gatsby-remark-images-datocms

Processes images in markdown so they can be used in the production build using DatoCMS's built-in CDN.

In the processing, it makes images responsive by:

• Adding an elastic container to hold the size of the image while it loads to avoid layout jumps.
• Generating multiple versions of images at different widths and sets the srcset and sizes of the img element so regardless of the width of the device, the correct image is downloaded.
• Converting GIF images into video elements.
• Using the "blur up" technique popularized by Medium and Facebook where a small 20px wide version of the image is shown as a placeholder until the actual image is downloaded.

Install

npm install --save gatsby-remark-images-datocms

How to use

// In your gatsby-config.js
plugins: [
  `gatsby-plugin-sharp`,
  {
    resolve: `gatsby-transformer-remark`,
    options: {
      plugins: [
        {
          resolve: `gatsby-remark-images-datocms`,
          options: {
            // You need to specify your project read-only API token here!
            apiToken: 'XXXXX',
            // It's important to specify the maxWidth (in pixels) of
            // the content container as this plugin uses this as the
            // base for generating different widths of each image.
            maxWidth: 590,
          },
        },
      ],
    },
  },
]

Options

| Name | Default | Description | | ---------------------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | maxWidth | 650 | The maxWidth in pixels of the div where the markdown will be displayed. This value is used when deciding what the width of the various responsive thumbnails should be. | | linkImagesToOriginal | true | Add a link to each image to the original image. Sometimes people want to see a full-sized version of an image e.g. to see extra detail on a part of the image and this is a convenient and common pattern for enabling this. Set this option to false to disable this behavior. | | showCaptions | false | Add a caption to each image with the contents of the title attribute, when this is not empty. Set this option to true to enable this behavior. | | wrapperStyle | | Add custom styles to the div wrapping the responsive images. Use regular CSS syntax, e.g. margin-bottom:10px; background: red; | | backgroundColor | transparent | Set the background color of the image to match the background of your design | | convertGifsToVideo | true | Convert GIF images into video elements