Camera Tag: Video Recording API & More!

Intro

Overview New in V15

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Overview Configuration

Overview Embedding Configuration Custom Interface JS Methods JS Events Collecting Videos

Overview Embedding Configuration Custom Interface JS Methods JS Events

Overview Embedding Configuration Custom Interface JS Methods JS Events Collecting Audio

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Advanced microphone Configuration

You can configure your microphone by passing ina data attributes on your <microphone> tag. The id and app-id attributes are required.

Instance ID
Recording Name
Recording Description
Metadata
Sources
Preroll Count
Max Length
Min Length
Poll Server For Processed Event
#prompts
Mobile Recording URL
Recording Stack
Permitted File Extensions
Existing UUID
Disable Audio Processing
Skip Preview
Audio Bit Rate

Instance ID

A unique identifier for this camera The default value is "myMic"

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-id='myMic'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  id: ''
})

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Recording Name

A human friendly name for the video to be recorded by this camera. This will be visible in your CameraTag admin and on YouTube (if you have YouTube export enabled)

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React JS

<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-name='Billy Birthday Wish'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  name: 'Billy Birthday Wish'
})

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Recording Description

A description for the video to be recorded by this camera. This will be visible in your CameraTag admin and on YouTube (if you have YouTube export enabled)

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-description='Billy wishes grandma a very happy birthday during his soccer game.'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  description: 'Billy wishes grandma a very happy birthday during his soccer game.'
})

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Metadata

A JSON string to be stored along with the video. This data will be made available in the server callback and the REST API. **Value must be validly formatted JSON (using double quotes) The default value is "{}"

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React JS

<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-metadata='"{\"user_id\": 1234, \"user_name\": \"Jon Doe\"}"'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  metadata: "{\"user_id\": 1234, \"user_name\": \"Jon Doe\"}"
})

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Sources

The default value is "record,upload,sms" Acceptable values are 'record', 'upload', 'sms'

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-sources='record'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  sources: 'record'
})

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Preroll Count

Number of seconds to count down before recording starts The default value is "5"

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React JS

<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-preroll='5'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  preroll: '5'
})

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Max Length

The max length (in seconds) of videos recorded (does not apply to uploads) The default value is "30"

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-maxLength='30'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  maxLength: '30'
})

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Min Length

The min length (in seconds) of videos recorded (does not apply to uploads) The default value is "3"

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React JS

<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-minLength='3'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  minLength: '3'
})

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Poll Server For Processed Event

Setting this legacyAttribute to false will instruct the camera not to poll our severs for the the 'processed' event. The default value is "true"

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React JS

<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-pollForProcessed='true'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  pollForProcessed: true
})

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-prompts='null'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  prompts: null
})

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Mobile Recording URL

Sets the URL for the QR code used for mobile recording

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-mobileRecordingUrl='https://www.mysite.com/record?user_id=123'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  mobileRecordingUrl: 'https://www.mysite.com/record?user_id=123'
})

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Recording Stack

Manually select the recording stack CameraTag will use (leave blank to have CameraTag auto-select based on client capabilities) The default value is "auto" Acceptable values are 'auto', 'webrtc', 'mediarecorder', 'mobile'

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-defaultStack='mediarecorder'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  defaultStack: 'mediarecorder'
})

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Permitted File Extensions

When uploading what file types should be allowed The default value is "mov,mp4,webm,flv,mv4,mov,avi,wmv,mpeg,mpg,m4v,wav,mp3,aif,aiff,aifc" Acceptable values are 'mov', 'mp4', 'webm', 'flv', 'mv4', 'mov', 'avi', 'wmv', 'mpeg', 'mpg', 'm4v', 'wav', 'mp3', 'aif', 'aiff', 'aifc'

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-permittedExtensions='["mov", "mp4", "webm", "flv", "mv4", "mov", "avi", "wmv", "mpeg", "mpg", "m4v", "wav", "mp3", "aif", "aiff", "aifc"]'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  permittedExtensions: '["mov", "mp4", "webm", "flv", "mv4", "mov", "avi", "wmv", "mpeg", "mpg", "m4v", "wav", "mp3", "aif", "aiff", "aifc"]'
})

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Existing UUID

If you would like to record with a UUID of your own derivation

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-existingUuid='v-123-456-789'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  existingUuid: 'v-123-456-789'
})

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Disable Audio Processing

Turn off advanced audio processing such as gain control and echo cancelation.

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-disableAudioProcessing='true'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  disableAudioProcessing: true
})

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Skip Preview

Skip the video review step and automatically publish after stopping

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-skipPreview='true'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  skipPreview: true
})

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Audio Bit Rate

The taregt bit rate for the audio stream (in bits per second) The default value is "128000"

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<microphone id='MyRecorder1' data-app-id='[YOUR_APP_UUID]' data-audioBitRate='128000'></microphone>

CameraTag.init('targetDivID', 'microphone', {
  appUuid: '[YOUR_APP_UUID]',
  id: 'mymicrophone',
  audioBitRate: '128000'
})

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