Save camera picture to gallery/camera roll?

[Toblerone]

How do we automatically save a picture taken with camera to the users gallery/camera roll? I checked out the phonegap documentation and according to that setting

saveToPhotoAlbum: true

Should do it when desitnation is FileURI, but no matter what I try it won't save there.

I've tried all kinds, as well as calling phonegap api directly like this

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     navigator.camera.getPicture(onPhotoFileSuccess, onFail, { quality: 50, destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URI, saveToPhotoAlbum: true }); 

But nothing seems to work to save directly to camera roll on my ipad.

Anyone had any luck?

[maxkatz]

If you tried the API directly and it still not working...maybe there is something specific to iPad. You might want to post this question on PhoneGap forum.

[Ahmet]

I have the same problem., HOw can I upload a photo taken by camera to the users phone GALARY : saveToPhotoAlbum

Thanks,
Ahmet

[Ahmet]

Please Tell me HOW to save a picture taken from CAMERA to the FILESYSTEM of the user : photo galaery. SAVE the picture to the USERS phones file system: say GALERY.

[Illya Stepanov]

Hi Ahmet -

To save picture into the device file system you will need to use Cordova File API: http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0...

[Ahmet]

Hi illya,

Thanks for the URL, but actually I'm looking for a solution to save a camera picture to APPRY.IO database so I can use it with the OCR functionality.

The OCR API want's a JPEG file it does no matter where it comes from. So I think it is easier if I save the camera picture to APPERY.io FILE database and for the OCR I wil ask the JPEG picture back from APPERY.IO files system, In this case I do'n t need to save the picture to the users FILE system. It is easier to read from the APPERY.IO database. Only restriction is that I need a JPEG file . I saw that the cordava plugin takes care for this issue, With the cordova upload file option you can upload a CAMERA picture to APPERY.io FILESYSTEM (database) as a JPEG file. The last item "AS A JPEG FILE" is the main issue.

The only unsolved issue is "How to change the name of the JPEG which is saved by cordaba file upoad service. but this is a small issue.

Thanks, for now, problem is (almost) solved.

[Ahmet]

Hi my problem is still not solved,
I have implemented the cordova FIle upload api,from the plugin "Upload File to Database:

This file uplad gives me a http link like:
https://api.appery.io/rest/1/db/files...');

and I;m using the OCR API: The Call to the API looks like: (Javascript at Button click:)

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function uploadFiles(url, files) {
console.log(url, files);
console.log('sending data');
var formData = new FormData();

formData.append('image', files[0]);
formData.append('language', 'en');
formData.append('apikey', 'cCXXXXXXuy');

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('POST', url, true);

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 $('.translation_text').text('Translating. Please wait ... '); 

xhr.onload = function(e) {
console.log(this.response);
$('.translation_text').text(this.response);
};

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 xhr.send(formData); 

}

uploadFiles('http://api.ocrapiservice.com/1.0/rest...', $('input[type="file"]')[0].files);

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This solution with "uploadFiles(url, files)
is used to oplad a JPEG file from FILE system of a MOBILE divice,

I want to use the DATABASE URL which looks like:

'https://api.appery.io/rest/1/db/files...'

So the question is how can I replace : $('input[type="file"]')[0].files with

https://api.appery.io/rest/1/db/files...

Actually OCR API wants from me:: Image, Languge and APIKEY,

Language and APIKEY are oke , but what can I do to replace "input file " solution with the http solution like

'https://api.appery.io/rest/1/db/files...'

Thanks,
Ahmet

[Ahmet]

Hi I see that I can use the cordova "upload file to database" and from there webupload . I followed the :"File Upload" method.

2 issues : The FILE UPLOAD methode did work, but not the WEB upload,

Secondly how can I use OCR call in combination with WEB UPLOAD?

[Serhii Kulibaba]

Hello,

1) Please read follow topic:
https://getsatisfaction.com/apperyio/...
2) You can found library fo OCR, e.g: http://antimatter15.com/ocrad.js/demo...

[ahmet Karamanli]

Hi, If I'm using the "input" component from APPERY.IO and ask the user to choose a image file from his/her phone then I know how to call the OCRAPI. let's call this : "INPUT Image from DEVICE"

OCR call:
formData.append('image', files[0]); <<<<<<<<<<<< with :

https://api.appery.io/rest/1/db/files...