Camera permissions for Chrome Extensions

Question

Is it possible to receive Camera permissions for Chrome Extensions (not an app!)? If so, what do we need to do?

I have looked around but I cannot seem to find a straight answer about using cameras for chrome extensions.

Answer 1

You only need HTML5 with a little bit of javascript to get access to the camera. Refer to this link

<!--
    Ideally these elements aren't created until it's confirmed that the 
    client supports video/camera, but for the sake of illustrating the 
    elements involved, they are created with markup (not JavaScript)
-->
<video id="video" width="640" height="480" autoplay></video>
<button id="snap">Snap Photo</button>
<canvas id="canvas" width="640" height="480"></canvas>

The javascript:

// Grab elements, create settings, etc.
var video = document.getElementById('video');

// Get access to the camera!
if(navigator.mediaDevices && navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia) {
    // Not adding `{ audio: true }` since we only want video now
    navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ video: true }).then(function(stream) {
        video.src = window.URL.createObjectURL(stream);
        video.play();
    });
}