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# MatrixRTC SDK (EXPERIMENTAL)
`@element-hq/matrixrtc-sdk` is the call model under Element Call, on its own:
MatrixRTC memberships and transports, media connections, publishing, E2EE keys and
the media of every member, as observables. It has no UI. Element Call's own
`CallViewModel` is meant to become one consumer of it. The design is in
[`SdkArchitecture.md`](./SdkArchitecture.md), the migration from the view model
in [`SdkMigration.md`](./SdkMigration.md). Media goes through one media backend
behind `MediaBackend`; LiveKit, under `src/media-backend/livekit/`, is the only one
today and the only place that imports `livekit-client`.
**Status:** first implementation. `createMatrixRTCClient` joins the session, connects to
the transport, publishes the local media and exposes every member's media; the
development harness and its e2e tests in `playwright/sdk` drive it, and Element
Call's own `CallViewModel` is built on it. It depends on nothing in Element Call's
`src/`.
## Using it
```ts
import {
createMatrixRTCClient,
E2eeType,
MatrixRTCMode,
ObservableScope,
} from "@element-hq/matrixrtc-sdk";
const scope = new ObservableScope();
const rtcClient = createMatrixRTCClient(
scope,
client, // a matrix-js-sdk MatrixClient, logged in and syncing
room, // the matrix-js-sdk Room, from client.getRoom() once the join has synced
{
encryptionSystem: { kind: E2eeType.PER_PARTICIPANT },
matrixRTCMode: MatrixRTCMode.Compatibility,
publish: [{ source: "microphone" }, { source: "camera" }],
},
);
rtcClient.join();
rtcClient.remoteMembers$.subscribe((members) => {
// each member has displayName$, tracks$ and more; a media track is rendered
// by handing it a <video> or <audio> element: track.attach(element)
});
// later
rtcClient.leave();
scope.end();
```
[`dev/main.ts`](./dev/main.ts) is this example as a working page.
## Development
Everything runs from the repository root. This directory is a pnpm project of its
own only so that a host can install it as a git dependency (see
`pnpm-workspace.yaml`).
```sh
pnpm dev:sdk # the harness, https://localhost:3002
pnpm build:sdk # dist/matrixrtc-sdk.js and dist/types
pnpm test:playwright playwright/sdk # needs `pnpm backend`
```
## Installing
```sh
pnpm add github:element-hq/element-call#<ref>&path:/sdk
```
The host supplies `matrix-js-sdk`, `livekit-client` and `rxjs`; the build leaves
them external.