MediaStream ImageCapture polyfill. Take photos from the browser as easy as .takePhoto().then(processPhoto)
ImageCapture is a polyfill for the MediaStream Image Capture API.
As of June 2017, the ImageCapture spec is relatively stable. Chrome supports the API starting with M59 (earlier versions require setting a flag) and Firefox has partial support behind a flag. See the ImageCapture browser support page for details.
Prior to this API, in order to take a still picture from the device camera, two approaches have been used:
navigator[.mediaDevices].getUserMedia, then use a 2D canvas context to
drawImagefrom that video. The
canvascan return a URL to be used as the
srcattribute of an
element, via
.toDataURL('image/'). (1, 2)
The demo currently shows grabFrame() and takePhoto().
yarn add image-capture
Or, with npm:
npm install --save image-capture
In your JS code:
let videoDevice; let canvas = document.getElementById('canvas'); let photo = document.getElementById('photo');navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({video: true}).then(gotMedia).catch(failedToGetMedia);
function gotMedia(mediaStream) { // Extract video track. videoDevice = mediaStream.getVideoTracks()[0]; // Check if this device supports a picture mode... let captureDevice = new ImageCapture(videoDevice); if (captureDevice) { captureDevice.takePhoto().then(processPhoto).catch(stopCamera); captureDevice.grabFrame().then(processFrame).catch(stopCamera); } }
function processPhoto(blob) { photo.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(blob); }
function processFrame(imageBitmap) { canvas.width = imageBitmap.width; canvas.height = imageBitmap.height; canvas.getContext('2d').drawImage(imageBitmap, 0, 0); }
function stopCamera(error) { console.error(error); if (videoDevice) videoDevice.stop(); // turn off the camera }
photo.addEventListener('load', function () { // After the image loads, discard the image object to release the memory window.URL.revokeObjectURL(this.src); });
Start by constructing a new ImageCapture object:
let captureDevice;navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({video: true}).then(mediaStream => { captureDevice = new ImageCapture(mediaStream.getVideoTracks()[0]); }).catch(...)
Please consult the spec for full detail on the methods.
Takes a video track and returns an ImageCapture object.
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Capture the video stream into a Blob containing a single still image.
Returns a Promise that resolves to a Blob on success, or is rejected with
DOMExceptionon failure.
captureDevice.takePhoto().then(blob => {}).catch(error => ...);
Gather data from the video stream into an ImageBitmap object. The width and height of the ImageBitmap object are derived from the constraints of the video stream track passed to the constructor.
Returns a Promise that resolves to an ImageBitmap on success, or is rejected with
DOMExceptionon failure.
captureDevice.grabFrame().then(imageBitmap => {}).catch(error => ...);
The polyfill has been tested to work in current browsers:
For the widest compatibility, you can additionally load the WebRTC adapter. That will expand support to:
For older browsers that don't support navigator.getUserMedia, you can additionally load Addy Osmani's shim with optional fallback to Flash - getUserMedia.js. Alternatively, the getUserMedia wrapper normalizes error handling and gives an error-first API with cross-browser support.
yarn yarn run dev
npm install npm run dev
To make your server accessible outside of
localhost, run npm/yarn
run lt.
Before committing, make sure you pass yarn/npm
run lintwithout errors, and run yarn/npm
run docsto generate the demo.