# How to use local camera in ignition perspective

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-local-camera-in-ignition-perspective/60481>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-local-camera-in-ignition-perspective/60481 "2022-06-08T06:38:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-use-local-camera-in-ignition-perspective/60481/5 "2022-06-08T12:20:32Z")

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ah yea, the browser cant access just acces a random app on the device.

But you could register it as an uri. (like mailto:)  
(an example for fileexplorer [WebDev to open File Explorer - #5 by victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/webdev-to-open-file-explorer/47969/5) )

But yeah not the greatest practice.

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