jquery - Select2 add image icon to option dynamically

Question

This is what select2.github.io gives you:

function addIcons(opt) {
    if (!opt.id) {
        return opt.text;
    }
    var $opt = $(
            '<span><img src="/images/flags/' + opt.element.value.toLowerCase() + '.png" class="img-flag" /> ' + opt.text + '</span>'
            );
    return $opt;
}

I'd like to add a data-image attribute to my options:

<option value="flag" data-image="/images/flags/flag.png">Country 1</option>

and log it in the function:

function addIcons(opt) {
    if (!opt.id) {
        return opt.text;
    }

    var optimage = opt.attr('data-image');
    var $opt = $(
            '<span><img src="/images/flags/' + optimage + '" class="img-flag" /> ' + opt.text + '</span>'
            );
    return $opt;
}

Sadly, a simple console.log(opt); doesn't return anything in the function, so I can't see if I can access my data-image attribute. The above block of code returns an error, so this obviously doesn't work. Any suggestions on this matter?

Answer 1

Solved using attr and tested on Select2 4.0.6-rc.0.

$(".class").select2({
    templateResult: formatState,
    templateSelection: formatState
});

function formatState (opt) {
    if (!opt.id) {
        return opt.text.toUpperCase();
    } 

    var optimage = $(opt.element).attr('data-image'); 
    console.log(optimage)
    if(!optimage){
       return opt.text.toUpperCase();
    } else {                    
        var $opt = $(
           '<span><img src="' + optimage + '" width="60px" /> ' + opt.text.toUpperCase() + '</span>'
        );
        return $opt;
    }
};