Image alt text not showing up in API request

[anton1 (Anton Emery)]

Hi Folks,

I am trying to figure out why images in the Media Library have alt text, but then when I query our Prismic API and look at the data alt: null. Has anyone else run into this issue? I'm sure its the same image as the filenames match. It is not all images, just a handful of .svg we have.

I do not see any alt text for this specific image within the document where it is used, so I assume then it should inherit whatever is specified in the media library?

If anyone has seen this and has any insights let me know. Thanks!

Anton

[Fares]

Hi Anton,

Thanks for reaching out.

I have tried to upload some SVGs in one repository and couldn't reproduce the issue.

So In order to reproduce this issue, I would need your repository name (you can share it is a private message if necessary) as well as a link/name of the images that have the problem with the documents you are queuing from the API where the alt is not appearing.

Looking forward to your reply,
Fares

[anton1 (Anton Emery)]

Sorry for my delay in reply. I will send you a PM with our repo name and the url of an example image

[Fares]

Hi,

I've got the private message, I will try to reproduce the issue and will reach back to you.

[Fares]

Hi,

I've been able to reproduce the issue, and yes, the original alt of an SVG in the media library is not taken into consideration as a fallback:

So for that, I have created an issue in our tracker, and we will let you know in case of any updates.

[anton1 (Anton Emery)]

Thanks so much for looking into this, I really appreciate it! I will look out for any updates from you on this issue.

[skery.antonin (Antonin Barbier)]

I've come across the same problem, an easy fix was to delete the image, re-uploading it and reassigning a alt text, then I was able to see it sent by the API and retrieve it into my code.