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Is it possible to force download a Canvas element on iOS apps?

I have a Canvas element being created when a user clicks a download button which is hidden on the panel that the download button is located. Once pressed, it automatically downloads the entire Canvas element is a jpg and saves it. It's working properly for web, but as soon as I try to get it on my iOS simulator, I run into some issues. I've been searching far and wide for a solution, but have come up with nothing. The errors that I get after pressing the download button:
Please let me know if you need any more information. I DON'T want the user to have to save it to their device manually, other than pressing the initial download button.
I'm not sure if it's just a CORS issue with some of the assets I'm using for the cert, or if it's just an iOS issue. It works fine on both mobile AND web Safari. Canvas code snippets:
CertDownloadPanel.prototype.drawCanvasImages = function(c, canvas) {
//LOAD IMAGES
var self = this;
var imgs = [
{name: "ribbon", src: Resources.resources.CERT_DOWNLOAD_RIBBON.src, cords: [50, 42], dims: [702, 78]},
{name: "border", src: Resources.resources.CERT_DOWNLOAD_BORDER.src, cords: [8, 8], dims: [784,484]},
{name: "signature", src: Resources.resources.CERT_DOWNLOAD_TONY_SIG.src, cords: [624, 407.86], dims: [86, 25]}
]
//DRAW IMAGES
imgs.forEach((img) => {
var elName = img.name
var promise = new Promise(
function(resolve, reject) {
elName = new Image();
var xCord = img.cords[0];
var yCord = img.cords[1];
var imgWidth = img.dims[0];
var imgHeight = img.dims[1];
elName.onload = function() {
c.drawImage(elName, xCord, yCord, imgWidth, imgHeight);
resolve();
};
elName.crossOrigin = "Anonymous";
elName.src = img.src + "?not-from-cache";
});
return promise;
})
}
CertDownloadPanel.prototype.drawCanvasCircles = function(c, canvas) {
var self = this;
//DRAW CIRCLE IMAGES
var statCircleX = [170, 293, 416, 539]
var imgsCount = statCircleX.length;
var counter = 0;
statCircleX.forEach((xCord) => {
var statCircle = new Image()
var xCord = xCord;
var yCord = 32;
var imgWidth = 85.5;
var imgHeight = 85.5;
var promise = new Promise(
function(resolve, reject) {
statCircle.onload = function() {
counter += 1;
c.drawImage(statCircle, xCord, yCord, imgWidth, imgHeight);
if(counter === imgsCount) {
self.drawCanvasText(c) //wait until last element so it doesn't run the function multiple times
self.downloadCert(canvas);
}
resolve();
};
statCircle.crossOrigin = "Anonymous";
statCircle.src = Resources.resources.CERT_DOWNLOAD_STAT_CIRCLE.src + "?not-from-cache";
});
return promise;
})
}
CertDownloadPanel.prototype.downloadCert = function(canvas) {
var self = this;
var lnk = document.createElement('a'), e;
var certTitle = self.cert_stats.content_name.toUpperCase();
var filename = `${certTitle}.png`
/// the key here is to set the download attribute of the a tag
lnk.download = filename;
/// convert canvas content to data-uri for link. When download
/// attribute is set the content pointed to by link will be
/// pushed as "download" in HTML5 capable browsers
lnk.href = canvas.toDataURL("image/png;base64");
/// create a "fake" click-event to trigger the download
if (document.createEvent) {
e = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
e.initMouseEvent("click", true, true, window,
0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false,
false, 0, null);
lnk.dispatchEvent(e);
} else if (lnk.fireEvent) {
lnk.fireEvent("onclick");
}
}

