Trying to display images

[Warehouse41Ant]

Hello all. New to the forum, had a question which I keep searching for and can't seem to find an answer to. I have an Apex system and am trying to link a photo (preferrably from Flickr). I'm using the direct link to the photo, photo is set to public permission, but it won't display on my Fusion dash, web app, or any browser on my phone.

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. There is a small picture which appears to be indicating there is an issue with the photo, but it's just a jpeg. I even compressed it to 640x480, kept file side below 2 MB (original was about 5.2MB, camera resolution).

I've also tried doing it through dropbox and I get the same problem. What am I missing??

[RussM]

Post the links. Or send them in a PM to me.

[Warehouse41Ant]

Flickr link: https://flic.kr/p/ocLuPU

[RussM]

Flickr doesn't make it easy to get the URL to the actual image.

The URL you need to use for that image is http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/1...42b4432c_z.jpg

Once I accessed the Flickr page for that image, I did a View Source, and looked for a URL containing an actual image type extension (in this case, .jpg) I found one that looked promising, copied it, and tested in a new browser window... I got ONLY the image - just what we need. Then, I used this URL in Fusion - works fine.

Here's a small part what I saw when I did the View Source. The line in bold blue is the one I tried, and got lucky

<meta name="og:description" content="Explore Warehouse41Ant's photos on Flickr. Warehouse41Ant has uploaded 2 photos to Flickr."  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="og:type" content="flickr_photos:photo"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="og:url" content="https://www.flickr.com/photos/68147043@N04/14573042237/"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="og:site_name" content="Flickr"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="og:image" content="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5589/14573042237_8b42b4432c_z.jpg"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="og:image:width" content="640"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="og:image:height" content="427"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="flickr_photos:by" content="https://www.flickr.com/people/68147043@N04/"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="flickr_photos:camera" content="https://www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/eos_6d/"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="flickr_photos:sets" content="https://www.flickr.com/photos/68147043@N04/sets/72157646015305293"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="twitter:card" content="photo"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="twitter:site" content="@flickr"  data-dynamic="true">

<meta name="twitter:app:name:iphone" content="Flickr"  data-dynamic="true">

[Warehouse41Ant]

Thank you very much! I should have known it had something to do with the url...soon enough I'll be setting up a camera, the nerd in me wanted to figure this out. Thanks again!

[jester17]

i have same problem I'm on a mac how do i do a view source

[RussM]

i have same problem I'm on a mac how do i do a view source

In Safari, click View, then View Source.

[jester17]

I found the view source copy and pasted same link no luck still busted


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[RussM]

I found the view source copy and pasted same link no luck still busted


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Post or PM me the link to the Flickr page which contains the image you want to use.

[jester17]

Why is this so difficult


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[jester17]

Is the and easier way or photo service


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[jester17]

Ok give me a sec my 3yr old just woke up thanx


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[jester17]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/williamelsey/15139156580/

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pick any pic you want I'm just trying to figure it out

[jester17]

i just did it i found an (open url) and then i copied the url it opened thanks for your help

[burton37]

i can't post a pic from dropbox. any ideas?

[SHAGGY]

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[RussM]

I'm also having the the same problem with dropbox. In the center of the FISH tile on the Fusion dashboard is the name of my photo with a tiny white square with a black circle with a line through it. If I click the gear under the FISH tile, then click the gear on the media page, then click VIEW, I can see the photo. Why doesn't it appear on the dashboard?

https://forum.neptunesystems.com/sho...hlight=dropbox

[Fishinwall]

Why is this so difficult


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use Photobucket. 100 Xs easier!

[FFJohn]

I'm actually just trying to link a photo from my iPhone. Why can't you just post instead of having to link it. This seems to be an overly complicated task just to put a photo on your dashboard....

[TangieReefer101]

To get Apex to link FLICKR STATIC IMAGES from a mobile device...first u MUST select desktop site when on Flickr. Then select albums> share photo> select BBCode (static image link is embedded in the links). Remove all from the copied link except your static link. Hope this makes it a little less complicated because it's definitely not explained for mobile so easily in one place. :~)~