How to embed remote images in notes?

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Hey guys,

Any idea about how to embed a remote image (hosted on Dropbox, for example) in a Obsidian note?

I tried several codes here, including the ones present in Obsidian help docs, without success.

Thanks in advance.

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The format you need is mentioned in the Developer Notes of the embed files docs: ![Image](link.png)

Getting a link that works highly depends on the host. The embed files docs mention doing a search for how to embed based on host:

If you want to embed a website, try searching for “{website} embed iframe”.

Dropbox recommends using their Embedder, which requires creating a Dropbox app.

For now, the force render URL still works with something like this:

![ALT_TEXT_HERE](https://www.dropbox.com/s/du6kip1e1ucarp0/One_Does_Not_Simply_Catch_A_Cat.jpg?raw=1)

imgur works with the Direct Link:

![ALT_TEXT_HERE](https://i.imgur.com/tmk13Gz.jpg)

But hotlinking may be considered as using imgur as a CDN, which violates their TOS.

imgbb also includes Direct links that work and seems more open to hotlinking:

![ALT_TEXT_HERE](https://i.ibb.co/x2PD1JS/One-Does-Not-Simply-Catch-A-Cat.jpg)

Host limitations aside, this format is the way to go: ![TEXT_HERE](URL_HERE)

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Thank you very much. I’ll take a look.

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