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title: "Can the Image uploader element reference media entities in Drupal?"
date: "2025-04-30T11:56:04+00:00"
summary: "Discover how Image uploader elements work with media entities in Drupal and learn best practices for accessing media tokens."
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type: "article"
url: "/drupal-starter-kits/add-ons/site-studio/help/68411-can-image-uploader-element-reference-media-entities-drupal"
id: "e4919e8d-ca54-4e30-b14c-01045f5d6ead"
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Yes, the Image uploader element can reference media entities when your site is configured to utilize Drupal core’s `media browser`. However, it only stores a reference to the file URI. Therefore, accessing extended data from the media entity is not possible through Drupal tokens.

To access all media tokens, Acquia recommends that you use the `entity_reference` or `entity_browser` form elements.