Doesn't work in this case

[Zibri]

Phone A connected to someprovider Phone B connected to someotherprovider

Since both A and B are behind NAT, sharedrop doesn't work as it is now. But WebRTC has a mechanism for this. All you have to do is to use a TURN server with relay.

[szimek]

I don't think it will ever be supported, unless someone can find or sponsor a free TURN server with high enough transfer limit. It would be great to at least show an error in this case, though.

[Zibri]

anyone can setup such a serve using coturn on their own computer.

Also, I have found a way to always have a turn server available, but I can't discuss it here.

[szimek]

Feel free to create a PR that adds such option, but like I said - the hosted version of ShareDrop won't support it unless someone can provide a TURN server.

[Zibri]

if I want to install locally sharedrop from the source, what do I have to do? It's not clear in the readme. I just want to run a locally hosted version to do some tests.

[szimek]

I set it up a few years ago and haven't touch it since then, so I have no idea if it's going to work.

I think it should be enough though:

• clone the repo
• run yarn to install all dependencies
• run cp .env{.sample,} to create .env file
  • SECRET key is used to encrypt cookies and generate room name based on public IP address for / route. It can be any random string - you can generate one using e.g. date | md5sum
  • you need to set FIREBASE_URL and FIREBASE_SECRET as well (there's info how to create it in the README)
• run yarn run dev to start the app