Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: ImageCapture.DevicesJSON

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ImageCapture.DevicesJSON

Queries list of devices as JSON.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
ImageCapture	8.3	Yes	No	No	No	No

MBS( "ImageCapture.DevicesJSON" { ; Filter } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

Filter You can filter devices by passing criteria here.
The filter string can contain camera, scanner, local, remote, bonjour, bluetooth or shared to only show those devices. "Camera, local" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
Filter	You can filter devices by passing criteria here. The filter string can contain camera, scanner, local, remote, bonjour, bluetooth or shared to only show those devices.	"Camera, local"	Optional

Result

Returns JSON or error.

Description

Queries list of devices as JSON.
The JSON includes names & IDs of the devices.
Please pass the index or UUIDs to the ImageCapture.DeviceInfo function to query details.
Keys include UUIDString, Name, persistentIDString, serialNumberString, locationDescription, index, remote and shared.

Examples

Check devices:

MBS( "ImageCapture.DevicesJSON" )

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Release notes

Version 8.4
- Added alternateNames entry to ImageCapture.DevicesJSON to list alternate names we found.
Version 8.3
- Added ImageCapture.DevicesJSON function.

Created 26th June 2018, last changed 26th June 2018

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