Camera Element

Modified on Fri, 27 May, 2022 at 10:46 AM

Allow the user to take a photo using native camera functionality (or select an existing image) if the device is supported.

Property	Required	Type	Default	Description
`type`	Yes	`string`	`'camera'`	The type of Form Element.
`name`	Yes	`string`		The key that will be assigned a value in the submission data when the form is submitted.
`label`	Yes	`string`		Display text presented to the user above the input by default.
`required`	Yes	`boolean`	`false`	Determine if this input requires a value entered by the user (`true`) or not (`false`).
`hint`	Yes	`string`		A hint triggered by an icon tooltip to be displayed when hovering beside the element label.
`includeTimestampWatermark`	Yes	`boolean`	`false`	Whether a watermark with a timestamp should be placed on images captured with this element.
`storageType`	Yes	`string`		How the photo taken by a user will be stored: `private`, `public`, `legacy`

Camera element also inherits the properties of the following:

Base Element

Example

{
  "id": "b1311ae0-6bb7-11e9-a923-1681be663d3e",
  "type": "camera",
  "name": "photo",
  "label": "Please Take a Photo",
  "storageType": "private",
  "required": true
}

Example Submission Data

Private/Public Storage

{
  "submission": {
    "[element.name]": {
      "s3": {
        "region": "ap-southeast-2",
        "bucket": "customer.forms.oneblink.io",
        "key": "submissions/1/attachments/44cdee6f-edbd-4620-aaf5-df25ce976e43"
      },
      "url": "https://auth-api.blinkm.io/submissions/1/attachments/44cdee6f-edbd-4620-aaf5-df25ce976e43",
      "contentType": "image/png",
      "fileName": "dot.png",
      "id": "44cdee6f-edbd-4620-aaf5-df25ce976e43",
      "isPrivate": true
    }
  }
}

Legacy Storage (Deprecated)

{
  "submission": {
    "[element.name]": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAMAAAADCAYAAABWKLW/AAAAIElEQVQYV2NkYGBoYGBgqGdgYGhkZGBg+M8ABSAOXAYATFcEA8STCz8AAAAASUVORK5CYII="
  }
}