web camera API code example

Example 1: javascript navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia

The deprecated Navigator.getUserMedia() method prompts the user for permission
to use up to one video input device (such as a camera or shared screen) and up
to one audio input device (such as a microphone) as the source for a
MediaStream.

If permission is granted, a MediaStream whose video and/or audio tracks come
from those devices is delivered to the specified success callback.  If
permission is denied, no compatible input devices exist, or any other error
condition occurs, the error callback is executed with a MediaStreamError object
describing what went wrong. If the user instead doesn't make a choice at all,
neither callback is executed.

Example 2: navigator user media check if camera is availabe

if (navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices) {
    // Firefox 38+ seems having support of enumerateDevicesx
    navigator.enumerateDevices = function(callback) {
        navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices().then(callback);
    };
}

var MediaDevices = [];
var isHTTPs = location.protocol === 'https:';
var canEnumerate = false;

if (typeof MediaStreamTrack !== 'undefined' && 'getSources' in MediaStreamTrack) {
    canEnumerate = true;
} else if (navigator.mediaDevices && !!navigator.mediaDevices.enumerateDevices) {
    canEnumerate = true;
}

var hasMicrophone = false;
var hasSpeakers = false;
var hasWebcam = false;

var isMicrophoneAlreadyCaptured = false;
var isWebcamAlreadyCaptured = false;

function checkDeviceSupport(callback) {
    if (!canEnumerate) {
        return;
    }

    if (!navigator.enumerateDevices && window.MediaStreamTrack && window.MediaStreamTrack.getSources) {
        navigator.enumerateDevices = window.MediaStreamTrack.getSources.bind(window.MediaStreamTrack);
    }

    if (!navigator.enumerateDevices && navigator.enumerateDevices) {
        navigator.enumerateDevices = navigator.enumerateDevices.bind(navigator);
    }

    if (!navigator.enumerateDevices) {
        if (callback) {
            callback();
        }
        return;
    }

    MediaDevices = [];
    navigator.enumerateDevices(function(devices) {
        devices.forEach(function(_device) {
            var device = {};
            for (var d in _device) {
                device[d] = _device[d];
            }

            if (device.kind === 'audio') {
                device.kind = 'audioinput';
            }

            if (device.kind === 'video') {
                device.kind = 'videoinput';
            }

            var skip;
            MediaDevices.forEach(function(d) {
                if (d.id === device.id && d.kind === device.kind) {
                    skip = true;
                }
            });

            if (skip) {
                return;
            }

            if (!device.deviceId) {
                device.deviceId = device.id;
            }

            if (!device.id) {
                device.id = device.deviceId;
            }

            if (!device.label) {
                device.label = 'Please invoke getUserMedia once.';
                if (!isHTTPs) {
                    device.label = 'HTTPs is required to get label of this ' + device.kind + ' device.';
                }
            } else {
                if (device.kind === 'videoinput' && !isWebcamAlreadyCaptured) {
                    isWebcamAlreadyCaptured = true;
                }

                if (device.kind === 'audioinput' && !isMicrophoneAlreadyCaptured) {
                    isMicrophoneAlreadyCaptured = true;
                }
            }

            if (device.kind === 'audioinput') {
                hasMicrophone = true;
            }

            if (device.kind === 'audiooutput') {
                hasSpeakers = true;
            }

            if (device.kind === 'videoinput') {
                hasWebcam = true;
            }

            // there is no 'videoouput' in the spec.

            MediaDevices.push(device);
        });

        if (callback) {
            callback();
        }
    });
}

// check for microphone/camera support!
checkDeviceSupport(function() {
    document.write('hasWebCam: ', hasWebcam, '<br>');
    document.write('hasMicrophone: ', hasMicrophone, '<br>');
    document.write('isMicrophoneAlreadyCaptured: ', isMicrophoneAlreadyCaptured, '<br>');
    document.write('isWebcamAlreadyCaptured: ', isWebcamAlreadyCaptured, '<br>');
});