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# Events

The client instance emits events that you can listen to, in particular you should use the 'connection' event to detect when the clients are connected and ready for communication.

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<summary>connection</summary>

Fired when both peers are connected and ready for communication.

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<summary>message</summary>

(message: Buffer) => void

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Fired when a message was sent using the "send" method.

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