Cannot show image from external URL

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Posted on 22 Dec 2020 05:48:05 by saadaltak

Hi,

Why I cannot show an external image using external url? I am pretty sure that it worked previously. If I use the "FlooringEstimates" Excel file as data source, it shows the related image. While if I try any external url as shown in the screen shoot, it does not show anything. Any idea where is the issue?

Thanks,

Saad

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v-xiaochen-msft on 23 Dec 2020 at 06:43:31

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Re: Cannot show image from external URL

Hi @saadaltak ,

Firstly, the method you are currently using is to access the image resources of the URL.
Third-party URLs (such as Wiki) may become invalid over time. I think your picture cannot be displayed may be because of this situation. I cannot access your picture address in the browser.
But if you put all the pictures in the SP cloud, then I think this will almost never happen, and your pictures will be safe.
Therefore, you could use Image control to access the URL of the SP image directly.

Secondly, for more safety, you could try to save the pictures directly instead of their URL.
You could use JSON() function to convert pictures into binary strings and save them in multiple lines of text.
I think this link will help you a lot: Here

You could choose a method according to your needs.

Best Regards,
Wearsky
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saadaltak 15 on 23 Dec 2020 at 06:18:44

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Re: Cannot show image from external URL

Thank you for your reply
This is weird because I tested it before couple of months and was working!
If I have a shared folder with subfolders containing hundreds of images, what is the best approach to show these images in a power apps gallery?
v-xiaochen-msft on 22 Dec 2020 at 07:07:25

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Re: Cannot show image from external URL

Hi @saadaltak ,

According to your description, I noticed that your URL has authentication information.
Unfortunately, powerapps cannot connect to the URL with authentication information.

For example: “https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg”
This is a URL without authentication information. We don’t need to log in, anyone can open this URL with any browser.

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