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# Generate image block
 Generates a block with an image to add to the message block array




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*Function GenerateImageBlock(Val URL, Val AlternateText = "") Export*

 | Parameter | CLI option | Type | Destination |
 |-|-|-|-|
 | URL | --picture | String | Image URL |
 | AlternateText | --alt | String | Alternate text of the image |

 
 Returns: Map Of KeyAndValue - Image block


```bsl title="Code example"
 
 Text = "Alpaca picture";
 URL = "https://github.com/Bayselonarrend/OpenIntegrations/raw/main/Media/logo.png?v1";
 
 Response = OPI_Slack.GenerateImageBlock(URL, Text); //Map
 Response = OPI_Tools.JSONString(Response); //JSON string
 
```
	


```sh title="CLI command example"
 
 oint slack GenerateImageBlock --picture "https://github.com/Bayselonarrend/OpenIntegrations/raw/main/Media/logo.png?v1" --alt %alt%

```

```json title="Result"
 {
 "alt_text": "Yo",
 "image_url": "https://github.com/Bayselonarrend/OpenIntegrations/raw/main/Media/logo.png?v1",
 "type": "image"
 }
```