HTML
<h1>Take a Selfie With JavaScript
</h1>
<div class="container">
<div class="app">
<a href="#" id="start-camera" class="visible">Touch here to start the app.</a>
<video id="camera-stream"></video>
<img id="snap">
<p id="error-message"></p>
<div class="controls">
<a href="#" id="delete-photo" title="Delete Photo" class="disabled"><i class="material-icons">delete</i></a>
<a href="#" id="take-photo" title="Take Photo"><i class="material-icons">camera_alt</i></a>
<a href="#" id="download-photo" download="selfie.png" title="Save Photo" class="disabled"><i class="material-icons">file_download</i></a>
</div>
<!-- Hidden canvas element. Used for taking snapshot of video. -->
<canvas></canvas>
</div>
</div>
CSS
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,700');
*{
box-sizing: border-box;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
html{
background-color: #fff;
font:normal 16px/1.5 sans-serif;
color: #333;
}
h1{
font: normal 32px/1.5 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
color: #2c3e50;
margin: 50px 0;
text-align: center;
}
.container{
max-width: 1000px;
margin: 50px auto;
padding: 20px;
background-color: #efefef;
}
.app{
width: 100%;
position: relative;
}
.app #start-camera{
display: none;
border-radius: 3px;
max-width: 400px;
color: #fff;
background-color: #448AFF;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 15px;
opacity: 0.8;
margin: 50px auto;
text-align: center;
}
.app video#camera-stream{
display: none;
width: 100%;
}
.app img#snap{
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
z-index: 10;
display: none;
}
.app #error-message{
width: 100%;
background-color: #ccc;
color: #9b9b9b;
font-size: 28px;
padding: 200px 100px;
text-align: center;
display: none;
}
.app .controls{
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
z-index: 20;
display: flex;
align-items: flex-end;
justify-content: space-between;
padding: 30px;
display: none;
}
.app .controls a{
border-radius: 50%;
color: #fff;
background-color: #111;
text-decoration: none;
padding: 15px;
line-height: 0;
opacity: 0.7;
outline: none;
-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;
}
.app .controls a:hover{
opacity: 1;
}
.app .controls a.disabled{
background-color: #555;
opacity: 0.5;
cursor: default;
pointer-events: none;
}
.app .controls a.disabled:hover{
opacity: 0.5;
}
.app .controls a i{
font-size: 18px;
}
.app .controls #take-photo i{
font-size: 32px;
}
.app canvas{
display: none;
}
.app video#camera-stream.visible,
.app img#snap.visible,
.app #error-message.visible
{
display: block;
}
.app .controls.visible{
display: flex;
}
@media(max-width: 1000px){
.container{
margin: 40px;
}
.app #start-camera.visible{
display: block;
}
.app .controls a i{
font-size: 16px;
}
.app .controls #take-photo i{
font-size: 24px;
}
}
@media(max-width: 600px){
.container{
margin: 10px;
}
.app #error-message{
padding: 80px 50px;
font-size: 18px;
}
.app .controls a i{
font-size: 12px;
}
.app .controls #take-photo i{
font-size: 18px;
}
}
JAVASCRIPT
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
// References to all the element we will need.
var video = document.querySelector('#camera-stream'),
image = document.querySelector('#snap'),
start_camera = document.querySelector('#start-camera'),
controls = document.querySelector('.controls'),
take_photo_btn = document.querySelector('#take-photo'),
delete_photo_btn = document.querySelector('#delete-photo'),
download_photo_btn = document.querySelector('#download-photo'),
error_message = document.querySelector('#error-message');
// The getUserMedia interface is used for handling camera input.
// Some browsers need a prefix so here we're covering all the options
navigator.getMedia = ( navigator.getUserMedia ||
navigator.webkitGetUserMedia ||
navigator.mozGetUserMedia ||
navigator.msGetUserMedia);
if(!navigator.getMedia){
displayErrorMessage("Your browser doesn't have support for the navigator.getUserMedia interface.");
}
else{
// Request the camera.
navigator.getMedia(
{
video: true
},
// Success Callback
function(stream){
// Create an object URL for the video stream and
// set it as src of our HTLM video element.
video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
// Play the video element to start the stream.
video.play();
video.onplay = function() {
showVideo();
};
},
// Error Callback
function(err){
displayErrorMessage("There was an error with accessing the camera stream: " + err.name, err);
}
);
}
// Mobile browsers cannot play video without user input,
// so here we're using a button to start it manually.
start_camera.addEventListener("click", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
// Start video playback manually.
video.play();
showVideo();
});
take_photo_btn.addEventListener("click", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
var snap = takeSnapshot();
// Show image.
image.setAttribute('src', snap);
image.classList.add("visible");
// Enable delete and save buttons
delete_photo_btn.classList.remove("disabled");
download_photo_btn.classList.remove("disabled");
// Set the href attribute of the download button to the snap url.
download_photo_btn.href = snap;
// Pause video playback of stream.
video.pause();
});
delete_photo_btn.addEventListener("click", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
// Hide image.
image.setAttribute('src', "");
image.classList.remove("visible");
// Disable delete and save buttons
delete_photo_btn.classList.add("disabled");
download_photo_btn.classList.add("disabled");
// Resume playback of stream.
video.play();
});
function showVideo(){
// Display the video stream and the controls.
hideUI();
video.classList.add("visible");
controls.classList.add("visible");
}
function takeSnapshot(){
// Here we're using a trick that involves a hidden canvas element.
var hidden_canvas = document.querySelector('canvas'),
context = hidden_canvas.getContext('2d');
var width = video.videoWidth,
height = video.videoHeight;
if (width && height) {
// Setup a canvas with the same dimensions as the video.
hidden_canvas.width = width;
hidden_canvas.height = height;
// Make a copy of the current frame in the video on the canvas.
context.drawImage(video, 0, 0, width, height);
// Turn the canvas image into a dataURL that can be used as a src for our photo.
return hidden_canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
}
}
function displayErrorMessage(error_msg, error){
error = error || "";
if(error){
console.error(error);
}
error_message.innerText = error_msg;
hideUI();
error_message.classList.add("visible");
}
function hideUI(){
// Helper function for clearing the app UI.
controls.classList.remove("visible");
start_camera.classList.remove("visible");
video.classList.remove("visible");
snap.classList.remove("visible");
error_message.classList.remove("visible");
}
});