Oracle Apex - BLOB to jpg

I'm trying to pass a jpg that I have stored in a table as a blob to the following javascript code:
class ImageLoader {
constructor(imageWidth, imageHeight) {
this.canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
this.canvas.width = imageWidth;
this.canvas.height = imageHeight;
this.ctx = this.canvas.getContext('2d');
}
async getImageData(url) {
await this.loadImageAsync(url);
const imageData = this.ctx.getImageData(0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height);
return imageData;
}
loadImageAsync(url) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
this.loadImageCb(url, () => {
resolve();
});
});
}
loadImageCb(url, cb) {
loadImage(
url,
img => {
if (img.type === 'error') {
throw `Could not load image: ${url}`;
} else {
// load image data onto input canvas
this.ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0)
//console.log(`image was loaded`);
window.setTimeout(() => { cb(); }, 0);
}
},
{
maxWidth: this.canvas.width,
maxHeight: this.canvas.height,
cover: true,
crop: true,
canvas: true,
crossOrigin: 'Anonymous'
}
);
}
}
I've tried get APEX_UTIL.GET_BLOB_FILE_SRC, but then the javascript code throws the error "Could not load image".
I then to use the following procedure:
create or replace PROCEDURE get_file (p_file_name IN VARCHAR2) IS
l_blob_content UPLOADED_IMAGES.blob_content%TYPE;
l_mime_type UPLOADED_IMAGES.mime_type%TYPE;
BEGIN
SELECT blob_content,
mime_type
INTO l_blob_content,
l_mime_type
FROM UPLOADED_IMAGES
WHERE filename = p_file_name;
sys.HTP.init;
sys.OWA_UTIL.mime_header(l_mime_type, FALSE);
sys.HTP.p('Content-Length: ' || DBMS_LOB.getlength(l_blob_content));
sys.HTP.p('Content-Disposition: filename="' || p_file_name || '"');
sys.OWA_UTIL.http_header_close;
sys.WPG_DOCLOAD.download_file(l_blob_content);
apex_application.stop_apex_engine;
EXCEPTION
WHEN apex_application.e_stop_apex_engine
THEN RAISE;
WHEN OTHERS THEN
HTP.p('Whoops');
END;
Still the same error "Could not load image" and a new error "Whoops Status:204 No Content X-Content-Type-Options:nosniff X-Xss-Protection:1; mode=block Referrer-Policy:strict-origin Cache-Control:no-store Pragma:no-cache Expires:Sun, 27 Jul 1997 13:00:00 GMT X-Frame-Options:SAMEORIGIN".
So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong or how to better go about doing this right.
Update:
I've now tried "blob2clobbase64", but that doesn't seem to anything:
declare
l_image_clob clob;
l_image_blob blob;
begin
select BLOB_CONTENT
into l_image_blob
from UPLOADED_IMAGES
where FILENAME = :P1_IMAGES;
l_image_clob := apex_web_service.blob2clobbase64(
p_blob => l_image_blob
);
apex_json.open_object;
apex_json.write('imageBase64', l_image_clob );
apex_json.close_object;
end;
The code I'm using for image loading:
const imageSize = 224;
const imageBLOB = new Image();
// Load image.
apex.server.process(
"get_file",
{},
{
success: function(data) {
imageBLOB.src = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + data.imageBase64;
const imageLoader = new ImageLoader(imageSize, imageSize);
const imageData = await imageLoader.getImageData(imageBLOB);
}
}
);

I got it to work. I ended up using the "blob2clobbase64" process and instead of using the ImageLoader class and instead used getImageData from the canvas. The PL/SQL is the same but the JavaScript is different:
const imageSize = 224;
var newImageDate;
function returnImageData(imageData){
return newImageDate = imageData;
}
async function runImageExample(){
apex.server.process(
"get_image", {}, {
success: async function(data) {
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var imageBLOB = new Image();
imageBLOB.onload = function() {
imageBLOB.crossOrigin = "Anonymous";
ctx.drawImage(imageBLOB, 0, 0, imageSize, imageSize);
var imgData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, imageSize, imageSize);
returnImageData(imgData.data);
};
imageBLOB.src = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + data.photoBase64;
}
}
);
}

Can't figure out how to fix this: "Uncaught TypeError (webcam.snap is not a function)" <-- javascript

