Solved: New Google Drive URL Situation

Ryan_Wagner

I am trying to tackle the changes needed to Google Drive URLs, but the couple of quick attempts I have made don't seem to be working...

For example (picking an easy one, maybe), for the "app logo" or "launch image," I currently have a URL like this: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I tried changing it to: https://drive.google.com/file/d/XXXXXXXXXXX/view?usp=sharing

That does not seem to work.

Can anyone share the right URL construction that won't be damaged starting on May 1st?

Thanks!

baba_sawane

You can try replacing your urls with https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=XXXX&sz=s4000

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AleksiAlkio

Would it be fine to save the image to your Drive and then select it from the settings?

Ryan_Wagner

Most of the images I use are saved in Google Drive, but this is the way I construct the links: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=XXXXXXXX

Apparently the "uc" part of it is what is going to change, but I don't how I am supposed to rewrite the URL to make it work after tomorrow...

AleksiAlkio

You don't need to use URL. Just save the image to Drive and select it for your app logo.

Ryan_Wagner

I see that now! Looks like that works for the logo and launch image. Thanks!

I still have many URLs in my apps that rely on the "uc?" URL construction...Is there another way to write the URLs that won't be a problem after today's deadline?

baba_sawane

As I understood the update, if you want to use a link to display images, you should replace them with another source, like imgur.

For the ex. you provided, you can just do as Aleksi said and use this

Ryan_Wagner

Is there no way to rewrite the URLs that I'm already using to make Google Drive work for images still? I have too many images in too many different apps to move everything to another service...

baba_sawane

You can try replacing your urls with https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=XXXX&sz=s4000

shared by @romulo_torres

Ryan_Wagner

Hey, that works! Thanks!

Is it necessary to have the size in the URL? Also, what if the file is not an image? Will your idea work on other files?