Capture photo in an Ionic app and move the photo to permanent storage

capture-photo.js

// From: http://www.joshmorony.com/store-camera-photos-permanently-using-phonegap-ionic-ngcordova/
$cordovaCamera.getPicture(options).then(function(imagePath){
 
  //Grab the file name of the photo in the temporary directory
  var currentName = imagePath.replace(/^.*[\\\/]/, '');
 
  //Create a new name for the photo
  var d = new Date(),
      n = d.getTime(),
      newFileName = n + ".jpg";
 
  //Move the file to permanent storage
  $cordovaFile.moveFile(cordova.file.tempDirectory, currentName, cordova.file.dataDirectory, newFileName).then(function(success){
 
    //success.nativeURL will contain the path to the photo in permanent storage, do whatever you wish with it, e.g:
    //createPhoto(success.nativeURL);
 
  }, function(error){
    //an error occured
  });
 
}, function(error){
  //An error occured
});