feat(attachable): expand the image shortcut in the type key

README.md

@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ accepts these nested keys under `filters[<name>]`:
 | Key                    | Meaning                                            |
 |------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
 | `present`              | strict true or bare key → attached; explicit false (`'false'`, `'0'`) → unattached |
-| `type`                 | blob content type — scalar `=`, array `IN`         |
+| `type`                 | blob content type — scalar `=`, array `IN`, or the `image` shortcut |
 | `min_size` / `max_size`| inclusive blob byte size bounds                    |
 
 ```ruby
@@ -237,8 +237,15 @@ end
 
 Contract.filterable(filters: { document: { present: true } })
 Contract.filterable(filters: { document: { type: %w[application/pdf image/png], max_size: 5_000_000 } })
+Contract.filterable(filters: { document: { type: 'image' } })
 ```
 
+The `image` shortcut expands at query time against
+`ActiveStorage.variable_content_types` + `web_image_content_types` (a real
+content type always carries a slash, so the name is unambiguous), and composes
+inside arrays next to literal types. An unknown literal stays a plain equality
+that matches nothing; an unknown symbol narrows nothing.
+
 Everything resolves through the associations `has_one_attached` /
 `has_many_attached` generate, so the gem still has no ActiveStorage
 dependency; a declared name without those associations narrows nothing, and

lib/filterable/attachable.rb

@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ module Attachable
     # The explicit values that flip +present+ to its unattached side.
     FALSE_VALUES = [false, 0, '0', 'false'].freeze
 
+    # The symbolic +type+ shortcuts, each expanded lazily at query time against
+    # ActiveStorage's configured content-type lists — never frozen at boot, and
+    # only ever called once the model proved it has real attachments, so the
+    # gem still loads without ActiveStorage.
+    TYPE_SHORTCUTS = {
+      'image' => -> { ActiveStorage.variable_content_types | ActiveStorage.web_image_content_types }
+    }.freeze
+
     module_function
 
     # Narrows the scope from each accepted attachment key.
@@ -72,12 +80,37 @@ def accepted(params, scope)
     def entries(name, attachment, bounds)
       [
         [:present, presence_value(bounds)],
-        [:type, Filterable::ValueNormalization.normalize(bounds[:type])],
+        [:type, content_types(bounds[:type])],
         [:min_size, Filterable::Rangeable.parse(bounds[:min_size])],
         [:max_size, Filterable::Rangeable.parse(bounds[:max_size])]
       ].filter_map { |key, value| [name, attachment, key, value, bounds[key]] unless value.nil? }
     end
 
+    # The normalized +type+ value, with symbolic shortcuts expanded. A real
+    # content type always carries a slash, so a known shortcut name is
+    # unambiguous; an unknown literal stays a plain equality that matches
+    # nothing, never a silent no-op.
+    #
+    # @api private
+    # @param raw [Object] the raw +type+ value.
+    # @return [String, Array, nil] the usable content type(s), or nil.
+    def content_types(raw)
+      Filterable::ValueNormalization.normalize(expand_types(raw))
+    end
+
+    # Expands every known shortcut in a raw +type+ value, leaving everything
+    # else untouched.
+    #
+    # @api private
+    # @param raw [Object] the raw +type+ value, scalar or array.
+    # @return [Object] the value with shortcuts replaced by content-type lists.
+    def expand_types(raw)
+      return raw.flat_map { |value| expand_types(value) } if raw.is_a?(Array)
+
+      shortcut = TYPE_SHORTCUTS[raw.to_s]
+      shortcut ? shortcut.call : raw
+    end
+
     # How a +present+ key reads: +:attached+ on a strict true or bare key,
     # +:missing+ on an explicit false, nil otherwise.
     #

spec/active_storage_spec.rb

@@ -154,6 +154,32 @@ def attach(record, name, content_type, byte_size = 1)
       expect(result).to contain_exactly(pdf_contract, png_contract)
     end
 
+    it 'expands the image shortcut against the configured content types' do
+      [:image, 'image'].each do |shortcut|
+        result = Contract.filterable(filters: { document: { type: shortcut } })
+
+        expect(result).to contain_exactly(png_contract)
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'expands the image shortcut inside an array, next to literal types' do
+      result = Contract.filterable(filters: { document: { type: ['image', 'application/pdf'] } })
+
+      expect(result).to contain_exactly(pdf_contract, png_contract)
+    end
+
+    it 'keeps an unknown literal type as an equality that matches nothing' do
+      result = Contract.filterable(filters: { document: { type: 'garbage' } })
+
+      expect(result).to be_empty
+    end
+
+    it 'ignores an unknown symbolic type' do
+      result = Contract.filterable(filters: { document: { type: :video } })
+
+      expect(result).to contain_exactly(pdf_contract, png_contract, bare_contract)
+    end
+
     it 'applies inclusive byte size bounds' do
       attach(pdf_contract, 'annexes', 'text/csv', 100)
       attach(png_contract, 'annexes', 'text/csv', 5000)