# How are image links generated?

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**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 12:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-image-links-generated/118019 "2019-05-17T12:01:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheBestPessimist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thebestpessimist/32/247704_2.png) [@TheBestPessimist](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheBestPessimist)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-image-links-generated/118019/3 "2019-05-17T13:02:03Z")

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> [@zogstrip](#):
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> Why would you want to know? In Discourse, there are the “original” and a bunch of thumbnails

Well, i’m mostly interested in getting the original link.

Right now if `Copy link address`:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/e/ae5eccdc7f57cd2449695c35ac9042e673e937cc.png) on my picture above i get

`https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/a/3/a37df25f15fccd47dc543f3d5751d81cb61dbe6b.jpeg`

which even although has original in the name, is not the same as

`https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/meta/original/3X/a/3/a37df25f15fccd47dc543f3d5751d81cb61dbe6b.jpeg`.

My point is that if in the future discourse would change the cdn, all the links with the old cdn will be broken.

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