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screenshotrequest

scene.emit('screenshotrequest')

Description​

Emits a request to the engine to capture a screenshot of the AFrame canvas. The engine will emit a screenshotready event with the JPEG compressed image or screenshoterror if an error has occured.

Parameters​

None

Example​

const scene = this.el.sceneEl
const photoButton = document.getElementById('photoButton')

// Emit screenshotrequest when user taps
photoButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
  image.src = ""
  scene.emit('screenshotrequest')
})

scene.addEventListener('screenshotready', event => {
  image.src = 'data:image/jpeg;base64,' + event.detail
})

scene.addEventListener('screenshoterror', event => {
  console.log("error")
})