filestack-react

directcam

A small library to access DirectShow compatible cameras through NodeJS

Basic Usage:

const dcam = require("directcam");
const fs = require("fs");
 
dcam.cameras(null, function(err, cams){
    console.table(cams);
    console.log("hello!");
    dcam.grab(cams.Moniker, function(err, img){
        fs.writeFileSync("img.jpg", img);
    });
});

Functions

• All callback functions need to be in function(err, result){} format

directcam.cameras(args, callback) [Camera]

returns an array of camera objects in the system to the callback function

Camera Object:

{
    index: Number,
    Name: string,
    Moniker: string (device reference)
}

directcam.grab(moniker, callback) [frame]

returns an image frame to the callback function