How to get photo from Cordova Camera Preview Plugin?

Question

I am using this plugin Cordova Camera Preview Plugin

When i take photo, i got an error. I dont know how to read image from this URL. i want base64 of that image.

Here is error image:

here is my HTML

<div class="controls">
  <div class="block">
    <button id="startCameraButton">Start Camera at back</button>
    <button id="stopCameraButton">Stop Camera</button>
  </div>

  <div class="block">
    <p><button id="startCameraAnotherPosButton">Start Camera at front</button></p>

    <p>Color Effect:
    <select id="colorEffectCombo">
      <option selected value="none">None</option>
      <option value="aqua">Aqua</option>
      <option value="blackboard">Blackboard</option>
      <option value="mono">Mono</option>
      <option value="negative">Negative</option>
      <option value="posterize">Posterize</option>
      <option value="sepia">Sepia</option>
      <option value="solarize">Solarize</option>
      <option value="whiteboard">Whiteboard</option>
    </select>
    </p>
  </div>
  <div class="block">
    <button id="takePictureButton">Take Picture</button>
    <button id="switchCameraButton">Switch Camera</button>
  </div>
  <div class="block">
    <button id="hideButton">Hide</button>
    <button id="showButton">Show</button>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="pictures">
  <p><img id="previewPicture" width="200"/></p>
  <p><img id="originalPicture" width="200"/></p>
</div>

Here is my app.js

var app = {
  startCamera: function(){
    console.log('starting camera');
    // var tapEnabled = true; //enable tap take picture
    var dragEnabled = true; //enable preview box drag across the screen
    // var toBack = true; //send preview box to the back of the webview
    var rect = {x: 100, y: 100, width: 300, height:300};
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.startCamera(rect, "front", dragEnabled)
  },
  stopCamera: function(){
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.stopCamera();
  },

  startCameraAnotherPos: function(){
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.startCamera({x: 50, y: 100, width: 300, height:300, camera: "back", tapPhoto: true, previewDrag: true, toBack: false});
  },

  takePicture: function(){
    console.log('taking picture..');
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.takePicture({maxWidth: 640, maxHeight: 640});
  },

  takepicturehandler: function(){
    console.log('taking..');
  },

  switchCamera: function(){
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.switchCamera();
  },

  show: function(){
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.show();
  },

  hide: function(){
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.hide();
  },

  colorEffectChanged: function(){
    var effect = document.getElementById('colorEffectCombo').value;
    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.setColorEffect(effect);
  },


  init: function(){
    document.getElementById('startCameraButton').addEventListener('click', this.startCamera, false);
    document.getElementById('startCameraAnotherPosButton').addEventListener('click', this.startCameraAnotherPos, false);

    document.getElementById('stopCameraButton').addEventListener('click', this.stopCamera, false);
    document.getElementById('takePictureButton').addEventListener('click', this.takePicture, false);
    document.getElementById('switchCameraButton').addEventListener('click', this.switchCamera, false);
    document.getElementById('showButton').addEventListener('click', this.show, false);
    document.getElementById('hideButton').addEventListener('click', this.hide, false);
    document.getElementById('colorEffectCombo').addEventListener('change', this.colorEffectChanged, false);

    cordova.plugins.camerapreview.setOnPictureTakenHandler(function(result){
      console.log(result);
      document.getElementById('originalPicture').src = result[0];//originalPicturePath;
      document.getElementById('previewPicture').src = result[1];//previewPicturePath;
  });

  }
};

document.addEventListener('deviceready', function(){  
  app.init();
}, false);

Answer 1

In order for the picture to be usable, it needs to be 'stored' temporarily, both in the right format and with the proper path. Here is an example of a promise-based function:

public base64Image: any; public message: any;

takePicture() {
    this.cameraPreview.takePicture({
      quality: 50
    }).then((imageData) => {
      this.base64Image = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + imageData;
    }, (err) => {
      this.message = 'Problem accessing the camera ' + err;
    });
  }

Here, base64Image is the path to your image, which you may use in an img tag:

<img src="{{base64Image}}">