Navigator: mediaDevices property
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
The mediaDevices read-only property of the Navigator interface returns a MediaDevices object, which provides access to connected media input devices like cameras and microphones, as well as screen sharing.
Value
The MediaDevices singleton object. Usually, you just use this object's members directly, such as by calling navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia().
Specifications
| Specification |
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| Media Capture and Streams # mediadevices |
Browser compatibility
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mediaDevices | |||||||||||
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See also
- Media Capture and Streams API: The entry point to the documentation about the entire Media Capture and Streams API.
- WebRTC API: Documentation about the WebRTC API, which is closely related.