canonicalwebteam.image template

canonicalwebteam.image-template

A module to generate performant HTML image markup for images. The markup will:

• Use native lazyloading
• Explicitly define width and height attributes to avoid the page jumping effect
• Prefix all image URLs with cloudinary CDN proxy URLs, to transform the image to the optimal size
• Use predefined (2x) srcset break points for hidef screens

Parameters

• url (mandatory string): The url to an image (e.g. https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/9f6916dd-k8s-prometheus-light.png)
• alt (mandatory string): Alt text to describe the image
• hi_def (mandatory boolean): Has an image been uploaded 2x the width and height of the desired size
• width (mandatory integer): The number of pixels wide the image should be
• height (optional integer): The number of pixels high the image should be
• fill (optional boolean): Set the crop mode to "fill"
• loading (optional string, default: "lazy"): Set to "auto" or "eager" to disable lazyloading
• attrs (optional dictionary): Extra <img> attributes (e.g. class or id) can be passed as additional arguments

Usage

Local development

For local development, it's best to test this module with one of our website projects like ubuntu.com. For more information, follow this guide (internal only).

Application code

The image_template function can be used directly to generate image Markup.

from canonicalwebteam import image_template

image_markup = image_template(
    url="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/450d7c2f-openstack-hero.svg",
    alt="",
    width="534",
    height="319",
    hi_def=True,
    loading="auto",
	fill=True,
    attrs={"class": "hero", "id": "openstack-hero"},
)

However, the most common usage is to add it to Django or Flask template contexts, as an image function.

Django usage

Add it as a template tag:

# myapp/templatetags.py

from canonicalwebteam import image_template
from django import template
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe


register = template.Library()

@register.simple_tag
def image(*args, **kwargs):
    return mark_safe(image_template(*args, **kwargs))


# settings.py

TEMPLATES[0]["OPTIONS"]["builtins"].append("myapp.templatetags")

Use it in templates:

# templates/mytemplate.html

{% image url="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/9f6916dd-k8s-prometheus-light.png" alt="Operational dashboard" width="1040" height="585" hi_def=True fill=True %}

Flask usage

Add it as a template tag:

# app.py

from canonicalwebteam import image_template
from flask import Flask

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.context_processor
def utility_processor():
    return {"image": image_template}

Use it in templates, e.g.::

# templates/mytemplate.html

{{
  image(
    url="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/450d7c2f-openstack-hero.svg",
    alt="",
    width="534",
    height="319",
    hi_def=True,
	fill=True,
    loading="auto",
    attrs={"class": "hero", "id": "openstack-hero"},
  ) | safe
}}

Generated markup

The output image markup will be e.g.:

<img
    src="https://res.cloudinary.com/canonical/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto,fl_sanitize,w_534,h_319,c_fill/https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/450d7c2f-openstack-hero.svg"
    srcset="https://res.cloudinary.com/canonical/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto,fl_sanitize,w_1068,h_638,c_fill/https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/450d7c2f-openstack-hero.svg 2x"
    alt=""
    width="534"
    height="319"
    loading="auto"
    class="hero"
    id="openstack hero"
/>

VS Code Snippet

To add the required markup for this template as a User Snippet, add the following as a HTML snippet (User Snippets under File > Preferences, or Code > Preferences on macOS):

"Image module": {
	"prefix": "image-module",
	"body": [
		"{{",
		"	image_template(",
		"		url="$1",",
		"		alt="$2",",
		"		height="$3",",
		"		width="$4",",
		"		hi_def=$5True,",
		"		loading="auto|lazy$6",",
		"		attrs={"class": "$7"}",
		"	) | safe",
		"}}"
	],
	"description": "Image module include"
}"