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title: "Image Input"
description: "Local-first visual environment for building and running AI workflows. Build agents visually, deploy anywhere, privacy by design."
canonical: https://docs.nodetool.ai/nodes/nodetool/input/imageinput
markdown: https://docs.nodetool.ai/nodes/nodetool/input/imageinput.md
product: NodeTool
source: https://github.com/nodetool-ai/nodetool/blob/main/docs/nodes/nodetool/input/imageinput.md
---

# Image Input

**Type:** `nodetool.input.ImageInput`

**Namespace:** `nodetool.input`

## Description

Accepts a reference to an image asset for workflows, specified by an 'ImageRef'.  An 'ImageRef' points to image data that can be used for display, analysis, or processing by vision models.
    input, parameter, image, picture, graphic, visual, asset

## Properties

| Property | Type | Description | Default |
|----------|------|-------------|---------|
| name | `str` | The parameter name for the workflow. | `` |
| value | `image` | The image to use as input. | `{"type":"image","uri":"","asset_id":null,"data"...` |
| description | `str` | The description of the input for the workflow. | `` |

## Outputs

| Output | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| output | `image` |  |

## Related Nodes

Browse other nodes in the [nodetool.input](./) namespace.