I have a JavaScript script that I am getting an error for that I can't figure out. I am trying to take a picture of the webcam feed using JavaScript
The error is:
Uncaught TypeError: webcam.snap is not a function
I am using webcam.js to take the snapshot.
Here is my JavaScript code:
<script>
var video = document.createElement("video");
var canvasElement = document.getElementById("canvas");
var canvas = canvasElement.getContext("2d");
var loadingMessage = document.getElementById("loadingMessage");
var outputContainer = document.getElementById("output");
var outputMessage = document.getElementById("outputMessage");
var outputData = document.getElementById("outputData");
const jsQR = require("jsqr");
function drawLine(begin, end, color) {
canvas.beginPath();
canvas.moveTo(begin.x, begin.y);
canvas.lineTo(end.x, end.y);
canvas.lineWidth = 4;
canvas.strokeStyle = color;
canvas.stroke();
}
// Use facingMode: environment to attemt to get the front camera on phones
navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ video: { facingMode: "environment" } }).then(function(stream) {
video.srcObject = stream;
video.setAttribute("playsinline", true); // required to tell iOS safari we don't want fullscreen
video.play();
requestAnimationFrame(tick);
});
function tick() {
loadingMessage.innerText = "⌛ Loading video..."
if (video.readyState === video.HAVE_ENOUGH_DATA) {
loadingMessage.hidden = true;
canvasElement.hidden = false;
outputContainer.hidden = false;
canvasElement.height = video.videoHeight;
canvasElement.width = video.videoWidth;
canvas.drawImage(video, 0, 0, canvasElement.width, canvasElement.height);
var imageData = canvas.getImageData(0, 0, canvasElement.width, canvasElement.height);
var code = jsQR(imageData.data, imageData.width, imageData.height, {
inversionAttempts: "invertFirst",
});
if (code) {
drawLine(code.location.topLeftCorner, code.location.topRightCorner, "#FF3B58");
drawLine(code.location.topRightCorner, code.location.bottomRightCorner, "#FF3B58");
drawLine(code.location.bottomRightCorner, code.location.bottomLeftCorner, "#FF3B58");
drawLine(code.location.bottomLeftCorner, code.location.topLeftCorner, "#FF3B58");
outputMessage.hidden = true;
outputData.parentElement.hidden = false;
outputData.innerText = code.data;
takeSnapShot();
}
else {
outputMessage.hidden = false;
outputData.parentElement.hidden = true;
}
}
requestAnimationFrame(tick);
}
// TAKE A SNAPSHOT.
takeSnapShot = function () {
webcam.snap(function (data_uri) {
downloadImage('video', data_uri);
});
}
// DOWNLOAD THE IMAGE.
downloadImage = function (name, datauri) {
var a = document.createElement('a');
a.setAttribute('download', name + '.png');
a.setAttribute('href', datauri);
a.click();
}
</script>
This is the first line that causes a problem:
webcam.snap(function (data_uri) {
downloadImage('video', data_uri);
});
This is the second line that causes a problem:
takeSnapShot();
how do I correct this properly?
****** UPDATE ******
The version of webcam.js I am using is WebcamJS v1.0.26. My application is a Django application that launches the HTML file as defined in main.js.
snap: function(user_callback, user_canvas) {
// use global callback and canvas if not defined as parameter
if (!user_callback) user_callback = this.params.user_callback;
if (!user_canvas) user_canvas = this.params.user_canvas;
// take snapshot and return image data uri
var self = this;
var params = this.params;
if (!this.loaded) return this.dispatch('error', new WebcamError("Webcam is not loaded yet"));
// if (!this.live) return this.dispatch('error', new WebcamError("Webcam is not live yet"));
if (!user_callback) return this.dispatch('error', new WebcamError("Please provide a callback function or canvas to snap()"));
// if we have an active preview freeze, use that
if (this.preview_active) {
this.savePreview( user_callback, user_canvas );
return null;
}
// create offscreen canvas element to hold pixels
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.width = this.params.dest_width;
canvas.height = this.params.dest_height;
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
// flip canvas horizontally if desired
if (this.params.flip_horiz) {
context.translate( params.dest_width, 0 );
context.scale( -1, 1 );
}
// create inline function, called after image load (flash) or immediately (native)
var func = function() {
// render image if needed (flash)
if (this.src && this.width && this.height) {
context.drawImage(this, 0, 0, params.dest_width, params.dest_height);
}
// crop if desired
if (params.crop_width && params.crop_height) {
var crop_canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
crop_canvas.width = params.crop_width;
crop_canvas.height = params.crop_height;
var crop_context = crop_canvas.getContext('2d');
crop_context.drawImage( canvas,
Math.floor( (params.dest_width / 2) - (params.crop_width / 2) ),
Math.floor( (params.dest_height / 2) - (params.crop_height / 2) ),
params.crop_width,
params.crop_height,
0,
0,
params.crop_width,
params.crop_height
);
// swap canvases
context = crop_context;
canvas = crop_canvas;
}
// render to user canvas if desired
if (user_canvas) {
var user_context = user_canvas.getContext('2d');
user_context.drawImage( canvas, 0, 0 );
}
// fire user callback if desired
user_callback(
user_canvas ? null : canvas.toDataURL('image/' + params.image_format, params.jpeg_quality / 100 ),
canvas,
context
);
};
// grab image frame from userMedia or flash movie
if (this.userMedia) {
// native implementation
context.drawImage(this.video, 0, 0, this.params.dest_width, this.params.dest_height);
// fire callback right away
func();
}
else if (this.iOS) {
var div = document.getElementById(this.container.id+'-ios_div');
var img = document.getElementById(this.container.id+'-ios_img');
var input = document.getElementById(this.container.id+'-ios_input');
// function for handle snapshot event (call user_callback and reset the interface)
iFunc = function(event) {
func.call(img);
img.removeEventListener('load', iFunc);
div.style.backgroundImage = 'none';
img.removeAttribute('src');
input.value = null;
};
if (!input.value) {
// No image selected yet, activate input field
img.addEventListener('load', iFunc);
input.style.display = 'block';
input.focus();
input.click();
input.style.display = 'none';
} else {
// Image already selected
iFunc(null);
}
}
else {
// flash fallback
var raw_data = this.getMovie()._snap();
// render to image, fire callback when complete
var img = new Image();
img.onload = func;
img.src = 'data:image/'+this.params.image_format+';base64,' + raw_data;
}
return null;
},

