Elm: Get the size of an image

I am trying to get the width and height of an image, so give a URL, what is the width and height of that image

Solution

I don't believe that there is a way to do this in elm. Ports are one possible solution. You can read about them here. I've written a small example of your use case which you can run your self on ellie. In this example I use the JS example you gave in your comment, but there are other possible solutions such as event listeners or querying the DOM.

Main.elm

port module Main exposing (main)

import Html exposing (..)
import Html.Attributes exposing (..)


main : Program Never Model Msg
main =
    Html.program
        { init = init
        , update = update
        , view = view
        , subscriptions = subscriptions
        }


type alias Model =
    { imageUrl : String
    , dim : Maybe ( Int, Int )
    }


testImg : String
testImg =
    "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71TcaVWvBsL._SY355_.jpg"


init : ( Model, Cmd msg )
init =
    Model testImg Nothing
        ! [ getDim testImg ]


type Msg
    = UpdateDim ( Int, Int )


update : Msg -> Model -> ( Model, Cmd msg )
update msg model =
    case msg of
        UpdateDim xy ->
            { model | dim = Just xy } ! []


view : Model -> Html msg
view model =
    case model.dim of
        Nothing ->
            div [] []

        Just dims ->
            div []
                [ img [ src model.imageUrl ] []
                , text <|
                    "size: "
                        ++ toString dims
                ]


subscriptions : Model -> Sub Msg
subscriptions model =
    newDim UpdateDim

-- this port handles our incomming height and width
-- and passes it to a Msg constructor
port newDim : (( Int, Int ) -> msg) -> Sub msg

-- this port passes our string out of Elm and into
-- js land
port getDim : String -> Cmd msg

index.html

<html>
<head>
  <style>
    /* you can style your program here */
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <script>
    var app = Elm.Main.fullscreen()
    // you can use ports and stuff here
    app.ports.getDim.subscribe(function(url){
      // recieve the url for the image through
      // the `getDim` port in Main.elm
      let img = new Image()
      img.src = url
      img.onload = function() {
        // send the height and width back to elm through
        // the `newDim` port in Main.elm
        app.ports.newDim.send([img.height, img.width])
      }
    })
  </script>
</body>
</html>