Browser APIs

Experimental and shipping web platform APIs for detecting faces, barcodes, and shapes in camera streams or images.

Source

• WICG shape-detection-api
• Barcode Detection API (MDN)

In this section

Page	API
Shape Detection	WICG spec — faces, barcodes, text in live/still images
Barcode Detection API	BarcodeDetector interface
Browser BarcodeDetect API using Image	Image-based scanning example

Browser support notes

• Barcode Detection is Chromium-first; check BarcodeDetector availability before shipping
• Prefer HTTPS + user gesture for camera access
• Fallback to ML Kit on native mobile

Related

• Browsers