Your implementation doesn't need Webcamjs, because you're using navigator media devices.
You can either use WebcamJS by initializing it at first and attaching it to some canvas, like in the following code
Webcam.set({
width: 320,
height: 240,
image_format: 'jpeg',
jpeg_quality: 90
});
Webcam.attach( '#my_camera' );
Or you can update your takeSnapShot function to the following :
takeSnapShot = function () {
downloadImage('video',canvasElement.toDataURL())
// Webcam.snap(function (data_uri) {
// downloadImage('video', data_uri);
// });
}
Here's a working example based on your code https://codepen.io/majdsalloum/pen/RwVKBbK

It seems like either:
the webcam's code are missing (not imported)
in this case you need to first call the script from the URL and add it with script tag
<script src="WEBCAM_JS_SOURCE">
or
they are imported, but used with typo. From the webcam source code it is defined as:
var Webcam = {
version: '1.0.26',
// globals
...
};
so you should use with a capital one.

Javascript: Saving getUserMedia() images

I want to load the user's webcam to a canvas, and then save an image from that canvas as a blob. Hopefully, I will get 1 image every 1 second.
Unfortunately, I only get 1 image saved 5 times, rather than 5 different images. My code is fairly straightforward, but I suspect the issue is with my takeASnap() function. What is going wrong?
Edit: This is observed on Safari on iPad/iPhone, but not in desktop chrome.
var NUM_IMAGES = 5;
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.getElementById('download-button');
btn.disabled = false;
btn.onclick = e => {
imageId = 0;
userId = Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000);
recursiveDelay(kickOff, NUM_IMAGES, 1000)
};
});
function kickOff() {
takeASnap().then(saveBlob); // saveBlob out of scope of this question.
}
function recursiveDelay(functionToCall, executionsNumber, timeoutInMilliseconds) {
if (executionsNumber) { //exit condition
functionToCall(); // external function execution
setTimeout(
() => {
recursiveDelay(functionToCall, executionsNumber - 1, timeoutInMilliseconds); //recursive call
}, timeoutInMilliseconds);
}
}
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
});
}

How to take a screenshot, crop it, and upload it as an image on a web form? [duplicate]

Google's "Report a Bug" or "Feedback Tool" lets you select an area of your browser window to create a screenshot that is submitted with your feedback about a bug.
Screenshot by Jason Small, posted in a duplicate question.
How are they doing this? Google's JavaScript feedback API is loaded from here and their overview of the feedback module will demonstrate the screenshot capability.

