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October 28, 2020 04:29
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Here's how you can capture images via the webcam from a webpage. This also displays the captured images in a stateless manner.
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<!doctype html> | |
<head> | |
<style> | |
/* CSS comes here */ | |
#video { | |
border: 1px solid black; | |
width: 320px; | |
height: 240px; | |
} | |
#photo { | |
border: 1px solid black; | |
width: 320px; | |
height: 240px; | |
} | |
#canvas { | |
display: none; | |
} | |
.camera { | |
width: 340px; | |
display: inline-block; | |
} | |
.output { | |
width: 340px; | |
display: inline-block; | |
} | |
#startbutton { | |
display: block; | |
position: relative; | |
margin-left: auto; | |
margin-right: auto; | |
bottom: 36px; | |
padding: 5px; | |
background-color: #6a67ce; | |
border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7); | |
font-size: 14px; | |
color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1.0); | |
cursor: pointer; | |
} | |
.contentarea { | |
font-size: 16px; | |
font-family: Arial; | |
text-align: center; | |
} | |
</style> | |
<title>My Favorite Sport</title> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div class="contentarea"> | |
<h1> | |
Using Javascript to capture Photo | |
</h1> | |
<div class="camera"> | |
<video id="video">Video stream not available.</video> | |
</div> | |
<div><button id="startbutton">Take photo</button></div> | |
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas> | |
<div class="output"> | |
<img id="photo" alt="The screen capture will appear in this box."> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
<script> | |
/* JS comes here */ | |
(function() { | |
var width = 320; // We will scale the photo width to this | |
var height = 0; // This will be computed based on the input stream | |
var streaming = false; | |
var video = null; | |
var canvas = null; | |
var photo = null; | |
var startbutton = null; | |
function startup() { | |
video = document.getElementById('video'); | |
canvas = document.getElementById('canvas'); | |
photo = document.getElementById('photo'); | |
startbutton = document.getElementById('startbutton'); | |
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ | |
video: true, | |
audio: false | |
}) | |
.then(function(stream) { | |
video.srcObject = stream; | |
video.play(); | |
}) | |
.catch(function(err) { | |
console.log("An error occurred: " + err); | |
}); | |
video.addEventListener('canplay', function(ev) { | |
if (!streaming) { | |
height = video.videoHeight / (video.videoWidth / width); | |
if (isNaN(height)) { | |
height = width / (4 / 3); | |
} | |
video.setAttribute('width', width); | |
video.setAttribute('height', height); | |
canvas.setAttribute('width', width); | |
canvas.setAttribute('height', height); | |
streaming = true; | |
} | |
}, false); | |
startbutton.addEventListener('click', function(ev) { | |
takepicture(); | |
ev.preventDefault(); | |
}, false); | |
clearphoto(); | |
} | |
function clearphoto() { | |
var context = canvas.getContext('2d'); | |
context.fillStyle = "#AAA"; | |
context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height); | |
var data = canvas.toDataURL('image/png'); | |
photo.setAttribute('src', data); | |
} | |
function takepicture() { | |
var context = canvas.getContext('2d'); | |
if (width && height) { | |
canvas.width = width; | |
canvas.height = height; | |
context.drawImage(video, 0, 0, width, height); | |
var data = canvas.toDataURL('image/png'); | |
photo.setAttribute('src', data); | |
} else { | |
clearphoto(); | |
} | |
} | |
window.addEventListener('load', startup, false); | |
})(); | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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