I don't use any others but I am sure they all have similar solutions.

OneDrive

  1. Image > View Original
  2. Direct link format: View Original URL
  3. Example: https://jl8n8g.am.files.1drv.com/y4p...014_102132.jpg
  4. Also note this retains the filename you saved it as

Dropbox
  1. Image Right-click > Share > Create a Link > Copy Link
  2. Change https://www.dropbox.com/image_path?dl=0 to
  3. Direct link format: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/image_path
  4. Example: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/...2016.45.56.png
  5. Also note this retains the filename you saved it as


I find OneDrive is the easiest to employ.

Does anyone know how to return/retain the original filename in Google Drive?

With the two images I am using, what meta-information can you extract.
I am interested before I use either with a client.

Acorn