JavaScript can read the DOM and render a fairly accurate representation of that using canvas. I have been working on a script which converts HTML into a canvas image. Decided today to make an implementation of it into sending feedbacks like you described.
The script allows you to create feedback forms which include a screenshot, created on the client's browser, along with the form. The screenshot is based on the DOM and as such may not be 100% accurate to the real representation as it does not make an actual screenshot, but builds the screenshot based on the information available on the page.
It does not require any rendering from the server, as the whole image is created on the client's browser. The HTML2Canvas script itself is still in a very experimental state, as it does not parse nearly as much of the CSS3 attributes I would want it to, nor does it have any support to load CORS images even if a proxy was available.
Still quite limited browser compatibility (not because more couldn't be supported, just haven't had time to make it more cross browser supported).
For more information, have a look at the examples here:
http://hertzen.com/experiments/jsfeedback/
edit
The html2canvas script is now available separately here and some examples here.
edit 2
Another confirmation that Google uses a very similar method (in fact, based on the documentation, the only major difference is their async method of traversing/drawing) can be found in this presentation by Elliott Sprehn from the Google Feedback team:
http://www.elliottsprehn.com/preso/fluentconf/

Your web app can now take a 'native' screenshot of the client's entire desktop using getUserMedia():
Have a look at this example:
https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/
The client will have to be using chrome (for now) and will need to enable screen capture support under chrome://flags.

PoC
As Niklas mentioned you can use the html2canvas library to take a screenshot using JS in the browser. I will extend his answer in this point by providing an example of taking a screenshot using this library ("Proof of Concept"):
function report() {
let region = document.querySelector("body"); // whole screen
html2canvas(region, {
onrendered: function(canvas) {
let pngUrl = canvas.toDataURL(); // png in dataURL format
let img = document.querySelector(".screen");
img.src = pngUrl;
// here you can allow user to set bug-region
// and send it with 'pngUrl' to server
},
});
}
.container {
margin-top: 10px;
border: solid 1px black;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html2canvas/0.4.1/html2canvas.min.js"></script>
<div>Screenshot tester</div>
<button onclick="report()">Take screenshot</button>
<div class="container">
<img width="75%" class="screen">
</div>
In report() function in onrendered after getting image as data URI you can show it to the user and allow him to draw "bug region" by mouse and then send a screenshot and region coordinates to the server.
In this example async/await version was made: with nice makeScreenshot() function.
UPDATE
Simple example which allows you to take screenshot, select region, describe bug and send POST request (here jsfiddle) (the main function is report()).
async function report() {
let screenshot = await makeScreenshot(); // png dataUrl
let img = q(".screen");
img.src = screenshot;
let c = q(".bug-container");
c.classList.remove('hide')
let box = await getBox();
c.classList.add('hide');
send(screenshot,box); // sed post request with bug image, region and description
alert('To see POST requset with image go to: chrome console > network tab');
}
// ----- Helper functions
let q = s => document.querySelector(s); // query selector helper
window.report = report; // bind report be visible in fiddle html
async function makeScreenshot(selector="body")
{
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let node = document.querySelector(selector);
html2canvas(node, { onrendered: (canvas) => {
let pngUrl = canvas.toDataURL();
resolve(pngUrl);
}});
});
}
async function getBox(box) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
let b = q(".bug");
let r = q(".region");
let scr = q(".screen");
let send = q(".send");
let start=0;
let sx,sy,ex,ey=-1;
r.style.width=0;
r.style.height=0;
let drawBox= () => {
r.style.left = (ex > 0 ? sx : sx+ex ) +'px';
r.style.top = (ey > 0 ? sy : sy+ey) +'px';
r.style.width = Math.abs(ex) +'px';
r.style.height = Math.abs(ey) +'px';
}
//console.log({b,r, scr});
b.addEventListener("click", e=>{
if(start==0) {
sx=e.pageX;
sy=e.pageY;
ex=0;
ey=0;
drawBox();
}
start=(start+1)%3;
});
b.addEventListener("mousemove", e=>{
//console.log(e)
if(start==1) {
ex=e.pageX-sx;
ey=e.pageY-sy
drawBox();
}
});
send.addEventListener("click", e=>{
start=0;
let a=100/75 //zoom out img 75%
resolve({
x:Math.floor(((ex > 0 ? sx : sx+ex )-scr.offsetLeft)*a),
y:Math.floor(((ey > 0 ? sy : sy+ey )-b.offsetTop)*a),
width:Math.floor(Math.abs(ex)*a),
height:Math.floor(Math.abs(ex)*a),
desc: q('.bug-desc').value
});
});
});
}
function send(image,box) {
let formData = new FormData();
let req = new XMLHttpRequest();
formData.append("box", JSON.stringify(box));
formData.append("screenshot", image);
req.open("POST", '/upload/screenshot');
req.send(formData);
}
.bug-container { background: rgb(255,0,0,0.1); margin-top:20px; text-align: center; }
.send { border-radius:5px; padding:10px; background: green; cursor: pointer; }
.region { position: absolute; background: rgba(255,0,0,0.4); }
.example { height: 100px; background: yellow; }
.bug { margin-top: 10px; cursor: crosshair; }
.hide { display: none; }
.screen { pointer-events: none }
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/html2canvas/0.4.1/html2canvas.min.js"></script>
<body>
<div>Screenshot tester</div>
<button onclick="report()">Report bug</button>
<div class="example">Lorem ipsum</div>
<div class="bug-container hide">
<div>Select bug region: click once - move mouse - click again</div>
<div class="bug">
<img width="75%" class="screen" >
<div class="region"></div>
</div>
<div>
<textarea class="bug-desc">Describe bug here...</textarea>
</div>
<div class="send">SEND BUG</div>
</div>
</body>

