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How to Get the URL for Pictures

Release time：2023-05-14 19:54:15 oRead0
Method 1 Method 1 of 4: Using Google on Desktop
  1. 1 Open the Google Image search page. Go to https://images.google.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open the Google search page for images.
  2. 2 Enter an image search query. Type a word or phrase into the text box in the middle of the page.
  3. 3 Click the "Search" icon. It's to the right of the text box. Doing so will search Google for images related to your search.
  4. 4 Find your image. Scroll through the results until you find one which matches your needs.
  5. 5 Open the image. Click the image once to do so.
  6. 6 Copy the image's URL. Right-click the image, then click one of the following depending on your browser:
    • Chrome - Click Copy image address
    • Firefox - Click Copy Image Location
    • Microsoft Edge - Click Copy link
    • Internet Explorer - Click Properties, select the URL to the right of the "Address" heading, and press Ctrl+C.
    • Safari - Click Copy image address
  7. 7 Paste the URL. To see the URL for your picture, paste it into a text box or text application by placing your cursor in the text box and pressing either Ctrl+V (Windows) or ⌘ Command+V (Mac).
Method 2 Method 2 of 4: Using Google on Mobile
  1. 1 Open Google Chrome. Tap the Chrome app icon, which resembles a red, yellow, green, and blue sphere.
    • If you don't have the Google Chrome app, you can download it for free from either the iPhone's App Store or the Android's Google Play Store.
  2. 2 Tap the address bar. It's at the top of the screen. Your smartphone's or tablet's keyboard should appear.
    • If there's any text in the address bar, tapping it should highlight it; if not you'll need to remove the text before proceeding.
  3. 3 Enter a search query. Type in a word or a phrase.
  4. 4 Tap Search. It's in the keyboard. This will search Google for results matching your word or phrase.
    • On Android, you may tap Go or Enter/Return here instead.
  5. 5 Tap the IMAGES tab. This tab is at the top of the results page. Doing so will prompt Google Chrome to display only pictures.
  6. 6 Find your picture. Scroll through the results until you find a photo which matches your search.
  7. 7 Open the picture. Tap the picture to do so.
  8. 8 Tap the "Share" icon. It's below the picture. Doing so brings up a pop-up menu.
    • On Android, you'll tap the Android "Share" icon instead.
  9. 9 Copy the link. Tap and hold the link at the bottom of the pop-up menu, then tap Copy Link URL when prompted.
  10. 10 Paste the link. To see the URL for your picture, open any app with a text field, tap the text field, tap and hold the text field for a moment, and tap Paste in the resulting menu.
Method 3 Method 3 of 4: Finding a URL in Most Browsers
  1. 1 Find the picture for which you want to get the address. You can get the address for most images you find online.
  2. 2 Make sure you're viewing the original version of the image. Some websites will display a thumbnail instead of the whole image. If you get the URL now, you'll only be getting the URL for the thumbnail. Make sure the full-size image is loaded in your browser.
    • For example, the images in this wikiHow article are actually thumbnails. To see the full-size version, you'd need to click the image to open the full-size version in a new window.
  3. 3 Right-click the image. Once you've found the image that you want to get the URL for, right-clicking it will prompt a drop-down menu to appear.
    • If you're using a Mac with a one-button mouse, hold Ctrl and click the image to open the right-click menu.
    • On a mobile platform (e.g., a smartphone or a tablet), you can instead tap-and-hold the image and then tap the Copy URL or Copy Link menu option. Not all browsers will have this option.
  4. 4 Copy the image's URL. You'll click one of the following options in the drop-down menu depending on your browser:
    • Chrome - Click Copy image address
    • Firefox - Click Copy Image Location
    • Microsoft Edge - Click Copy link
    • Internet Explorer - Click Properties, select the URL to the right of the "Address" heading, and press Ctrl+C.
    • Safari - Click Copy image address
  5. 5 Paste the image URL. Once you've copied the image URL, it will be copied to your computer's clipboard. You can then paste it anywhere you'd like, such as a message, document, or a browser's address bar.
    • If you copy something else before pasting it, the copied URL will be overwritten with whatever you copied last.
Method 4 Method 4 of 4: Using Imgur
  1. 1 Understand the purpose of this method. If you want to assign a URL to a file from your computer, you can upload it to any file-hosting site (such as Imgur) and then copy its link. Imgur is the most common example.
  2. 2 Open Imgur. Go to https://imgur.com/ in your computer's web browser. This will open Imgur's home page.
  3. 3 Click New post. It's a green button at the top of the home page. A pop-up menu will appear.
  4. 4 Click Browse. This grey button is in the middle of the pop-up menu. Clicking it opens File Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac) on your computer.
  5. 5 Select an image from your computer. Go to the location of the image that you want to upload, then click the image to select it.
  6. 6 Click Open. It's in the lower-right corner of the window. Doing so uploads the selected picture to Imgur.
    • You can give your image a title by clicking the text box directly above the image and typing in a title.
  7. 7 Click Copy. This grey button is to the right of the image's URL in the upper-right side of the page. Doing this will copy the image's URL to your computer's clipboard.
  8. 8 Paste your image's URL. To see the URL for your picture, paste it into a text box or text application by placing your cursor in the text box and pressing either Ctrl+V (Windows) or ⌘ Command+V (Mac).

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