP as the transport protocol for its data. The tcpType property provides additional information about the kind of TCP candidate represented by the object.

udp

The candidate will use the UDP transport protocol for its data. This is the preferred protocol for media interactions because of its better performance profile.

Note: If protocol is null — and protocol is supported by the user agent — passing the candidate to addIceCandidate() will fail, throwing an OperationError exception.

Usage notes

Here's an example candidate a-line from an ICE transaction:

a=candidate:4234997325 1 udp 2043278322 192.168.0.56 44323 typ host

The third field, "udp", is the protocol type, indicating that the candidate would use the UDP transport protocol.

Example

This code snippet examines the value of protocol to decide if it should look at the value of tcpType to see if it's a simultaneous-open (S-O) candidate.

if (candidate.protocol == "tcp") {
  if (candidate.tcpType == "so") {
    adjustForSimultaneousOpen(candidate);
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WebRTC 1.0: Real-time Communication Between BrowsersThe definition of 'RTCIceCandidate.protocol' 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
protocol	Chrome Full support 74	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera No support No	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support 74	Chrome Android Full support 74	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android No support No	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support 11.0

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RTCIceCandidate.protocol by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.