# Retrieve imagelink on HippoBean

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/retrieve-imagelink-on-hippobean/2443>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [March 3, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/retrieve-imagelink-on-hippobean/2443 "2021-03-03T08:53:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![omoldovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba9def/32.png) [@omoldovan](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/omoldovan)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/retrieve-imagelink-on-hippobean/2443/1 "2021-03-03T08:53:29Z")

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Hello,  
I am trying to retrieve imagelink property from pagemodel api. The reason I am doing this, is that I need in my component to retrieve the properties from the document selected into that component.  
Here is the json output for the selected document:

u3a83d2788d274c3f9ce3d40add3ab7d9: {

- id: “3a83d278-8d27-4c3f-9ce3-d40add3ab7d9”,
- \_meta: { },
- \_links: {
  - site: {
    - href: “/site/”,
    - type: “internal”}},

- name: “article-header”,
- displayName: “Article-Header”,
- keys: [
  - “manufacturing”],

- date: 1612994400000,
- description: “Lorem ipsum article header description”,
- title: “Parents’ Guide to turning a home office into a learning space”,
- alternatekeys: [
  - “category-2”,
  - “category-3”],

- videoLink: “[www.videoURL.com](http://www.videoURL.com)”,
- **imagelink: {**  
\*\* \* $ref: “/content/u3c740fcf8ec54f00a713ff96caa645c8”},\*\*
- localeString: “en”  
}

I am able to retrieve all the required properties on my HippoBean but not the imagelink . Any help is much appreciated.  
This is how I retrieve the properties on my HippoBean:

**HippoBean hippoBean = request.getRequestContext().getSiteContentBaseBean().getBean(socialPromo.getArticleDocument());**  
**hippoBean.getProperties();**

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**Author:** ![omoldovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ba9def/32.png) [@omoldovan](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/omoldovan)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/retrieve-imagelink-on-hippobean/2443/2 "2021-03-04T11:48:27Z")

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Edit : I was able to find a solution for it

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**Author:** ![JochemB](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/jochemb/32/2171_2.png) [@JochemB](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/JochemB)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/retrieve-imagelink-on-hippobean/2443/3 "2026-01-27T12:31:58Z")

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Please explain your solution next time