Vue Image Kit

Vue.js Image Kit Component with Lazy Load built in and Responsive Images

The inspiration comes from this and a talk from @derevandal in @femug

Note: This is an unofficial project. I do not work or am I affiliated with Image Kit

Demo

Storybook

Go to https://vue-image-kit.netlify.app

How does it work

This component uses the Image Kit Real-time URL-based image transformation, so you will need to have your images over Image Kit for it to work

For more informations about Image Kit, consult their website

How to install

npm

$ npm install vue-image-kit --save

yarn (recommended)

$ yarn add vue-image-kit

Quick start

Vue.js

You can import in your main.js file

import Vue from "vue";
import VueImageKit from "vue-image-kit";

Vue.use(VueImageKit);

Or locally in any component

import { VueImageKit } from "vue-image-kit";
// In v0.2+ you don't need the brackets above

export default {
  components: {
    VueImageKit,
  },
};

Nuxt.js

You can import as a Nuxt.js plugin

~/plugins/vue-image-kit.js

import Vue from "vue";
import VueImageKit from "vue-image-kit";

Vue.use(VueImageKit);

and then import it in your nuxt.config.js file

plugins: [{ src: "~/plugins/vue-image-kit", mode: "client" }];

Basic usage

<template>
  <vue-image-kit
    hash="6xhf1gnexgdgk"
    src="lion_BllLvaqVn.jpg"
    :width="1400"
    :height="800"
    alt="Lion image"
  />
</template>

Props

Property name	Type	Default	Required	Description
hash	String	null	true	Images hash. Example: Take this image -> https://ik.imagekit.io/6xhf1gnexgdgk/lion_BllLvaqVn.jpg, the hash is '6xhf1gnexgdgk'
src	String	null	true	Images source. Example: Take this image -> https://ik.imagekit.io/6xhf1gnexgdgk/lion_BllLvaqVn.jpg, the source is 'lion_BllLvaqVn.jpg'
placeholder	String	''	false	Images placeholder. Here you can pass a link
backgroundColor	String	''	false	Background color of the images placeholder
srcset	Array	[320, 480, 800]	false	Array of numbers that will define the images srcset attribute. Each number correspond to one of the images width
sizes	Array	[]	false	Array of numbers that will define the images sizes attribute. Each number correspond to one of the images max-width. Empty by default, which gets each of the images srcset prop
defaultSize	Number	1080	true	Images default size. Must be larger than the largest srcset and sizes
customTransform	String	''	false	Use this to append any extra image kit transform that you want
width	Number	null	false	Images width. Width number in pixels. It will be set with inline style
height	Number	null	false	Images height. Height number in pixels. It will be set with inline style
alt	String	''	false	Images alt attribute
lazyLoad	Boolean	true	false	If you don't want to use the built in lazy load, you can set this to false, then the image will not be lazy loaded, and you can setup your own lazy load

Development

Note: Contributions are very welcomed, however is very important to open a new issue using the issue template before you start working on anything, so we can discuss it before hand

Fork the project and enter this commands in your terminal

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME/vue-image-kit.git
cd vue-image-kit
yarn

Storybook

For visual testing, this project contains storybook which you can run by doing the next command

$ yarn storybook

Jest

Before making the PR, if you changed something that needs to be tested, please make the tests inside the tests/unit folder

To run the tests, you can use the next command

$ yarn test:unit

Commitlint

This project follows the commitlint guidelines, with minor changes

You can commit using npm run commit to help you with that

There's a pre-push hook that runs all the unit tests before you can push it

If an error occurs, you can use the npm run commit:retry command that runs the previous npm run commit that you already filled

License

MIT © guastallaigor