iOS Safari Camera API

ios-camera.html

<video id="player" autoplay muted playsinline> </video>
<button id="capture">Capture</button>
<canvas id="canvas" width=320 height=240></canvas>
<script>
  const player = document.getElementById('player');
  const canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
  const context = canvas.getContext('2d');
  const captureButton = document.getElementById('capture');

  const constraints = {
    video: {
      facingMode: {
        exact: 'environment'
      }
    }
  };

  captureButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    // Draw the video frame to the canvas.
    context.drawImage(player, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
  });

  // Attach the video stream to the video element and autoplay.
  navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints)
    .then((stream) => {
      player.srcObject = stream;
    });
</script>

3 years later and it still very relevant, many snippets on the internet don't work properly on both iOS and Android, this one does, and with very little code. Thanks 🚀