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Tutorial: how to build a simple video chat application in a few steps

Bistri Team July 23, 2013 demo, engineering, tutorial 5 comments

We’ve just published an howto build a simple video chat application in a few steps:
https://api.developers.bistri.com/tutorial

The code of a complete WebRTC video chat application is given at the end of the page, as a Fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/bistri/DJjcB/

Prerequisites:

  • Bistri Conference is compatible only with WebRTC enabled browsers: Chrome 23+, Firefox 22
  • You need to create an application on the Bistri Developers portal in order to get your personal API keys (if you don’t already have a developer account, you can freely create one at the following address: https://api.developers.bistri.com/signup)
  • Add Bistri WebRTC lib to your page

The First WebRTC WordPress Plugin: the Bistri Video Conference Button

Bistri Team June 25, 2013 engineering, Wordpress No comments

Tada! the Bistri Video Conference Button is on WordPress!
One clic and your visitors can see you and 2 other people in video!

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Bistri is coming up on WordPress with a first plugin that displays a customizable “join the conference” button on your blog / site. Your visitors just click on this button to make a video conference with you, without anything to download or install. No account to create, no need to be your “friend”…
http://wordpress.org/plugins/bistri-video-conference/

A few options give you the possibility to customize the button appearance (label, room name, …)

http://wordpress.org/plugins/bistri-video-conference/

Bistri Video Conference settings panel:

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This is how the Bistri Video Conference button looks like on a page or a post of your WordPress:

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4 clicks later on your button could look like that:

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NB: for those who doesn’t use WordPress, your can use this snippet:
https://api.developers.bistri.com/widget

Bistri chooses 3scale API Management Infrastructure to Empower WebRTC Video Conferencing

Bistri Team June 24, 2013 engineering No comments

Bistri, the fast growing cloud-based communication platform based on WebRTC, choose 3scale, the creator of Out-of-the-Box API management infrastructure, to launch, manage, and productize Bistri’s API.

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Bistri offers “the most complete suite of communication tools using the new WebRTC technology inside the web browser” said Gartner. Bistri’s service includes in one single screen instant messaging, presence, notifications, voice and video chat, file transfer, and private storage space.

3scale helps companies like Bistri to remove obstacles to adoption and to unleash the power of their API.

“Flexible and totally customizable, the possibilities of integration offered by 3scale are much higher than the other solutions on the market. Thanks to 3scale, Bistri has been able to release the first version of its API in a few weeks, offering Video Calling, Video Conferencing, Screen Sharing, and Data Channels” said Arnaud Budkiewicz, Bistri CEO.

The Bistri Platform let the developers integrate the main WebRTC features in many ways:

  • in a few clicks in WordPress,
  • in a few lines of Javascript with the Bistri snippets,
  • an advanced customization with the Bistri API.

No set up fee to start, all our plans offer unlimited minutes of communication.

The First WebRTC WordPress Widget: the Bistri Video Calling Button

Bistri Team June 10, 2013 engineering, Wordpress 1 comment
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Tada! the Bistri Video Calling Button is on WordPress!
One clic and your visitors can see you in video!

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Bistri is just coming up on WordPress with a first widget that displays a customizable button on your blog / site. Your visitors just click on this button to make a video call with you, without anything to download or install. No account to create, no need to be your “friend”…
http://wordpress.org/plugins/bistri-video-call-button/

Bistri Video Call Button settings panel:
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Bistri Video Call Button widget included in a side bar:
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NB: for those who doesn’t use WordPress, your can use this snippet:
http://developers.bistri.com/widgets-button/