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# [Getting Webcam input in HTML5 page](https://mridulganga.dev/getting-webcam-input-in-html5-page?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

With HTML5 things have become very easy, we get many platform APIs in javascript which were previously not available. Earlier we made use of Flask with action script to achieve a lot of it. HTML Scaffold for our Application We will design a simple HT...

Sep 7, 2020 · 2 min read · mridulganga.dev  
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-   [#hashnodecommunity](https://hashnode.com/tag/hashnodecommunity)
-   [#html5](https://hashnode.com/tag/html5)
-   [#video-streaming](https://hashnode.com/tag/video-streaming)
-   [#javascript](https://hashnode.com/tag/javascript)

## Written by

[Mridul Ganga](https://hashnode.com/@mridulganga)

@mridulganga · Bangalore, IN

  
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Me do dev

I am a full stack developer mainly using golang. I work on Cloud at HPE, Bangalore, India.

## Responses 2

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[Chris Bongers](https://hashnode.com/@dailydevtips)

[Sep 7, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/getting-webcam-input-in-html5-page/5f5631522315421b4bdb0c87/comment/5f564d5096774f1c3549604e)

Nice!

Still wanting to use video but for overlays and stuff

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

[Sep 7, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/getting-webcam-input-in-html5-page/5f5631522315421b4bdb0c87/comment/5f5634328bd8da1b2a5dc1c2)

Hey Mridul! Please tag it with JavaScript for better reach. :) Nice article -- keep them coming.

Any plans to map a custom domain?

[Mridul Ganga](https://hashnode.com/@mridulganga)

[Sep 7, 2020](https://hashnode.com/posts/getting-webcam-input-in-html5-page/5f5631522315421b4bdb0c87/comment/5f5634328bd8da1b2a5dc1c2#reply-5f5636f2dbed8a1c5669808c)

Hey Sandeep, added the tag. I got a damn good two letter sub domain.

I will eventually add a custom domain, but I thought it might help people know about hashnode looking at the domain `mg.hashnode.dev`.