RingCentral WebPhone Library
The RingCentral WebPhone Library includes a JavaScript WebRTC library and a WebRTC phone demo app.
Prerequisites
- You will need an active RingCentral account. Don't have an account? Get your Free RingCentral Developer Account Now!
- App type should be either :
- Browser-Based
- Server/Web
Browser Compatibility
Currently, we officially support Google Chrome browser. Official support for Firefox and Safari browsers are coming soon.
Network Requirements
Please visit Network Requirement links below
- Condensed Requirements: https://netstorage.ringcentral.com/guides/network_condensed.pdf
- Extended Requirements: https://netstorage.ringcentral.com/guides/network_extended.pdf
Table of Contents
- Installation
- Usage
- Configuring your RingCentral app
- Include Library And HTML Elements
- Application
- Demo
- API
- Initiating The Call
- Accepting Incoming Call
- DTMF
- Hold Unhold
- Mute Unmute
- Park
- Flip
- Transfer
- Warm Transfer
- Forward
- Start/Stop Recording
- Barge/Whisper
Installation
npm install ringcentral-web-phone
// or
bower install ringcentral-web-phone
If you are not using Bower or NPM:
- Download SIP.JS: https://sipjs.com/download/sip-0.13.5.js
- Download WebPhone SDK: https://github.com/ringcentral/ringcentral-web-phone/releases/latest
- Download audio files:
Usage
Configuring your RingCentral app
Ensure your app has the following properties set. If these are not set, the error specified will be returned.
App Property | Value | Error if not set |
---|---|---|
Permissions | VoIP Calling |
Specific application permission required |
Platform type | Browser-based |
Client edition is not compatible with current Brand |
Since WebRTC enables dialing out, you need to have a DIGITAL LINE
attached to an extension to use this capability. You can configure this in Online Web Portal for Production and Sandbox accounts. More information on Digital Lines and their configuration is available in the following RingCentral Knowledge Base article topics:
- Digital Line Overview (KB 5862)
- Adding a Digital Line (KB 3136). A limited number of Digital Lines are free with each sandbox account which can be configured with the free RingCentral for Desktop softphone.
- Reassigning an Existing Digital Line (KB 3748)
These permissions be configured for your app in the RingCentral Developer Portal. Fill this Registration Form to get access to WebRTC permissions. Please contact devsupport@ringcentral.com to request these permissions.
Include Library And HTML Elements
<video id="remoteVideo" hidden="hidden"></video>
<video id="localVideo" hidden="hidden" muted="muted"></video>
<script src=".../sip.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src=".../ringcentral-web-phone.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
Application
For this example you will also need to have RingCentral JS SDK installed.
Configure the web-phone
var appKey = '...';
var appSecret = '...';
var appName = '...';
var appVersion = '...';
var sdk = new RingCentral.SDK({
appKey: appKey,
appSecret: appSecret,
appName: appName,
appVersion: appVersion,
server: RingCentral.SDK.server.production // or .sandbox
});
var remoteVideoElement = document.getElementById('remoteVideo');
var localVideoElement = document.getElementById('localVideo');
var platform = sdk.platform();
platform
.login({
username: '...',
password: '...'
})
.then(function(loginResponse) {
return platform
.post('/client-info/sip-provision', {
sipInfo: [{transport: 'WSS'}]
})
.then(function(res) { // Doing nested then because we need loginResponse in a simple way
return new RingCentral.WebPhone(res.json(), { // optional
appKey: appKey,
appName: appName,
appVersion: appVersion,
uuid: loginResponse.json().endpoint_id,
logLevel: 1, // error 0, warn 1, log: 2, debug: 3
audioHelper: {
enabled: true, // enables audio feedback when web phone is ringing or making a call
incoming: 'path-to-audio/incoming.ogg', // path to audio file for incoming call
outgoing: 'path-to-audio/outgoing.ogg' // path to aduotfile for outgoing call
},
media:{
remote: remoteVideoElement,
local: localVideoElement
},
//to enable QoS Analytics Feature
enableQos:true
});
});
})
.then(function(webPhone){
// YOUR CODE HERE
})
.catch(function(e){
console.error(e.stack);
});
Demo
$ git clone https://github.com/ringcentral/ringcentral-web-phone.git
$ cd ringcentral-web-phone
$ npm start
- Open
http://localhost:8080/demo/
in the browser (port may change if8080
will be already used by other app) - If your Application is of the Scope
Server/Web
Browser-Based
Then you would need to addhttp://localhost:8080/demo/callback.html
as the OAuth Redirect URI for the application in Developer Portal - Add your RC credentials and click on
Register
- For making outbound calls, enter phone number and click on
Call
- For receiving incoming calls, Click on
Accept
button when window pops up (will be visible when there is an incoming call)
If there's any connection problems to Sandbox environment, you may need to switch to the Production environment.
