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javascriptjqueryhtmlcamera

Take picture from webcam or mobile camera in web applications

I'm developing a web application which browse and take pictures from local and also I want to capture images through the camera. Im using the following code and i can capture device camera. 

<input type="file" capture="camera" accept="image/*" id="cameraInput" name="cameraInput">

Now, I want to get the image and onchangeevent, convert to base64 and want to show in that page itself.

Kindly help me guys!

Solution

  • You can do it like this:

    $('#cameraInput').on('change', function(e){
 $data = e.originalEvent.target.files[0];
  $reader = new FileReader();
  reader.onload = function(evt){
  $('#your_img_id').attr('src',evt.target.result);
  reader.readAsDataUrl($data);
}});