GET https://127.0.0.1:9000/peerjs/peerjs/id?ts=14993271469660.591159722513086 net::ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED

Question

I have created a simple video chat app using javascript's webRTC library peerjs. And now I am trying to deploy the site on zeit.co. But I get the error when a peerjs instance gets created Below is the code where I have mentioned ports and host to run the server

Server side code

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const path = require('path')
const server = require('http').createServer(app)
const io = require('socket.io').listen(server)

const srv = server.listen(3000)

app.use('/peerjs', require('peer').ExpressPeerServer(srv, {
    debug: true
}))

const users = []
const connections = []

server.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('server running')
})

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, 'public')))

app.get('/', (req, res) => {

})

Client side code

const peerObj = {
  host: '127.0.0.1',
  path: '/peerjs',
  debug: 3,
  config: {icerServers: [
    { url: 'stun:stun1.l.google.com:19302' },
    { url: 'turn:numb.viagenie.ca',
      credential: 'muazkh',
      username: '[email protected]' }
  ]}
}

peer = new Peer(peerObj)

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Answer 1

I have found a solution for my question. Actually peer server runs on http, and for making it run on https, we have to generate a ssl key and certificate. Even after generating the keys and certificates it will only run on local host and the systems connected to that network.

There is a peer server hosted on heroku, so it is running on https, rather than running your own peer server, we can mention the path of the heroku peer server and then host the app on some hosting website, The app will run properly. Below is my new client side code

peer = new Peer({host:'peerjs-server.herokuapp.com', secure:true, port:443})

and this will run the app properly.