5.4. Modifying an Offer or Answer

5.4. Modifying an Offer or Answer

The SDP returned from createOffer or createAnswer MUST NOT be changed before passing it to setLocalDescription. If precise control over the SDP is needed, the aforementioned createOffer/createAnswer options or RtpTransceiver APIs MUST be used.

After calling setLocalDescription with an offer or answer, the application MAY modify the SDP to reduce its capabilities before sending it to the far side, as long as it follows the rules above that define a valid JSEP offer or answer. Likewise, an application that has received an offer or answer from a peer MAY modify the received SDP, subject to the same constraints, before calling setRemoteDescription.

As always, the application is solely responsible for what it sends to the other party, and all incoming SDP will be processed by the JSEP implementation to the extent of its capabilities. It is an error to assume that all SDP is well formed; however, one should be able to assume that any implementation of this specification will be able to process, as a remote offer or answer, unmodified SDP coming from any other implementation of this specification.