# Imgur images — how to not truncate?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569
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**Created:** [September 14, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569 "2022-09-14T16:42:46Z")
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/1 "2022-09-14T16:42:46Z")
I asked this in another thread, not ATMB IIRC, but I don’t recall the answer. How can I include an imgur image without it being truncated?
Example —
[[Album] 1979 movie, Promises in the Dark, filmed in West Hartford CT and at Hall High...  ](https://imgur.com/gallery/mSp98Wf)
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/2 "2022-09-14T17:00:18Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg)
ETA: if truncated, just open in a new tab and post that URL
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/3 "2022-09-14T17:03:49Z")
Doesn’t seem to work. I’m on an iPhone.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/4 "2022-09-14T17:10:58Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/5 "2022-09-14T17:11:45Z")
Just did it with my iPhone 11. I’m using the imgur app, if that makes a difference
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/6 "2022-09-14T17:25:35Z")
My URL:[https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg)
Your URL:[https://imgur.com/](https://imgur.com/) gallery /mSp98Wf
Yours has “gallery”.(I broke link with spaces)
Opening your URL (gallery), then opening it in a new tab: [https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2022, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/7 "2022-09-14T17:30:04Z")
If I open your OP on my phone (open with imgur app) then open your gallery pic in a new tab, I get a URL that works. [https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg](https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg)
When I place the link on its own line, I get:
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/8 "2022-09-15T03:17:24Z")
[[Album] 1979 movie, Promises in the Dark, filmed in West Hartford CT and at Hall High...  ](https://imgur.com/gallery/mSp98Wf)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/9 "2022-09-15T03:20:03Z")
Nope.
Here’s what I tried, in trying to follow your directions:
In Safari, open my OP image with imgur.
In imgur, click on share, then copy link.
In Safari, open a new tab and paste the link.
Fail.
What am I missing?
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/10 "2022-09-15T03:50:14Z")
To get a direct link to the image, you can’t click on Share. You have to right click (or press and hold on mobile) and then choose Copy to copy the image URL. Then paste the link as before.
It’s possible this will try to paste the image itself. In that case, past the image URL in something that can only handle text (e.g. the address bar). Then copy that and paste it into the document.
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This is technically a bug, IMO. Discourse should be able to parse the share URL and get the image, and not make you have to go through this rigmarole.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/11 "2022-09-15T03:54:31Z")
[ ](https://i.imgur.com/lrfMRvm.jpeg)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/12 "2022-09-15T03:55:03Z")
_ **THAT’S IT!!!** _
Thank you @BigT !! And @kayaker !
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imgur-images-how-to-not-truncate/971569/13 "2022-09-15T09:00:40Z")
Marsha Mason starred in romantic dramas with Richard Dreyfuss and Ned Beatty? Who did she piss off?