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> I'm assuming they mean the file isn't transferred through the server but directly (WebRTC?) Why are you assuming so, checking how it works is trivial if you

> I'm assuming they mean the file isn't transferred through the server but directly (WebRTC?) Why are you assuming so, checking how it works is trivial if you open up the Network inspector. I did so in Chrome, and as I said in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29225472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29225472, uploading happens by doing a POST request to the server, and fetching happens by doing a PUT request, not sure why people keep re-iterating that it's probably WebRTC when it's really not, this is just a very basic, centralized server that does the receiving/sending of the file... And what do you mean "host your own instance"? There is no source code available from the website, so how would you host it exactly?

jeroenhd 5y ago
There is WebRTC code in the javascript source. It looks like some kind of POST/PUT code is used to exchange metadata about the files, but the files themselves don't seem to get transferred to the server. Or maybe you're seeing different behaviour from everyone else because WebRTC is not behaving right and you're getting the fallback behaviour? The "with no server involvement" part of the title is definitely wrong, this needs some kind of server to orchestrate the transfer itself. The server doesn't seem to receive the file contents, though.
- remram 5y ago
  That sounds like a lot of "server involvement" to me.
- capableweb 5y ago
  > Or maybe you're seeing different behaviour from everyone else because WebRTC is not behaving right and you're getting the fallback behaviour? Could be. I've tried it in both Firefox (94.0.1) and Chrome (93.0.4577.63) on Linux (5.15.2), maybe they fallback based on OS if so? Weird, as other websites have no trouble using WebRTC with either Firefox or Chrome for me.
  - Kiro 5y ago
    You can't see WebRTC in the normal Network tab. Go to chrome://webrtc-internals/ and you will see the WebRTC action.

jeroenhd 5y ago

There is WebRTC code in the javascript source. It looks like some kind of POST/PUT code is used to exchange metadata about the files, but the files themselves don't seem to get transferred to the server. Or maybe you're seeing different behaviour from everyone else because WebRTC is not behaving right and you're getting the fallback behaviour? The "with no server involvement" part of the title is definitely wrong, this needs some kind of server to orchestrate the transfer itself. The server doesn't seem to receive the file contents, though.

remram 5y ago
That sounds like a lot of "server involvement" to me.
capableweb 5y ago
> Or maybe you're seeing different behaviour from everyone else because WebRTC is not behaving right and you're getting the fallback behaviour? Could be. I've tried it in both Firefox (94.0.1) and Chrome (93.0.4577.63) on Linux (5.15.2), maybe they fallback based on OS if so? Weird, as other websites have no trouble using WebRTC with either Firefox or Chrome for me.
- Kiro 5y ago
  You can't see WebRTC in the normal Network tab. Go to chrome://webrtc-internals/ and you will see the WebRTC action.