react-html5-camera-photo

react-html5-camera-photo

The first objective of this package comes from the need to get the same look and feal of a native mobile camera app but with a react component. For those who want to build with their own css and need an abstraction of getUserMedia() take a look of jslib-html5-camera-photo with react.

Requirement

React

LiveDemo

Demo of react-html5-camera-photo

Installation

npm install --save react-html5-camera-photo

yarn add react-html5-camera-photo

Both Yarn and npm download packages from the npm registry.

Getting started

parameter	Description
onTakePhoto(dataUri):	Event function called when a photo is taken. the dataUri is passed as a parameter.

Minimum ES6 example

import React, { Component } from 'react';
import Camera from 'react-html5-camera-photo';
import 'react-html5-camera-photo/build/css/index.css';

class App extends Component {
  onTakePhoto (dataUri) {
    // Do stuff with the dataUri photo...
    console.log('takePhoto');
  }

  render () {
    return (
      <div className="App">
        <Camera
          onTakePhoto = { (dataUri) => { this.onTakePhoto(dataUri); } }
        />
      </div>
    );
  }
}

export default App;

API

PropTypes

Properties	Type	Description
onCameraError(error): (Optional)	Event	Callback called with the error object as parameter when error occur while opening the camera. Often the permission.
onCameraStart(): (optional)	Event	Callback called when the camera is started.
onTakePhoto(dataUri): (required)	Event	The function called when a photo is taken. the dataUri is passed as a parameter.
idealFacingMode (Optional)	String	The ideal facing mode of the camera, environment or user, the default is the default of the browser.
idealResolution (Optional)	Object	Object of the ideal resolution of the camera, {width: Integer, height: Integer}, the default is the default of the browser.
isMaxResolution (Optional)	Boolean	If is true, the camera will start with his own maximum resolution, the default is false.
sizeFactor (Optional)	Number	Number of the factor resolution. Example, a sizeFactor of 1 get the same resolution of the camera while sizeFactor of 0.5 get the half resolution of the camera. The sizeFactor can be between range of ]0, 1] and the default value is 1.

FAQ

1. What if i want to improve the code or add functionalities?

• Please take a look into the CONTRIBUTING.md