Get screenshot as Canvas or Jpeg Blob / ArrayBuffer using getDisplayMedia API:
FIX 1: Use the getUserMedia with chromeMediaSource only for Electron.js
FIX 2: Throw error instead return null object
FIX 3: Fix demo to prevent the error: getDisplayMedia must be called from a user gesture handler
// docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/getDisplayMedia
// see: https://www.webrtc-experiment.com/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/#20893521368186473
// see: https://github.com/muaz-khan/WebRTC-Experiment/blob/master/Pluginfree-Screen-Sharing/conference.js
function getDisplayMedia(options) {
if (navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia) {
return navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia(options)
}
if (navigator.getDisplayMedia) {
return navigator.getDisplayMedia(options)
}
if (navigator.webkitGetDisplayMedia) {
return navigator.webkitGetDisplayMedia(options)
}
if (navigator.mozGetDisplayMedia) {
return navigator.mozGetDisplayMedia(options)
}
throw new Error('getDisplayMedia is not defined')
}
function getUserMedia(options) {
if (navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
return navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(options)
}
if (navigator.getUserMedia) {
return navigator.getUserMedia(options)
}
if (navigator.webkitGetUserMedia) {
return navigator.webkitGetUserMedia(options)
}
if (navigator.mozGetUserMedia) {
return navigator.mozGetUserMedia(options)
}
throw new Error('getUserMedia is not defined')
}
async function takeScreenshotStream() {
// see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/screen
const width = screen.width * (window.devicePixelRatio || 1)
const height = screen.height * (window.devicePixelRatio || 1)
const errors = []
let stream
try {
stream = await getDisplayMedia({
audio: false,
// see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaStreamConstraints/video
video: {
width,
height,
frameRate: 1,
},
})
} catch (ex) {
errors.push(ex)
}
// for electron js
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Electron') >= 0) {
try {
stream = await getUserMedia({
audio: false,
video: {
mandatory: {
chromeMediaSource: 'desktop',
// chromeMediaSourceId: source.id,
minWidth : width,
maxWidth : width,
minHeight : height,
maxHeight : height,
},
},
})
} catch (ex) {
errors.push(ex)
}
}
if (errors.length) {
console.debug(...errors)
if (!stream) {
throw errors[errors.length - 1]
}
}
return stream
}
async function takeScreenshotCanvas() {
const stream = await takeScreenshotStream()
// from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/57665309/5221762
const video = document.createElement('video')
const result = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
video.onloadedmetadata = () => {
video.play()
video.pause()
// from: https://github.com/kasprownik/electron-screencapture/blob/master/index.js
const canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
canvas.width = video.videoWidth
canvas.height = video.videoHeight
const context = canvas.getContext('2d')
// see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLVideoElement
context.drawImage(video, 0, 0, video.videoWidth, video.videoHeight)
resolve(canvas)
}
video.srcObject = stream
})
stream.getTracks().forEach(function (track) {
track.stop()
})
if (result == null) {
throw new Error('Cannot take canvas screenshot')
}
return result
}
// from: https://stackoverflow.com/a/46182044/5221762
function getJpegBlob(canvas) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
// docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/toBlob
canvas.toBlob(blob => resolve(blob), 'image/jpeg', 0.95)
})
}
async function getJpegBytes(canvas) {
const blob = await getJpegBlob(canvas)
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const fileReader = new FileReader()
fileReader.addEventListener('loadend', function () {
if (this.error) {
reject(this.error)
return
}
resolve(this.result)
})
fileReader.readAsArrayBuffer(blob)
})
}
async function takeScreenshotJpegBlob() {
const canvas = await takeScreenshotCanvas()
return getJpegBlob(canvas)
}
async function takeScreenshotJpegBytes() {
const canvas = await takeScreenshotCanvas()
return getJpegBytes(canvas)
}
function blobToCanvas(blob, maxWidth, maxHeight) {
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
const img = new Image()
img.onload = function () {
const canvas = document.createElement('canvas')
const scale = Math.min(
1,
maxWidth ? maxWidth / img.width : 1,
maxHeight ? maxHeight / img.height : 1,
)
canvas.width = img.width * scale
canvas.height = img.height * scale
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, img.width, img.height, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
resolve(canvas)
}
img.onerror = () => {
reject(new Error('Error load blob to Image'))
}
img.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
})
}
DEMO:
document.body.onclick = async () => {
// take the screenshot
var screenshotJpegBlob = await takeScreenshotJpegBlob()
// show preview with max size 300 x 300 px
var previewCanvas = await blobToCanvas(screenshotJpegBlob, 300, 300)
previewCanvas.style.position = 'fixed'
document.body.appendChild(previewCanvas)
// send it to the server
var formdata = new FormData()
formdata.append("screenshot", screenshotJpegBlob)
await fetch('https://your-web-site.com/', {
method: 'POST',
body: formdata,
'Content-Type' : "multipart/form-data",
})
}
// and click on the page

