Have problem showing Sharepoint's images or videos in PowerApps

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Hello everyone,

I have several images and videos in Sharepoint document library, and read permission has been given to everyone in the company.

I am trying to show them in PowerApps. However, it won't show unless images/videos' URL have been accessed once by the user, then he/she can see that image/video in PowerApps.

Could anyone please tell me why this is and how it can be fixed? Thank you.

Best regards,

David

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MarkRahn 1,351 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

I found a similar question here:

https://community.powerplatform.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=09d83080-0abf-42e2-953f-23b8350238b2

It has an answer that may be helpful to you.

From the answer they gave, it might be helpful to reference images like:

Lookup(YourDocLibrary,'Link to item'=gblImageUrl).Thumbnail.Large

I'm not sure for Videos.

Is the Document Library listed in your Data Sources or are you just trying to pull in the images/videos via the url?

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Thanks

-Mark

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ronaldwalcott 3,862 Moderator on at

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Do you mean that the videos won't play unless the SharePoint document list has been accessed in a different tab in the browser?

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SwatiSTW 807 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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The issue arises because SharePoint’s document library generates temporary URLs for media files that require authentication. Users need to authenticate to SharePoint at least once before PowerApps can load the images/videos directly from the SharePoint URLs

Try below steps to resolve the issue

1. Connect PowerApps to SharePoint Library -
Go to PowerApps Studio and add a data source. Select the SharePoint connector and connect it to your document library.
2. Add a Gallery in PowerApps - Insert a Gallery control, Set the Items property of the Gallery to your SharePoint document library.
3. Display Images Using Thumbnails - Add an Image control inside the Gallery. Set its Image property to ThisItem.'Thumbnail'.Large
4. Display Videos Using a Video Control - Insert a Video control in the app. Set the Media property to
ThisItem.'{Link to item}'
5: Verify User Permissions in SharePoint - Go to the SharePoint document library settings.
Ensure that all users have at least "Read" permission.

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