Is there a way to programmatically check if there are other connected peers?

[raine]

I believe the connected peers are on the Awareness object, provider.awareness. So maybe provider.awareness.getStates() (untested).

@bravoy93

// This is what I need to do
if (!provider.someMethodThatReturnsConnectedPeersList?.length) {
  monacoText.insert(0, initialContent);
}

Keep in mind that clients can always be offline, or connecting at the same time, so it’s entirely possible that two clients will insert initialContent. See a larger discussion of setting initial content here: Initial offline value of a shared document - #25 by joshuafontany.