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title: Camera API
description: The Camera API provides access to the device's camera, enabling photo capture directly within POS UI extensions. The API requests camera permissions if not already enabled, opens the native camera interface, and returns the image data including dimensions, file size, and base64 string for immediate display or server upload.
api_version: 2026-01
api_name: pos-ui-extensions
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/latest/target-apis/standard-apis/camera-api
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/latest/target-apis/standard-apis/camera-api.md
---

Camera API

Not supported in this version.