Extending ImageMedia

[andrewmarkham]

Hi @remkoj

I am using the code from the 'redesign' branch, so I appreciate that this is still being worked on.

I have extended the type 'ImageMedia' to include a new 'AltText' property to support SEO and Accessibility.

The following query works

query MyQuery {
   ImageMedia {
    items {
      Title
      _metadata {
        displayName
        url {
          type
          hierarchical
          default
          base
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

...but when I place the image directly into a content area the new 'Title' property isn't returned. The fragments in the 'getContentByPath' query don't support the extra property when the items are expanded.

If I take the generated 'getContentByPath', amend it as shown below then it works.

fragment BlockData on IContent {
  ...IContentData
  ...HeroWithImageBlockData
  ...TextBlockData
  ...ImageMediaData // added this new fragment
}

fragment ImageMediaData on ImageMedia {
    Title
    _metadata {
        displayName
        url {
            ...LinkData
        }
  }
}

I think we should be able to extend the built in Image and Video models to support these common properties.

Thanks

[remkoj]

Hi @andrewmarkham,

The frontend uses file patterns to decide which fragments must be included in the BlockData, PageData and - in the future, when #22 has been completed - ElementData fragments. The configuration for these patterns can be set in the "injections" section within apps/frontend/codegen.ts.

Can you confirm that the file that includes the ImageMediaData fragment you've created is matched by one of the patterns that would place it in BlockData?