Taro.chooseVideo(option)

Takes a video or selects a video from the mobile album.

Reference

Type

(option: Option) => Promise<void>

Parameters

Option

Property	Type	Required	Description
camera	"back" | "front"	No	Indicates the default camera to be enabled. On some Android phones, the setting cannot take effect because it is not supported in ROM.
compressed	boolean	No	Indicates whether to compress the selected video file
maxDuration	number	No	The maximum duration of a recorded video (in sec)
sourceType	("album" | "camera")[]	No	The source of the video
complete	(res: any) => void	No	The callback function used when the API call completed (always executed whether the call succeeds or fails)
fail	(res: any) => void	No	The callback function for a failed API call
success	(res: Result) => void	No	The callback function for a successful API call

SuccessCallbackResult

Property	Type	Description
duration	number	Duration of the selected video
height	number	Returns the height of the selected video
size	number	Amount of data of the selected video
tempFilePath	string	Temporary file path of the selected video
width	number	Returns the width of the selected video
errMsg	string	Call result

camera

Property	Description
back	Enables the rear camera by default
front	Enables the front camera by default

sourceType

Property	Description
album	Selects a video from the album
camera	Takes a video with the camera

Sample Code

Taro.chooseVideo({
  sourceType: ['album','camera'],
  maxDuration: 60,
  camera: 'back',
  success: function (res) {
    console.log(res.tempFilePath)
  }
})

API Support

API	WeChat Mini-Program	H5	React Native
Taro.chooseVideo	✔️		✔️