Embed external image links in node fields, without downloading them to own site?

Question

In Drupal 7;

• I want to show external images in my nodes by giving its link as "http://www.example.com/aa.jpg"
• I don't want them to download to my site
• I will make it by the fields

Is there a module for Drupal 7 doing this?

Thank you.

Answer 1

In short...yes!

You can install the Media module along with Remote Stream Wrapper module.

When you add your new image field, choose the 'Media file selector' widget. This:

Provides the ability to use external files with file fields without saving the files to your local files directory. Also provides a 'Remote URL' browser plugin.

A further look at the module page for Remote Stream Wrapper says it does this:

By default the module adds support for any URL using http://, https://, or feed://

Which i think is exactly what you're after.

I'd also recommend installing the Media Browser Plus module which provides a better browser for when your users are picking images.

Answer 2

In Drupal 7 you already have Imagecache as a core module. All you have to do is to install Imagecache External. This is an utility module to allow you to use imagecache(D6)/image derivatives (D7) with external images. After enabling the module, set the following permissions:

• View external images
• Fetch external images

Configuration

The module's default configuration is very restrictive. Excluding admin user or users with the 'Bypass black/white list' permission - the default configuration of the module is to deny all requests to fetch external images. So to get the module to work, you need to visit admin/settings/imagecache_external and either:

Add some domains to the whitelist -or-
Switch the mode of operation from whitelist to blacklist

I hope this helps.