Why I can't take image snapshot with client-side camera in Django web application?

Question

I have a Django web application in which I want to give an option to capture the image in the registration form. So, whenever the user presses the capture image button then

Answer 1

You have several options to access client webcam. The easiest way is HTML5. But you can use sveral tools in silverlight and flash plugin.

See how-to-access-webcam-from-html5 and html5-getusermedia-record-webcam-both-audio-and-video

After getting image in page you can send it to server in diffrent ways including JavaScript (with AJAX) or using HTML form element (like file input)

Answer 2

You can use WebRTC for this; html5rocks.com has a nice tutorial, see especially the example of taking screenshots. To store the image on the server, you'll have to upload it via AJAX.