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# HTML Media Capture API

## Overview

HTML Media Capture API allows access to the device's media capture mechanism, such as a camera, or microphone, from within a file upload control.

## Demo

<https://nectar.website/demo/web-apis/html-media-capture/>

## Usage

You can refer to the code present in `/partials/web-apis/html-media-capture.html` file and use it accordingly.

## Reference

<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Attributes/capture>