PSA: Embedding Google Drive images

I've spent a good hour trying to figure out why my images hosted on Google Drive stopped working with the image tag, so here is the solution in case anyone else ever has the same issue.

Apparently Google Drive changed its policies and with them the way links to files work. The new format for a direct link is this:
So an image with this share link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PH-pgd2qCyiEv9cr1iVVDDnx6W0hmZSB/view?usp=sharing
becomes
https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=1PH-pgd2qCyiEv9cr1iVVDDnx6W0hmZSB&sz=w100
and results in

Credit to this article, it saved me the pain of guessing the new format. :'D

So...does modifying the "&sz=w#" tag allow you to control the size (pixel width) of the image?

It does. You also don't need the size tag. As long as you truncate the link after the ID and add the ampersand, it'll pick up.



I didn't remember this would be happening at all, so thank you @flyingsucculent.

Neat !

Size change up: 300px


Size change down: 40px


I've been using the Imgur upload button for images but I might just switch to Google Drive for this kind of functionality.
Thanks for the tip, FS!

The only downside is having to manually reformat the image url, I guess.

Hm, I don't see your images, witchdoctor

Doc needs to set the permissions in Drive appropriately...

👍

Computers are difficult. Thanks for the heads up!

We need to find this feature for Imgur!

Which feature? Posting different sizes? Imgur can do that.

I took the biggest one from above and uploaded to imgur via GP:

Full size:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/MbYqzDq.png[/img]

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For a huge (1024×1024) version, add a 'h' before .png:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/MbYqzDqh.png[/img]

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For a large (640×640) version, add a 'l' (L) before .png:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/MbYqzDql.png[/img]

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For a medium (320×320) version, add a 'm' before .png:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/MbYqzDqm.png[/img]

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For a tiny (160×160) version, add a 't' before .png:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/MbYqzDqt.png[/img]

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An 's' gives you a square, cropped 'thumbnail'.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/MbYqzDqs.png[/img]

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There are other options that I don't remember.

So why doesn't GP follow BBCode for images in general?

[img=50]url.gif[/img] should give me an image 50 pixels wide, but instead I just get this same text back.

Didn't know that, Vague -- thanks a bunch, have been longing for a quick way to re-size!