Trigger: Photo Taken

This trigger fires when a photo is taken with the device camera.

Options

No configuration options. The trigger fires for any photo capture.

Magic Text

When this trigger fires, the following values are available via magic text:

• {photo_file_path}
• {photo_uri}

Examples

Example 1: Log each photo capture

Triggers

Photo Taken

Actions

Write to File - Append "Photo saved at {photo_file_path}" to photo_log.txt
Display Notification: "Photo taken"

Example 2: Extract text from the new photo

Triggers

Photo Taken

Actions

Text from Image (OCR) - Photo Taken Trigger

Notes

• Requires Android 7 or later
• Storage permission is required

See Also

• Open Last Photo Action
• Share Last Photo Action
• Text from Image (OCR) Action