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Up and Running with Gatsby: Images

Using an Image in the Index Page

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Outline

We can now use the query we built in the last video inside of our page query in index.js. We can also replace eveyrthing inside fluid with a GraphQL fragment (a partial query) called GatsbyImageSharpFluid. The final page query will look like this:

export const query = graphql`
  query {
    site {
      siteMetadata {
        title
      }
    }
    file(relativePath: { eq: "images/lodge.jpg" }) {
      childImageSharp {
        fluid {
          ...GatsbyImageSharpFluid
        }
      }
    }
  }
`

Now, we can use use Gatsby Image in our LodgeImage component. First, import Gatsby Image:

import Image from "gatsby-image"

Then, update the LodgeImage component with this:

const LodgeImage = styled(Image)`
  max-width: 400px;
    margin-top: 20px;
    border-radius: 10px;
`

Finally, in the exported component where we use the LodgeImage component, replace src with fluid like so:

// src/pages/index.js
export default ({ data }) => (
  <Layout>
    <LodgeImage fluid={data.file.childImageSharp.fluid} alt="Lodge" />
    <p>Welcome to {data.site.siteMetadata.title}!</p>
  </Layout>
)

That's it! If you run gatsby develop and visit the site, you should see a nice blurred placeholder as the page loads.

Let's do an assignment in the next video to get some practice adding images to pages.

 

I finished! On to the next chapter