Create a Live Video Chat Using Laravel, Reverb, WebRTC, JS

Create an auth controller in Laravel to handle login, wire routes for show login form and post login, and implement csrf-protected request handling.

Build a Laravel home page with a reusable base layout. Create a home controller, define routes, and blade components for the user list and profile.

Implement a logout flow by adding a guest/auth route group and a logout method; invalidate the session, regenerate the csrf token, and redirect to login.

Route a username to a profile page, fetch the user data in the controller, and render profile name, image, and a conditional call button in the profile component.

Build a live user search with Ajax by creating a search.js, binding keyup events, and querying a Laravel route to fetch results from the database while including the CSRF token.

Learn to implement a Laravel ajax search: validate input, build a like-based query on name or username, return a JSON response, and render results with jQuery.

Define a register route and form, validate inputs, and create a new user in the database; hash the password, log the user in, and redirect to the home page.

Update account settings by validating and saving profile changes via a dedicated form request, covering name, username, email, password, and profile image with server-side validation.

Update a user profile by conditionally hashing a new password, handling optional inputs, uploading and replacing profile images using storage and public links, with a success message.

WebRTC enables real-time video and audio in browsers via peer-to-peer connections, using JavaScript APIs, signaling, offers and answers, and STUN/TURN to traverse firewalls.

Set up and test real-time video chat in a Laravel app by configuring WebSocket with Laravel Reverb, Laravel Echo, and WebRTC, and implementing event broadcasting through channels and whisper.

Define a get user route and controller to fetch current or targeted user data, then fetch via Ajax, and broadcast through WebSocket to signal call status.

Ask for user camera and microphone permissions, use the local stream with WebRTC to start a video call via WebSocket signaling, and display the local and remote video feeds.

Display a call popup showing the sender's name and profile image with accept or reject controls, using the call popup blade file and JavaScript to manage WebRTC connections.

Check if the receiver is already on a call by evaluating the WebRTC connection state, and show a busy message or call-accept/reject popup accordingly.

Gather media and networking data from current user, generate a WebRTC offer with ice, attach local tracks, and send the offer to the receiver to start a peer-to-peer video call.

Create the answer handler to process the client offer, set the remote description, generate and send the client answer with the local description to establish the WebRTC P2P call.

Display the live video call by revealing the video container with remote and local video, and hide the profile and footer areas after a successful P2P connection.

Display the username for both caller and receiver during a live video call and fix issue when users are in different browsers by using the correct sender and receiver IDs.