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Bulk Import Image Tips

Formatting tips to bulk import images from Google Drive, Dropbox, and AirTable

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Written by Iddo Patt
Updated over 2 months ago

Eventive's bulk import templates require links to downloadable images to automatically import all your images at once.

If the links are correctly formatted, you'll see the images in preview. In almost all cases, if the link ends with the specific image file suffix (such as .jpg, .tif, .png) it is a downloadable image link. 

Formatting Requirements for Different Cloud Storage Platforms

Certain cloud storage platforms have specific formatting requirements: 

Google Drive 

To convert the Google Drive file's shareable link, which typically appears in this format - https://drive.google.com/file/d/FILE_ID/view?usp=sharing - into a downloadable link:

The link will need to be reformatted to match the following template:

https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=<FILE_ID>&sz=w300

For example, this link:


The File ID in the example link is 1XPJy2VotB1X7EvBybhWBj-xvw-1RYwbk

By adding the FILE ID to the template, the url would become:

NOTE: The file sharing settings must be set to "Visible to anyone with the link"

Dropbox

To ensure that a link to a Dropbox file is downloadable, be sure that the Dropbox image URL ends in "dl=0" or "raw=1"

Airtable

Please note the image links will start with https://v5.airtableusercontent.com/[#X] where the brackets are will be a long key. There will be no .jpg, .png. etc. but it will function as an upload source. The former style of permanent attachment URLs mentioned previously are now defunct. For more information you can visit: https://support.airtable.com/docs/airtable-attachment-url-behavior

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