# Trigger browser camera with Dashboard button

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-browser-camera-with-dashboard-button/16778>\
**Category:** Dashboard\
**Created:** [16 October 2019 15:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-browser-camera-with-dashboard-button/16778 "2019-10-16T15:54:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![sandra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/sandra/32/3010_2.png) [@sandra](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/sandra)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2019 15:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-browser-camera-with-dashboard-button/16778/1 "2019-10-16T15:54:23Z")

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Hi,

I want to trigger the browser camera from the Dashboard using a button.  
I can trigger the camera from the node-red flow and show the image in the dashboard but the camera node from browser-utils package do not have an input option. I want to start the process of taking the picture directly from the dashboard.

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**Author:** ![BartButenaers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/bartbutenaers/32/10476_2.png) [@BartButenaers](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/BartButenaers)\
**Post date:** [16 October 2019 17:55 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/trigger-browser-camera-with-dashboard-button/16778/2 "2019-10-16T17:55:24Z")

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Hi Sandra,

That node is not a UI node, so don't think you can use it to take pictures when being inside the dashboard. My best guess is that you should do it like in this [tutorial](https://tutorialzine.com/2016/07/take-a-selfie-with-js) (see section " Taking a Still Photo"). And that should be added to a Template-node, if you know how to do that.

If you need help, please let me know. Because I need something similar myself ...

Bart