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Mike_Eovino
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

I’d love to see a new data type that takes the URL of an image file and renders the image rather than just displaying the URL as a link. I would think that this would save you some storage space as well by letting us link to hosted files rather than pulling them in as attachments.

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Kurt_Werstein
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

I have been experimenting with trying to achieve this very thing using a URL to a JPG file stored on Google Drive. I was able to successfully link to a thumbnail view of the image, but nothing more.

I think the attribute of the file on Google Drive was called “Thumbnail Link”.

David_Wiese
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

I was just thinking of this one last week. Specifically if Airtable has access to iCloud Drive where I keep all my project images (not Apple Photos), for obvious reasons.

Bernard_Toure
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

I also support that idea as it will be a good way to generate barcode and/or QR Code for printing and then scan with the new barcode field type.
Therefore a formula using image(URL) function (like in google spreadsheet) will best answer my needs as the URL has to be built dynamically (based on content of other fields).

Google provide webservice to generate QR (https://developers.google.com/chart/image/docs/chart_playground)
and I found this webservice for Barcodes (http://www.barcodes4.me/apidocumentation)

Polen
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

This seems extremely useful and I can see myself using it a lot.

Matt_Sayward
8 - Airtable Astronomer
8 - Airtable Astronomer

This would be fantastic, especially if you could combine it with a lookup field so you could auto-pull images using a naming convention. Using a URL like this for example:

http://www.example.com/products/{NameField}/images/hero-image. jpg

Sean_O_Shea
6 - Interface Innovator
6 - Interface Innovator

Seconded for supporting thumbnail views of externally hosted images. This would be super helpful for museums and other collections-based organizations that likely already have a digital asset management system. Not to mention the fact it would drastically lighten your server load.

I don’t think a new field type would be required—would just require adding another option in the attachments field dialog.

Andrew_Enright
9 - Sun
9 - Sun

Agreed, this could be huge for any company that manages an ECOM website with standardized URL- and image-naming schemas. It’d effectively allow Airtable to become a lightweight DAM client.

We also see huge potential for barcodes/QRs, dynamically created based on lookups. Hear, hear!

Andrew_Enright
9 - Sun
9 - Sun

Alternatively, I would suggest support for some simple HTML in the URL Field. We could use formulas to wrap image links in <img src=.

Either way, we could do things like collect Google Static Maps: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/static-maps/intro

Brent_Dixon
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Yes! Support for this feature.

Byron_Hsu
4 - Data Explorer
4 - Data Explorer

Google sheets supports this feature as well