# Photo links from google sheets are not displayed in data viewer list **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [October 16, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229 "2023-10-16T15:37:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![minamaestro2023kg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@minamaestro2023kg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/minamaestro2023kg)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/1 "2023-10-16T15:37:27Z")
I’m uploading lots of photos to google drive to benefit from its huge free storage, but those links when are in the data sources are not recognized by the Data viewer list so the photos are not shown, So are there any solution to this, especially my app will have huge amount of image links and Cloudinary is not suitable as its free plan is quite limited and the paid plane is expensive for me . ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/2 "2023-10-16T16:13:39Z")
Hi @minamaestro2023kg, thanks for reaching out about this. You will run into issues with showing any links for images unless they are specific to the file itself and end with the image types extension e.g. [https://www.website.com/image.jpg](https://www.website.com/image.jpg). Can you confirm whether or not the image links are set this way? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/3 "2023-10-16T18:15:31Z")
ChatGPT suggested a way to convert the Google Drive image url to a direct url. It _might_ work for you: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/3/0325b051f22006e8d271d07e4b8cdd77422c2b52.png) This was the Drive link I gave it: [plane\_loopy.png - Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6ZWWkVSzxHeN2JkODM5NTYtZjg4Zi00ZDhjLTljNWQtMjM0NmI2YTBkZmZk/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-LlsJ9hSmfITX1829z17AhA) The result in the second code box above was: [https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B6ZWWkVSzxHeN2JkODM5NTYtZjg4Zi00ZDhjLTljNWQtMjM0NmI2YTBkZmZk](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B6ZWWkVSzxHeN2JkODM5NTYtZjg4Zi00ZDhjLTljNWQtMjM0NmI2YTBkZmZk) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/4 "2023-10-16T18:22:51Z")
This is interesting. It does push out a link where you can download the direct image but that still will not show in a Data Viewer ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/5 "2023-10-16T18:38:30Z")
It worked when I tried it! 😃 Oh wait, maybe that’s because I have access to that Google Drive file? **Edit:** oh weird. I tried four variations of the urls above and three of the four displayed the image in a Data Viewer List with a local table. But now when I preview again, only one of them works. This url: [https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B6ZWWkVSzxHeN2JkODM5NTYtZjg4Zi00ZDhjLTljNWQtMjM0NmI2YTBkZmZk](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B6ZWWkVSzxHeN2JkODM5NTYtZjg4Zi00ZDhjLTljNWQtMjM0NmI2YTBkZmZk) ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/6 "2023-10-16T18:44:13Z")
@matt_conroy If you preview the first screen of [this project](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/12f8c9deac9079f7e4e963ef7ce994d4), do you see a single plane like in my screenshot? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/f/7f428b9e3c9bc19d14ae5a18aba74396ff992a76.png) I’m realizing that it may only be grabbing the thumbnail of the original image from Google Drive. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/7 "2023-10-16T18:55:00Z")
I do! You may have figured out something big here! 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![minamaestro2023kg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19b73/32.png) [@minamaestro2023kg](https://community.thunkable.com/u/minamaestro2023kg)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/8 "2023-10-17T19:06:41Z")
@matt_conroy Thanks for your response, I think the solution to copy the direct google drive URL. like this [![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHdhBQr2YgQZxayAkzygypoId_RQ-tIEgZBYrG9o_Ck9Pb1SxGPzmuNNqJp_1swt9UCgo_lXATyNdq62_nB3EF1oiX9NXKmIDo0UOZntvOkPxc0HjaxsGBEkETII2-KUzss9ZDXICdVBcH_EgqGcZgbd3Q=w704-h938-s-no-gm?authuser=0) ](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/ADCreHdhBQr2YgQZxayAkzygypoId_RQ-tIEgZBYrG9o_Ck9Pb1SxGPzmuNNqJp_1swt9UCgo_lXATyNdq62_nB3EF1oiX9NXKmIDo0UOZntvOkPxc0HjaxsGBEkETII2-KUzss9ZDXICdVBcH_EgqGcZgbd3Q=w704-h938-s-no-gm?authuser=0) this Works fine and you can try it yourself. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/photo-links-from-google-sheets-are-not-displayed-in-data-viewer-list/2647229/9 "2024-01-15T19:07:14Z")
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