WebRTC works with issues when served from file system directly to browser (e.g. file://
protocol), so you will need a local HTTP server (comes with this package).
Online demo is hosted at http://ringcentral.github.io/ringcentral-web-phone
** NOTE : If you are using the online demo, please add http://ringcentral.github.io/ringcentral-web-phone/callback.html
to the app's OAuth Redirect URI
API
Except for some RingCentral-specific features the API is 100% the same as SIP.JS: http://sipjs.com/api/0.13.0: most of the time you will be working with RC-flavored UserAgent and Session objects of SIP.JS.
We encourage you to take a look at Guides section, especially Make A Call and Receive A Call articles.
Constructor
var webPhone = new RingCentral.WebPhone(provisionData, options);
- Provision Data — the JSON returned from
/client-info/sip-provision
API endpoint - Options — object with various configuration options that adjust WebPhone behavior
appKey
— your application keyappName
— your application short code nameappVersion
— your application versionuuid
— manually provide the unique identifier of WebPhone instance (should persist between page reloads)logLevel
— controls verboseness in browser console0
— Errors only (good for production)1
— Errors & warnings2
— Errors, warnings, logs3
— Everything including debug information (good for development)
audioHelper
— audio feedback when web phone is ringing or making a callenabled
— turns feedback on and offincoming
— path toincoming.ogg
, audio file for incoming calloutgoing
— path tooutgoing.ogg
, audio file for outgoing call
onSession
— this callback will be fired each time User Agent starts working with session (incoming or outgoing)enableQos:true
— will enable quality of service for webRTC calls , you can view the voice quality of calls in analytics portal
Attaching Media Streams
For futher information, refer SIP.js guide to attach media
Initiating The Call
var session = webPhone.userAgent.invite('PHONE_NUMBER', {
fromNumber: 'PHONE_NUMBER', // Optional, Company Number will be used as default
homeCountryId: '1' // Optional, the value of
});
Accepting Incoming Call
webPhone.userAgent.on('invite', function(session){
session.accept().then(...);
});
DTMF
Callee will be put on hold and the another person can join into the call by dialing the extension number announced within the call.
session.dtmf('DTMF_DIGITS').then(...);
Hold Unhold
Callee will be put on hold and the another person can join into the call by dialing the extension number announced within the call.
session.hold().then(...);
session.unhold().then(...);
Mute Unmute
Callee will be put on mute or unmute
session.mute();
session.unmute();
Park
Callee will be put on hold and the another person can join into the call by dialing the extension number announced within the call.
session.park().then(...);
Flip
Caller can filp calls to different devices logged in through the same credentials.
session.flip('TARGET_NUMBER').then(...);
Transfer
session.transfer('TARGET_NUMBER').then(...);
Warm Transfer
If an agent has an active call with a customer and needs to transfer this call to a supervisor, then agent puts existing call on hold, makes a call to a supervisor and when ready performs a warm transfer. Customer will be connected to supervisor and the call between customer and agent will be disconnected.
Warm transfer puts current line on hold (if not done yet) then takes an existing line from arguments and makes transfer.
session.hold().then(function(){
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
var newSession = webPhone.userAgent.invite('PHONE_NUMBER', {
media: {}
});
// when ready call the following code, for example when user clicks "Complete Transfer" button
document.getElementById('complete-transfer').addEventListener('click', function(){
resolve(session.warmTransfer(newSession));
});
});
}).then(...).catch(...);
Forward
session.forward('TARGET_NUMBER').then(...);
Start/Stop Recording
session.startRecord().then(...);
session.stopRecord().then(...);
Barge/Whisper
Not yet implemented. Could be done by dialing *83. The account should be enabled for barge/whisper access through system admin.
