From 2736ab6dbfa95c4a6d99837b715ecccb23c84215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Williamson <mike@zwobble.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 21:33:29 +0100
Subject: Only use the alt text of image elements as a fallback

---
 mammoth/images.py | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'mammoth')

diff --git a/mammoth/images.py b/mammoth/images.py
index 9dba353..21b9288 100644
--- a/mammoth/images.py
+++ b/mammoth/images.py
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ from . import html
 
 def img_element(func):
     def convert_image(image):
-        attributes = func(image).copy()
+        attributes = {}
         if image.alt_text:
             attributes["alt"] = image.alt_text
-            
+        attributes.update(func(image))
+
         return [html.element("img", attributes)]
-    
+
     return convert_image
 
 # Undocumented, but retained for backwards-compatibility with 0.3.x
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ inline = img_element
 def data_uri(image):
     with image.open() as image_bytes:
         encoded_src = base64.b64encode(image_bytes.read()).decode("ascii")
-    
+
     return {
         "src": "data:{0};base64,{1}".format(image.content_type, encoded_src)
     }
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