OneDrive Public Sharing Image URL

Question

_{Sunday, January 14, 2018 11:41 PM}

Hello,

There looks to have been a recent change to how images are displayed / URLs generated when an image is shared for "anyone" to see.

Previously the URL would display only the image, but now the URL OneDrive creates links to an image viewer page with a tool bar layer over the top (with buttons for download, share, delete, version history, etc).

This change has impacted my ability to display images through PowerBI. Previously (and for older images on OneDrive) the Power BI visual displayed the image at the URL OneDrive generated after "sharing" for "anyone" and copying the link. But now, it does not work.

Is there a way for me to get the OneDrive URL for ONLY the image without any "Download" or other button over the top of the image?

My workaround is to upload my images to an external image hosting site. But this is not ideal.

Thanks,

Adam.

** This question was originally posted at the link below. I could not find a more appropriate forum that this. If it there is better one - please let me know.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/onedrive/forum/odwork-odshare-sdoffice/onedrive-public-sharing-image-url/33f1bb0e-31ce-4cf2-bc0e-d5a25c45cd6d?messageId=52c284da-40fb-48b3-b812-023801f9941e

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All replies (2)

_{Monday, January 15, 2018 3:11 AM | 1 vote}

Are you referring to OneDrive or OneDrive for Business? Is there a reason you cannot just place your images on a SharePoint site with everyone read, or at worst, on a 3rd party site like imgur.com?

Trevor Seward

Office Servers and Services MVP

Author, Deploying SharePoint 2016

This post is my own opinion and does not necessarily reflect the opinion or view of Microsoft, its employees, or other MVPs.

_{Wednesday, January 24, 2018 1:49 AM}

Hi,

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Best Regards,

Carl Zhou

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