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+# card_image()
+
+    Code
+      show_raw_html(card(card_image("https://example.com/image.jpg"), card_body(
+        "image cap on top of card")))
+    Output
+      <div class="card bslib-card bslib-mb-spacing html-fill-item html-fill-container" data-bslib-card-init data-require-bs-caller="card()" data-require-bs-version="5">
+        <img class="img-fluid card-img-top" src="https://example.com/image.jpg"/>
+        <div class="card-body bslib-gap-spacing html-fill-item html-fill-container" style="margin-top:auto;margin-bottom:auto;flex:1 1 auto;">image cap on top of card</div>
+        <script data-bslib-card-init>bslib.Card.initializeAllCards();</script>
+      </div>
+
+---
+
+    Code
+      show_raw_html(card(card_body("image cap on bottom of card"), card_image(
+        "https://example.com/image.jpg")))
+    Output
+      <div class="card bslib-card bslib-mb-spacing html-fill-item html-fill-container" data-bslib-card-init data-require-bs-caller="card()" data-require-bs-version="5">
+        <div class="card-body bslib-gap-spacing html-fill-item html-fill-container" style="margin-top:auto;margin-bottom:auto;flex:1 1 auto;">image cap on bottom of card</div>
+        <img class="img-fluid card-img-bottom" src="https://example.com/image.jpg"/>
+        <script data-bslib-card-init>bslib.Card.initializeAllCards();</script>
+      </div>
+
+---
+
+    Code
+      show_raw_html(card(card_header("header"), card_image(
+        "https://example.com/image.jpg"), card_body("image not a cap")))
+    Output
+      <div class="card bslib-card bslib-mb-spacing html-fill-item html-fill-container" data-bslib-card-init data-require-bs-caller="card()" data-require-bs-version="5">
+        <div class="card-header">header</div>
+        <img src="https://example.com/image.jpg" class="img-fluid"/>
+        <div class="card-body bslib-gap-spacing html-fill-item html-fill-container" style="margin-top:auto;margin-bottom:auto;flex:1 1 auto;">image not a cap</div>
+        <script data-bslib-card-init>bslib.Card.initializeAllCards();</script>
+      </div>
+
+---
+
+    Code
+      show_raw_html(card(card_image("https://example.com/image.jpg", alt = "card-img")))
+    Output
+      <div class="card bslib-card bslib-mb-spacing html-fill-item html-fill-container" data-bslib-card-init data-require-bs-caller="card()" data-require-bs-version="5">
+        <img alt="card-img" class="img-fluid card-img" src="https://example.com/image.jpg"/>
+        <script data-bslib-card-init>bslib.Card.initializeAllCards();</script>
+      </div>
+
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-card.R b/tests/testthat/test-card.R
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+test_that("card_image()", {
+  show_raw_html <- function(x) {
+    cat(format(x))
+  }
+
+  expect_snapshot(
+    show_raw_html(
+      card(
+        card_image("https://example.com/image.jpg"),
+        card_body("image cap on top of card")
+      )
+    )
+  )
+
+  expect_snapshot(
+    show_raw_html(
+      card(
+        card_body("image cap on bottom of card"),
+        card_image("https://example.com/image.jpg")
+      )
+    )
+  )
+
+  expect_snapshot(
+    show_raw_html(
+      card(
+        card_header("header"),
+        card_image("https://example.com/image.jpg"),
+        card_body("image not a cap")
+      )
+    )
+  )
+
+  expect_snapshot(
+    show_raw_html(
+      card(
+        card_image("https://example.com/image.jpg", alt = "card-img")
+      )
+    )
+  )
+})