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Host images on your own Google Drive!

by Hugo Duprez

Hey fellow makers! 👋

Did you use free hosting services for your images like ImgBB?

Did you know that Google Drive can do exactly the same job? In fact, they provide you with a Google Drive Sharing link and it allows you to share your image with others.

The problem is this sharing link is not a universal source link and you can't use it as an src="myLink" attribute.

Now is fixed :) I have made this little link converter to give you a real source link from your Google Drive Sharing link.

Avatar for Hugo Duprez Hugo Duprez
, Founder of Icon for Image Host Company
Image Host Company
 on July 25, 2022
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    Exactly as @MGKNeT mentioned. If they see large enough traffic, they'll block the link.
    Plus I don't think their images are well replicated globally, so you'll have latency issues.

    I use AWS S3, with Cloudfront layer atop and it works really well (and dirt cheap).
    Could also try Cloudflare.

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      Thanks for your comment :) Cloudflare Image is the service that can handle this job right?

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        Yes, that too!
        Or you can host in S3, and cache in cloudflare. Either option should work.

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          Amazing! Thanks for your insights :)

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    It is possible, but not a good idea. - Google Drive has a traffic limit and as far as I'm aware we don't see how much it is. So you can "brick" your account easily.

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      Thanks for this insight!! Have we any resources to learn more about this traffic limit? Is there a number even found?

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        Not really. I have had presentations, pdf-s, and images getting "killed" on different "times" and sizes. - so I'm not sure if it is URL traffic, file traffic or etc. There is a possibility if the files are on their paid plans to be better, but I have not tested it.

        After having your own server I don't see the reason.

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          Hum, make sense. Thanks a lot for your thoughts on my lil product!

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