Upgrade Procedure from v0.4.X to 0.7.0
-
SDK constructor now allows to add custom UA Configuration parameters like
sessionDescriptionHandlerFactory
,sessionDescriptionHandlerFactoryOptions
-
SDK now handles rendering HTML Media Elements. Pass remoteVideo and localVideo elements via SDK constructor
-
SDK also offers to addTrack() to handle remoteVideo and localVideo elements outside the constructor too
-
SDK sets
sdpSemantics
value toplan-b
. You can now enable unifiedSDP plan by setting the custom UA configuration optionoptions.enableUnifiedSDP
totrue
-
For FireFox browser support
- Client application needs to detect if the browser is firefox.
- Client application needs to set custom UA configuration option 'options.enableMidLinesInSDP' to
true
for browser >= FF v63 for hold functionality to work - QoS feature is not supported on FireFox due to browser related bugs. Please set the custom UA configuration option
options.enableQos
tofalse
Initialization
Before:
webPhone = new RingCentral.WebPhone(data, {
appKey: localStorage.getItem('webPhoneAppKey'),
audioHelper: {
enabled: true
},
logLevel: parseInt(logLevel, 10),
appName: 'WebPhoneDemo',
appVersion: '1.0.0',
});
After:
var remoteVideoElement = document.getElementById('remoteVideo');
var localVideoElement = document.getElementById('localVideo');
webPhone = new RingCentral.WebPhone(data, {
appKey: localStorage.getItem('webPhoneAppKey'),
audioHelper: {
enabled: true
},
logLevel: parseInt(logLevel, 10),
appName: 'WebPhoneDemo',
appVersion: '1.0.0',
media: {
remote: remoteVideoElement,
local: localVideoElement
},
//to enable QoS Analytics Feature
enableQos:true
});
Accept Invites:
Before:
var acceptOptions = {
media: {
render: {
remote: document.getElementById('remoteVideo'),
local: document.getElementById('localVideo')
}
}
};
...
...
session.accept(acceptOptions).then(function() {
...
});;
After:
session.accept().then(function() {
...
})
Send Invite:
Before:
var session = webPhone.userAgent.invite(number, {
media: {
render: {
remote: document.getElementById('remoteVideo'),
local: document.getElementById('localVideo')
}
},
fromNumber: username,
homeCountryId: homeCountryId
});
After:
var session = webPhone.userAgent.invite(number, {
fromNumber: username,
homeCountryId: homeCountryId
});
Compatibility Matrix
Date | SDK | SIPJS | Chrome | Firefox |
---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 2016 | 0.2.0 | 0.6.4 | not known may be v50-70 | |
Apr 2016 | 0.3.0 | 0.7.3 | not known may be v50-70 | |
Jun 2016 | 0.3.1 | 0.7.4 | not known may be v50-70 | |
Aug 2016 | 0.3.2 | 0.7.5 | 54 to 56 | |
Sep 2016 | 0.4.0-RC1 | 0.7.5 | 54 to 56 | |
Jan 2017 | 0.4.0 | 0.7.5 | 54 to 56 | |
Mar 2017 | 0.4.1 | 0.7.7 | 54 to 70, rtcp mux support, media API changes | |
Aug 2017 | 0.4.2 | 0.7.7 | 61 to 70 | |
Aug 2017 | 0.4.3 | 0.7.8 | 61 to 70 | |
Sep 2017 | 0.4.4 | 0.7.8 | 62 to 70 | |
Nov 2017 | 0.4.5 | 0.7.8 | 64 to 70 | |
Jul 2018 | 0.5.0 | 0.10.0 | 68 to 70 | |
Nov 2018 | 0.6.0 | 0.11.3 | 68 to 70 | Regression tested for 62, 63 supported with custom modifiers |
Nov 2018 | 0.6.1 | 0.11.6 | 71+, explicit plan b SDP support |
62 to 64 |
Dec 2018 | 0.6.2 | 0.11.6 | 71+ | 62 to 65 |
Feb 2019 | 0.6.3 | 0.11.6 | 71+ | 62 to 65 , |
Apr 2019 | 0.7.0 | 0.13.5 | 71+ | 62 to 65 , |