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How to Get the Aspect Ratio of an Image From the Image URL Builder Tool

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Last updated: Apr 21, 2022
Hi!
Is there a way to get the aspect ratio of an image from the image url builder tool? I want to specify the width and height of all my images to avoid layout shifting, but I can't really find a way to figure out the height, given that I want the image to preserve its intrinsic aspect ratio.
Apr 21, 2022, 8:02 AM
Could this link help you? I think that in your case you need to handle assets, and not an image url
https://www.sanity.io/docs/assets
Apr 21, 2022, 8:56 AM
More over, having width and height of the image you could calculate the aspect ratio.
https://www.omnicalculator.com/other/aspect-ratio
Apr 21, 2022, 8:58 AM
One solution would be to create the container for the image, within a div or a picture tag, and use the url as a background. So there you can specify height or the like.
A second solution might be to set the img tag in a div, and on the image tag you could use the css property object-fit: cover to not have any overflow or stretched image.
Apr 21, 2022, 9:07 AM
Hope it helped
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Apr 21, 2022, 9:07 AM
hmโ€ฆ well, thanks for putting me on the right track. Turns out, I can fetch the aspect ratio from an image with

image.asset->metadata.dimensions.aspectRatio
Apr 21, 2022, 9:25 AM
I see you found the answer! ๐Ÿ™‚ We have a comprehensive article about image metadata in the docs if you have further needs in that regard!
Apr 21, 2022, 12:19 PM

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