HTML-JavaScript WebCam Access API

SAURABH SHARMA
1 min readNov 25, 2020

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This is a simple html code with code snippet of the javascript for accessing the webcam of you laptop (Mac/Windows/Linux-Fedora/Ubuntu)

<html>

<head>

<meta charset=”utf-8" />

<title>::| www.TechShareZone.co.uk |:: Webcam-access</title>

<style>

#videoElement {

border: 30px solid #ccc;

background: green;

width: 400px;

height: 400px

}

</style>

</head>

<body>

<button>Start camera</button>

<br/>

<video autoplay=”true” id=”videoElement”></video>

<script type=”text/javascript”>

var video = document.querySelector(“#videoElement”);

navigator.getUserMedia = navigator.getUserMedia || navigator.webkitGetUsermedia

|| navigator.mozGetUserMedia || navigato.msGetUserMedia || navigator.oGetUserMedia;

if(navigator.getUserMedia){

navigator.getUserMedia({video:true}, handleVideo, videoError)

}

function handleVideo(stream){

video.srcObject = stream;

video.play();

}

function videoError(e){}

</script>

</body>

</html>

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SAURABH SHARMA

Technology Enthusiast and Open Source Technology advocate