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Javascript API for IOS Iphone 3G for camera access

Is there a way to access the iPhone 3G camera via JavaScript to capture a photo and then utilize this photo in an HTML POST? I came across an API called PhoneGap but from a search on here it only mentioned for the IPhone 4. I was hoping to find something that would work on the 3G and 3GS models.

Solution

  • Although this is an old question, I wanted to add that this feature is coming to The Web and is already implemented in some browsers.

    navigator.getMedia = (
    navigator.getUserMedia ||
    navigator.webkitGetUserMedia ||
    navigator.mozGetUserMedia ||
    navigator.msGetUserMedia);

    There is a W3C Specification for getUserMedia.

    Although this actually gets you video, you can then take a still image from that video stream.

    There are lots of APIs coming to the browser - so good times ahead!