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120 Consecutive Characters Error.

Posted by Lance H
Lance H
member, 52 posts
Sun 26 Aug 2018
at 17:10
  • msg #1

120 Consecutive Characters Error

I'm trying to embed an image from my OneDrive.  The code that is auto-generated to embed the image is a very long string, and when I try to post so that players can see my image, I receive this message:

"Error! You don't need over one hundred and twenty consecutive characters, do you?"

Actually, I do.
steelsmiter
member, 1908 posts
BESM, Fate, Indies, PBTA
NO FREEFORM! NO d20!
Sun 26 Aug 2018
at 17:18
  • msg #2

120 Consecutive Characters Error

The workaround I found was to repost to imgur (or deviantart if I modify it significantly) and use that link, it's nigh on guaranteed to be under 120 characters.
steelsmiter
member, 1909 posts
BESM, Fate, Indies, PBTA
NO FREEFORM! NO d20!
Sun 26 Aug 2018
at 17:20
  • msg #3

120 Consecutive Characters Error

As an afterthought, you may be able to feed the one drive link through a shortener site and use the link that spits out.
Lance H
member, 53 posts
Sun 26 Aug 2018
at 17:35
  • msg #4

120 Consecutive Characters Error

For the last decade+ that I've been on RPoL, I've used Photobucket, but their site has always had occasional issues, and their redesign has increased the number of steps it takes to grab an embed link.  So I tried my cloud.  I could definitely run it through a URL shortener, but again, that adds a step.  It's not really a big deal, in the grand scheme of things.
steelsmiter
member, 1910 posts
BESM, Fate, Indies, PBTA
NO FREEFORM! NO d20!
Sun 26 Aug 2018
at 18:48
  • msg #5

Re: 120 Consecutive Characters Error

Lance H:
For the last decade+ that I've been on RPoL, I've used Photobucket,

Yeah, that's why for me it's imgur. I've also noticed discord image links are fairly short. I have a server with a private room only I have access to and have also gone that route.
achmed_the_mad
member, 67 posts
Think Terry Pratchett
...and migraines!
Mon 27 Aug 2018
at 10:35
  • msg #6

Re: 120 Consecutive Characters Error

I gave up on photo sites, and just use an Amazon S3 bucket for storage. (With the bucket set to private and the pictures within it to public.)
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