I have created an Email template using HTML and inline style from scratch. Now I need to add some images, at this point it's not possible to use url because it is not hosted. I tried using base64 encoding, it worked in Apple mail client, but the images are not rendering in Gmail. Is there any way to embed image in html supported by all email clients?
Host the Image publicly in Google Drive by sharing the link 'public on the Web' or 'anyone with the link'. Then use this link http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=FILE_ID to get direct access to the image. You should replace the FILE_ID with actual id from Google Drive link.
Example :
Google Drive Link : https://drive.google.com/file/d/17iWczcf1T_D4kGRaQYBh6J2XOQI181u6/view?usp=sharing
Generated Link : http://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=17iWczcf1T_D4kGRaQYBh6J2XOQI181u6
Now you can use this link in your template.
Base64 has very limited support. Generally speaking it is not advised to use it. You can find information about base64 encoding support in this tutorial. It may help to decide if the supported client list is enough or not in your case.
Embedding images in the email is possible by sending them along with the email and reference the sent images with the img tag. A good starter reading for this method is Campaignmonitor’s “Embedding images revisited“ blog post.
The best solution is to host the images with a service provider, which is fast and maintained.
If you use Github, you can also serve images (or any other content) from the GH-Pages branch of a repository.
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Hi I'm using power automate to send email with images, But it breaks on google but in outlook it works perfectly fine.
This is the result on Outlook:
This is the result on Gmail:
I've already use Base64 Encoding and I don't know what to do next.
You have given us the answer: you used base64 encoding when there is not good support for that across email providers. See https://www.caniemail.com/features/image-base64/
Upload the images to a website or other public repository (a CDN or storage place publicly accessible), and then use <img src="https://www.place.com/imagehere23423423.jpg" ...>
Can I use images stored in Google Drive to be used in a website by the html,<img src="<webContentLink>" /> ?
Where <webContentLink> is returned after a file is uploaded and is in the format, 'https://drive.google.com/uc?id=<FILEID>&export=download'
I have a small website created for account users only. They can upload files to their google drive folder and this folder has permissions set to share with the accounts of the other users (specific people only). This is an ASP.NET MVC 5 website using the Google API Client Libraries for .NET.
In Chrome and Firefox the images display fine, in IE and Safari they don't show and return a 302 status code. Sometimes if you view the image directly in a new tab and then refresh the web page it shows. It might also show if the folder permission is set to 'anyone with the link', but this isn't ideal.
The documentation (https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/manage-downloads) says, 'If you want to allow a user to view a file directly in a web browser instead of through the API, use the webContentLink.' I understood this to be okay to use img src='' to display an image directly without the API, however it then goes on to say, 'You can either redirect a user to this URL, or offer it as a clickable link'.
So can Google please confirm if 'webContentLink' can be used in img src='', or not and why it works in some browsers and not others? I've read many posts on this, some old, some more recent. If it's not to be used in img src I think it should be made clear in the documentation.
Many thanks
Yes, you can definitely use webContentLink as your img src in your HTML page. I tried and this is what I got on my sample HTML page.
<img src = "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0Bzgk4zncCwI7aDZCSHY4YU0zNUF&export=download">
webContentLink can be obtained using Files.list and place 'files' in the fields parameter.
Displaying an image from Google Drive can be done in 3 steps:
Retrieving your image ID
Right click on your image and select Share.
You'll see a link that you need to copy. You will extract the image's ID from the URL.
Here is what your sharing link should look like:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=YourFileId
Check your sharing settings
Your images will only be visible to people who have access to those files. To allow anyone access to your images, you need to set the sharing setting as Visible with the link.
Display your image
With your sharing settings properly configured and your image file IDs at hand, you can now specify how your images will be displayed using a prescribed format.
https://drive.google.com/thumbnail?id=YourFileID
More details can be found here
when I do this I just get a sign like an nonexistent image.
Why?
I just copy paste this line:
<img src = "https://drive.google.com/uc?id=0Bzgk4zncCwI7aDZCSHY4YU0zNUF&export=download">
JS Fiddle
I have an <img> tag on a series of html pages.
Each href is of the form https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?...
Access to these images by 3rd-parties is blocked (by design) by Google which is fine by me.
In my server log I have a series of errors generated by the Googlebot for each request it makes to this image URLs.
I'd prefer to avoid generating HTML specific to bots so let's put that option to one side.
Are there any non-JS solutions for giving bots a hint not to request these images?
Failing a non-JS solution, is there a JS solution?
Is there a way to share a complex HTML file with box? Currently when I share an HTML5 file it opens in the embedded viewer and it is not rendered correctly. It would be great if I could share a file that could be responsively rendered on all devices without the need for it to be on a hosting site.
For paid Box.com accounts only, you can use a direct link as outlined here:
https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200519908-Direct-Linking
Unfortunately, with a complex HTML file as you're describing, it may not render properly anyway depending on the browser/device, since the file is downloaded as an attachment and not viewed in the browser via box.com.
I have a requirement where in I have to to send an email to customer, I have an email template coming in from database (blob data). And there is an header image which should be displayed in the email when customer opens the email.
The image will not be available on server
The image will not be available online (i.e in any website online).
This image is a client header. How can I embed the static image without referring to any location or any online website.
Yes this is possible by encoding the image in Base64
For more info see this Displaying images in webpage without src URL
Finally you will end up with something like this in your html message:
<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAA.........very_long_string....." />
The general solution to this problem is multipart MIME. You add the image as a part of the email message and use a cid reference in the <img> tag.
However, you're probably using some library to send this email, in which case it probably has an API for creating multipart MIME messages.
in case you don't want to load images from the server then only embeding of image with base64 can workout.
Please refer the link below for more reference.
http://www.bigfastblog.com/embed-base64-encoded-images-inline-in-html