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Templating the Image field

The Image field allows content writers to upload an image that can be configured with size constraints and responsive image views.

Get the image url

The easiest way to integrate an image is to retrieve and add the image url to an image element.

The following integrates a page's illustration image field.

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<img src="<%= @document["page.illustration"].url %>" />

Example with a caption

Here's an example that integrates an illustration with a caption.

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<img src="<%= @document["page.illustration"].url %>" />
<span class="image-caption"><%= @document["page.caption"].as_text %></span>

Output as HTML

The as_html  method will convert and output the Image as an HTML image element.

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<%= @document["page.illustration"].as_html.html_safe %>

Get a responsive image view

The get_view  method allows you to retrieve and use your responsive image views. Simply pass the name of the view into the get_view  method and use it like any other image fragment.

Here is how to add responsive images using the HTML picture element.

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<%
  main_view = @document["page.responsive-image"]
  tablet_view = @document["page.responsive-image"].get_view("tablet")
  mobile_view = @document["page.responsive-image"].get_view("mobile")
%>

<picture>
  vsource media="(max-width: 400px)", srcset="<%= mobile_view.url %>" />
  <source media="(max-width: 900px)", srcset="<%= tablet_view.url %>" />
  <source srcset="<%= main_view.url %>" />
  <image src="<%= main_view.url %>" />
</picture>

Add alt or copyright text to your image

The main image

If you added an alt or copyright text value to your image, you retrieve and apply it as follows.

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<%
  image_url = @document["page.image"].url
  image_alt = @document["page.image"].alt
  image_copyright = @document["page.image"].copyright
%>
<img src="<%= image_url %>" alt="<%= image_alt %>" copyright="<%= image_copyright %>" />

An image view

Here's how to retrieve the alt or copyright text for a responsive image view. Note that the alt and copyright text will be the same for all views.

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<%
  mobile_view = @document["page.image"].get_view("mobile")
  mobile_url = mobile_view.url
  mobile_alt = mobile_view.alt
  mobile_copyright = mobile_view.copyright
%>
<img src="<%= mobile_url %>" alt="<%= mobile_alt %>" copyright="<%= mobile_copyright %>" />

Get the image width & height

The main image

You can retrieve the main image's width or height as shown below.

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image_width = @document["article.featured-image"].width
image_height = @document["article.featured-image"].height

An image view

Here is how to retrieve the width and height for a responsive image view.

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mobile_view = @document["article.featured-image"].get_view("mobile")
mobile_width = mobile_view.width
mobile_height = mobile_view.height
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