Peer to Peer Connection in Windows Store App (HTML/JS)

Question

I'd like to know if anyone has managed to set up a peer-to-peer app for the Windows Store using HTML5 and JavaScript. Basically I want app client A to be able to connect and send data to app client B via a TCP or UDP socket (the problem I'm facing seems to be irrelevant to the socket type).

My main problem is that I am unsure how to obtain a suitable IP/port which the other client would be able to connect to. It seems like there would be issues with router firewalls and whatnot, but MS claims that peer-to-peer is possible.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Edit: I cannot use a third party service for communicating the data, because I want my app to be able to connect with other applications besides the one I'm writing. So something standard like TCP sockets is necessary.

Answer 1

Take a look at TideSDK for the desktop app development with web technology.

I don't know is TideSDK provide an API to access TCP or UDP communication, may be you could try read the docs. IMO best is you need to create a server to handle 1:1 connection between clients.

If you dont want to get mess with the server, you should get to know PubNub and Pusher