[GH-ISSUE #859] Camera function #606

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opened 2026-05-07 00:25:49 +02:00 by BreizhHardware · 1 comment

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:25:49 +02:00

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Originally created by @do-me on GitHub (Sep 1, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/859

💡 Idea

I was wondering why ntfy didn't offer a direct way to take a picture (yet?). It's fairly simple to integrate and would benefit the users as one could avoid going the longer way over file uploads.

It could be beneficial if a user e.g. selected "always open with..." File Explorer or similar and hence cannot find the option Camera anymore (probably until all cookies, local storage etc. are deleted). I had this situation on one of my Android phones (Android 13).

💻 Target components

Client-side on the web and mobile apps.

On the mobile apps a native solution would be best but in the web app one could use getUserMedia(). I just created such a simple demo with a minimal UI that sends a picture to a ntfy channel. In my case, I needed a cross-platform method to send images from the browser straight to ntfy without leaving my html page: https://do-me.github.io/js-camera-capture/

I think it would be nice to design a UI similar to standard messengers like WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal etc. where the camera icon is just next to the send icon.

Originally created by @do-me on GitHub (Sep 1, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/859 :bulb: **Idea**  I was wondering why ntfy didn't offer a direct way to take a picture (yet?). It's fairly simple to integrate and would benefit the users as one could avoid going the longer way over file uploads. It could be beneficial if a user e.g. selected "always open with..." `File Explorer` or similar and hence cannot find the option `Camera` anymore (probably until all cookies, local storage etc. are deleted). I had this situation on one of my Android phones (Android 13). :computer: **Target components**   Client-side on the web and mobile apps. On the mobile apps a native solution would be best but in the web app one could use `getUserMedia()`. I just created such a simple demo with a minimal UI that sends a picture to a ntfy channel. In my case, I needed a cross-platform method to send images from the browser straight to ntfy without leaving my html page: https://do-me.github.io/js-camera-capture/ I think it would be nice to design a UI similar to standard messengers like WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal etc. where the camera icon is just next to the `send` icon. ![image](https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/assets/47481567/169afc1e-d45b-46b3-b3ea-4cdee2c0d20e)

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@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2023):

While this is a fascinating idea, I think this falls in the category of "not everything that can be done, must be done". I'm invoking my maintainer right to respectfully reject this idea. Thanks for submitting!

@binwiederhier commented on GitHub (Sep 10, 2023): While this is a fascinating idea, I think this falls in the category of "not everything that can be done, must be done". I'm invoking my maintainer right to respectfully reject this idea. Thanks for submitting!

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