desktopCapturer
The desktopCapturer
module can be used to get available sources that can be
used to be captured with getUserMedia
.
// In the renderer process.
var desktopCapturer = require('electron').desktopCapturer;
desktopCapturer.getSources({types: ['window', 'screen']}, function(error, sources) {
if (error) throw error;
for (var i = 0; i < sources.length; ++i) {
if (sources[i].name == "Electron") {
navigator.webkitGetUserMedia({
audio: false,
video: {
mandatory: {
chromeMediaSource: 'desktop',
chromeMediaSourceId: sources[i].id,
minWidth: 1280,
maxWidth: 1280,
minHeight: 720,
maxHeight: 720
}
}
}, gotStream, getUserMediaError);
return;
}
}
});
function gotStream(stream) {
document.querySelector('video').src = URL.createObjectURL(stream);
}
function getUserMediaError(e) {
console.log('getUserMediaError');
}
Methods
The desktopCapturer
module has the following methods:
desktopCapturer.getSources(options, callback)
options
Objecttypes
Array - An array of String that lists the types of desktop sources to be captured, available types arescreen
andwindow
.thumbnailSize
Object (optional) - The suggested size that thumbnail should be scaled, it is{width: 150, height: 150}
by default.
callback
Function
Starts a request to get all desktop sources, callback
will be called with
callback(error, sources)
when the request is completed.
The sources
is an array of Source
objects, each Source
represents a
captured screen or individual window, and has following properties:
id
String - The id of the captured window or screen used innavigator.webkitGetUserMedia
. The format looks likewindow:XX
orscreen:XX
whereXX
is a random generated number.name
String - The described name of the capturing screen or window. If the source is a screen, the name will beEntire Screen
orScreen <index>
; if it is a window, the name will be the window's title.thumbnail
NativeImage - A thumbnail image.
Note: There is no guarantee that the size of source.thumbnail
is always
the same as the thumnbailSize
in options
. It also depends on the scale of
the screen or window.