How do I display images from Google Drive on a website?

Question

A client of mine has uploaded some photos to their Google Drive and would like me to display their photos on their company website. I reviewed the documentation for displayi

Answer 1

A couple interesting alternatives to publicly hosting an image on Drive (deprecated):

1. Google Photos

If you upload an image to Google Photos instead of Drive it gets a public web link.

This behavior is a little surprising to me, but the link is very long and random, so they are apparently practicing "privacy by obscurity."

2. Google Drawing

If you create an image using the "Google Drawing" program (built into Drive) you can press File > Publish to Web to get a public link.

Note: This could be a solution if you're trying to share an existing image-- paste the image into the editor and crop the canvas to your image (file > Page Setup)-- but it's a little cumbersome. If you need to do some basic image editing, though, or if you're trying create a simple icon/graphic, I think this is nifty.