is it possible to show a facebook image in a DU thread

[garybeck]

I have tried to paste the URL of a facebook image into a DU thread and it doesn't work.

i could download the image, upload it to a server and then show it in a DU thread but that is a lot of work just to show an image

does anyone know if you can do it more easily?

for example here is one I wanted to put on DU

?_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=AQkJ7gKgwPC8Ts7ubt7NNEmjcjZMgHJW1IhMjoqXWP2DhpZWN8PzCztBUpOO4srNKWk&_nc_ht=scontent.fbed1-2.fna&oh=81a157838faba16c540b8f77ad7c6f5b&oe=5E2EE48D

i tried shortening it and getting rid of all the mumbo-jumbo after the .jpg but that didn't help.

[catbyte]

1. Use this site

https://imgbb.com/

Upload image then the Embed Codes:

Choose the BBCode full linked from the pull-down menu

You can then delete all the stuff before the http:// and after the jpg

[garybeck]

5. thanks, but does that save me from

having to download the image, then upload elsewhere?

my question is about whether or not there is a way to display the image directly from facebook without doing that, like you can with most other images on the net, by just referring to the URL.

[Princess Turandot]

2. No. Facebook doesn't want to act as a host for images to be posted elsewhere..

The way they set up their image urls prevents them from working when the request for the image comes from a non-facebook server. I don't think there's anyway around that.

[Ptah]

3. Save it to your computer, then upload it to imgur.com

[garybeck]

4. right, i know how to do that

as I stated in the OP, I am trying to avoid the tedious and time consuming steps of downloading an image, then uploading to a different server everytime I want to show an image from facebook

[Ptah]

6. Yeah, I know. I'll never get back the 90 seconds it took.