Here is a complete screenshot example that works with chrome in 2021. The end result is a blob ready to be transmitted. Flow is: request media > grab frame > draw to canvas > transfer to blob. If you want to do it more memory efficient explore OffscreenCanvas or possibly ImageBitmapRenderingContext
https://jsfiddle.net/v24hyd3q/1/
// Request media
navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia().then(stream =>
{
// Grab frame from stream
let track = stream.getVideoTracks()[0];
let capture = new ImageCapture(track);
capture.grabFrame().then(bitmap =>
{
// Stop sharing
track.stop();
// Draw the bitmap to canvas
canvas.width = bitmap.width;
canvas.height = bitmap.height;
canvas.getContext('2d').drawImage(bitmap, 0, 0);
// Grab blob from canvas
canvas.toBlob(blob => {
// Do things with blob here
console.log('output blob:', blob);
});
});
})
.catch(e => console.log(e));

Heres an example using: getDisplayMedia
document.body.innerHTML = '<video style="width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 1px black solid;"/>';
navigator.mediaDevices.getDisplayMedia()
.then( mediaStream => {
const video = document.querySelector('video');
video.srcObject = mediaStream;
video.onloadedmetadata = e => {
video.play();
video.pause();
};
})
.catch( err => console.log(`${err.name}: ${err.message}`));
Also worth checking out is the Screen Capture API docs.

You can try my new JS library: screenshot.js.
It's enable to take real screenshot.
You load the script:
<script src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amiad/screenshot.js/master/screenshot.js"></script>
and take screenshot:
new Screenshot({success: img => {
// callback function
myimage = img;
}});
You can read more options in project page.