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HTML
<button disabled>
take a snapshot</button>
<video></video>
JavaScript
const vid = document.querySelector('video');
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({video: true}) // request cam
.then(stream => {
vid.srcObject = stream; // don't use createObjectURL(MediaStream)
return vid.play(); // returns a Promise
})
.then(()=>{ // enable the button
const btn = document.querySelector('button');
btn.disabled = false;
btn.onclick = e => {
takeASnap()
.then(download);
};
});
function takeASnap(){
const canvas = document.createElement('canvas'); // create a canvas
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'); // get its context
canvas.width = vid.videoWidth; // set its size to the one of the video
canvas.height = vid.videoHeight;
ctx.drawImage(vid, 0,0); // the video
return new Promise((res, rej)=>{
canvas.toBlob(res, 'image/jpeg'); // request a Blob from the canvas
});
}
function download(blob){
// uses the <a download> to download a Blob
let a = document.createElement('a');
a.href = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
a.download = 'screenshot.jpg';
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
}