reading props

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In Astro, when you import an image, it doesn't return a simple string with the path of the image anymore. Instead, it returns an object that matches the following signature:

interface ImageMetadata { 
  src: string; 
  width: number; 
  height: number; 
  format: string;
}

So, when you import an image like this:

import image from 'src/assets/images/image.jpg';

The image variable is an object, not a string. If you want to get the URL of the image, you can access the src property of the image object:

const imageUrl = image.src;

This will give you the URL of the image as a string.

If you want to pass this URL to a component and read it outside of the component, you can do it like this:

<hero
 image={{
      src: image.src,
      alt: 'Welcome  msg!',
    }}
/>

Then, in your hero component, you can access the src value from the image prop:

const { image } = Astro.props;
const imageUrl = image.src;

This will give you the URL of the image as a string outside of the component.

Sources:

• Astro Documentation: Images (https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/images#update-existing-img-tags)
• Astro Documentation: Dynamically import images (https://docs.astro.build/en/recipes/dynamically-importing-images#recipe)

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[proven heath]

how else i can do it?

[proven heath]

not working at all... any help appreciated... @radiant basin

[radiant basin]

What error message do you get?

[proven heath]

hi Martin, this is so weird, i get Input file is missing or props.src.replace is not a function.

but this happens if i use it on <Picture. i use on <img successfully.

[radiant basin]

Ah, that i missed: img works, picture doesnt?

[proven heath]

😦 yess...

[proven heath]

import Image from '~/components/common/Image.astro';
import { Picture } from "astro-imagetools/components";

[proven heath]

it happens when i use on <Picture

[radiant basin]

we are not talking about import { Picture } from 'astro:assets'; but RafidMuhymin/astro-imagetools, right?

[proven heath]

oh sorry, so thats not official? He is using <Picture /> Sorry then, confused..

[radiant basin]

no astro-imagetools seems to be a community solution going back to the days before Erika reworked the Image and Picture support. Haven't looked deeper but it might be that it is has problems with astro 4 / vite 5. npm reported 4 high severity vulnerabilities when i installed it. Didn't work for me either.

official packages (beside astro itself) typical use the @astrojs prefix