ByAltText

getByAltText, queryByAltText, getAllByAltText, queryAllByAltText, findByAltText, findAllByAltText

API

getByAltText(
  // If you're using `screen`, then skip the container argument:
  container: HTMLElement,
  text: TextMatch,
  options?: {
    exact?: boolean = true,
    normalizer?: NormalizerFn,
  }): HTMLElement

This will return the element (normally an <img>) that has the given alt text. Note that it only supports elements which accept an alt attribute or custom elements (since we don't know if a custom element implements alt or not): <img>, <input>, and <area> (intentionally excluding <applet> as it's deprecated).

<img alt="Incredibles 2 Poster" src="/incredibles-2.png" />

Native

import {screen} from '@testing-library/dom'

const incrediblesPosterImg = screen.getByAltText(/incredibles.*? poster/i)

React

import {render, screen} from '@testing-library/react'

render(<MyComponent />)
const incrediblesPosterImg = screen.getByAltText(/incredibles.*? poster/i)

Angular

import {render, screen} from '@testing-library/angular'

await render(MyComponent)
const incrediblesPosterImg = screen.getByAltText(/incredibles.*? poster/i)

Cypress

cy.findByAltText(/incredibles.*? poster/i).should('exist')

Options

TextMatch options