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Why do I get a "public ID too long" error when trying to fetch from a remote URL?

Nadav Ofir
Updated

When using 'fetch' to deliver remote images, the origin image's URL is used as the public ID of the new resource.
The length of a resource's public ID is limited to 255 characters (though this can be extended in certain cases), therefore when trying to fetch URLs which are longer than this limit, it will fail.

For such URLs that are over this limit, you can use our API to upload the image from its remote location or set up an upload-mapping from its origin.

 

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  • Origami Support

    Would it be possible to use a randomly generated ID instead of relying on the URL? You offer this when using the upload api.

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  • Nadav Ofir
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    Dynamically specifying public IDs is only available with explicit uploading approaches (i.e. with the upload API), but not with 'fetch' - that's because the URL used to access the image is the same one that tells Cloudinary where to grab it from. You may want to consider switching to upload-mapping (original name is being preserved) or regular uploading (complete flexibility)

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