Timeline for "The format is not supported" when uploading images with %20 / spaces in URL
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| Sep 11, 2014 at 17:06 | answer | added | Pacerier | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 4:22 | comment | added | Jason C | @A.L That's a good point. In this case, I did test with my own publicly visible web server, and a few different images, all JPEG, all with correctly reported MIME type of image/jpeg, with the same results. The error here in this case is dependent entirely on %20 or a space in the URL, not on any other factors. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 4:12 | comment | added | A.L | The format is not supported can concern the URL or the image itself, for example if the Microsoft website doesn't return the right MIME type. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 4:10 | comment | added | A.L | @Jason C TinyURL is just a redirection to the file, it seems that this doesn't prevent the problem. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 4:09 | comment | added | Jason C | @A.L Replacing with a space is no surprise (I also observed the same thing), but the TinyURL thing is a surprise. I wonder why that could be? Must mean the problem is somehow after any redirects are handled. | |
| Aug 7, 2014 at 4:08 | comment | added | A.L | I've tried to replace the %20 by a space, same error. Then I tried to use TinyURL to change the URL, same error again. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 22:13 | comment | added | user152859 | I guess the URL is being decoded somewhere when using the API (probably on SE side) so when it reach imgur, it's not pointing on the correct place anymore. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 20:00 | history | edited | user152859 | edited tags | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 19:55 | comment | added | Jason C | @Mhmd Good call; I tested and was able to consistently reproduce with URLs with a space in the URL. I've updated the post to reflect this. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 19:53 | history | edited | Jason C | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 55 characters in body; edited title |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 19:32 | comment | added | Mohammad | It is not about the extension, it is about the url itself since it contains letters that are not supported. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 19:27 | history | edited | Jason C | CC BY-SA 3.0 | added 143 characters in body |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 19:24 | comment | added | Jason C | @MadScientist It uploads just fine direct to imgur. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 17:11 | comment | added | user3094403 | If I save this on my computer and upload it from there, it works fine, while it doesn't when adding it from the web. | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 17:08 | comment | added | Mad Scientist | You could try upoading it to imgur directly, maybe that gives a more detailed error message | |
| Aug 6, 2014 at 17:02 | history | asked | Jason C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |