Uploading product images from Google Drive

Uploading images from Google Drive can be confusing because Google provides two different types of links:

• A direct file URL, which can be used as an image URL
• A sharing page URL, which opens the file preview page in Google Drive

Make sure to use the direct file URL when adding Google Drive images to Valigara.

Correct image URL

The correct image URL directly leads to the file on Google Drive and looks like this:

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1GRGKRZrI3cQRpfZ6BsFjtLBJVQnon39R

Sharing page URL

The sharing page URL opens the file preview page in Google Drive and looks like this:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ajN1mjlEqVWh7jmgzAXWZnVHn1FrlL24/view?usp=sharing

How to rebuild the URL

To convert a Google Drive sharing page URL into a direct image URL:

1. Copy the file ID from the sharing page URL.
2. The file ID is the part between /d/ and /view.
3. Paste the file ID into the direct URL structure: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=FILE_ID

Example:

• Sharing page URL:
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ajN1mjlEqVWh7jmgzAXWZnVHn1FrlL24/view?usp=sharing
• File ID:
  1ajN1mjlEqVWh7jmgzAXWZnVHn1FrlL24
• Direct image URL:
  https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1ajN1mjlEqVWh7jmgzAXWZnVHn1FrlL24

Important: The file must be shared publicly or available to anyone with the link. Otherwise, the image may not load outside Google Drive.