Assets

Sometimes you want to link to assets (e.g. docx files, images...) directly from Markdown files, and it is convenient to co-locate the asset next to the Markdown file using it.

Let's imagine the following file structure:

# Your doc
/website/docs/myFeature.mdx

# Some assets you want to use
/website/docs/assets/docusaurus-asset-example-banner.png
/website/docs/assets/docusaurus-asset-example.docx

Images

You can display images in three different ways: Markdown syntax, JSX require or ES imports syntax.

Display images using simple Markdown syntax:

![Example banner](./assets/docusaurus-asset-example-banner.png)

Display images using inline CommonJS require in JSX image tag:

<img
  src={require('./assets/docusaurus-asset-example-banner.png').default}
  alt="Example banner"
/>

Display images using ES import syntax and JSX image tag:

import myImageUrl from './assets/docusaurus-asset-example-banner.png';

<img src={myImageUrl} alt="Example banner" />

This results in displaying the image:

note

If you are using @docusaurus/plugin-ideal-image, you need to use the dedicated image component, as documented.

Files

In the same way, you can link to existing assets by requiring them and using the returned url in videos, links etc.

# My Markdown page

<a
  target="_blank"
  href={require('./assets/docusaurus-asset-example.docx').default}>
  Download this docx
</a>

or

[Download this docx using Markdown](./assets/docusaurus-asset-example.docx)

Download this docx

Download this docx using Markdown

Inline SVGs

Docusaurus supports inlining SVGs out of the box.

import DocusaurusSvg from './docusaurus.svg';

<DocusaurusSvg />;

This can be useful, if you want to alter the part of the SVG image via CSS. For example, you can change one of the SVG colors based on the current theme.

import DocusaurusSvg from './docusaurus.svg';

<DocusaurusSvg className="themedDocusaurus" />;

html[data-theme='light'] .themedDocusaurus [fill='#FFFF50'] {
  fill: greenyellow;
}

html[data-theme='dark'] .themedDocusaurus [fill='#FFFF50'] {
  fill: seagreen;
}

Themed Images

Docusaurus supports themed images: the ThemedImage component (included in the themes) allows you to switch the image source based on the current theme.

import ThemedImage from '@theme/ThemedImage';

<ThemedImage
  alt="Docusaurus themed image"
  sources={{
    light: useBaseUrl('/img/docusaurus_light.svg'),
    dark: useBaseUrl('/img/docusaurus_dark.svg'),
  }}
/>;

Static assets

If a Markdown link or image has an absolute path, the path will be seen as a file path and will be resolved from the static directories. For example, if you have configured static directories to be ['public', 'static'], then for the following image:

my-doc.md

![An image from the static](/img/docusaurus.png)

Docusaurus will try to look for it in both static/img/docusaurus.png and public/img/docusaurus.png. The link will then be converted to a require call instead of staying as a URL. This is desirable in two regards:

1. You don't have to worry about base URL, which Docusaurus will take care of when serving the asset;
2. The image enters Webpack's build pipeline and its name will be appended by a hash, which enables browsers to aggressively cache the image and improves your site's performance.