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July 25, 2022
Host images on your own Google Drive!
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.
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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.
Thanks for your comment :) Cloudflare Image is the service that can handle this job right?
Yes, that too!
Or you can host in S3, and cache in cloudflare. Either option should work.
Amazing! Thanks for your insights :)
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.
Thanks for this insight!! Have we any resources to learn more about this traffic limit? Is there a number even found?
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.
Hum, make sense. Thanks a lot for your thoughts on my lil product!