# Dealing with image redirects? **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** plugin-dev\ **Created:** [November 5, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160 "2013-11-05T06:19:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TehCrucible](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tehcrucible/32/5777_2.png) [@TehCrucible](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TehCrucible)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/1 "2013-11-05T06:19:58Z")
Hey guys, working on another plugin.  Having some dramas with my image urls returning 302 redirects when trying to use them as thumbs for TV Show Objects.  If I open the url in a browser tab, I get the image fine.  However, when using the same url as a thumb, its reverting to my fallback image.  Any idea why?  I have used the same code for a different site recently with no dramas. Could this be some kind of hotlink protection?  Thanks in advance.     Example URL: ``` http://aniverse.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Asu-No-Yoichi.png ``` Relevant Code: ``` @route("/video/aniverse/showcategory") def ShowCategory(title, category): ``` oc = ObjectContainer(title1 = title) page_data = HTML.ElementFromURL(BASE_URL + str(category)) count = 0 for each in page_data.xpath("//div[@id='anime']/a"): show_url = each.xpath("./@href")[0] show_title = each.xpath("./div[@class='tooltip']/span[@class='tip']/h1/text()")[0] show_thumb = each.xpath("./div[@class='tooltip']/img/@src")[0] show_summary = each.xpath("./div[@class='tooltip']/span[@class='tip']/p[1]/text()")[0].strip() show_genres = each.xpath("./div[@class='tooltip']/span[@class='tip']/h2/text()")[0].split(", ") oc.add(TVShowObject( key = Callback(PageEpisodes, show_title = show_title, show_url = show_url), rating_key = show_title, title = show_title, thumb = Resource.ContentsOfURLWithFallback(url = show_thumb, fallback='icon-cover.png'), summary = show_summary, genres = show_genres ) ) count = count + 1 if count == 30: break return oc ``` ``` Relevant Plugin Log: ``` 2013-11-05 15:50:17,559 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (runtime:717) - Handling request GET /:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FArea-no-Kishi.png 2013-11-05 15:50:17,561 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (runtime:814) - Found route matching /:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback 2013-11-05 15:50:17,562 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (networking:233) - Fetching HTTP headers for 'http://aniverse.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Area-no-Kishi.png' 2013-11-05 15:50:18,357 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (networking:172) - Requesting 'http://aniverse.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Area-no-Kishi.png' 2013-11-05 15:50:24,156 (-4f877490) : ERROR (networking:219) - Error opening URL 'http://aniverse.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Area-no-Kishi.png' 2013-11-05 15:50:24,158 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (runtime:914) - Response: [302] Redirect, 0 bytes 2013-11-05 15:50:24,161 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (runtime:717) - Handling request GET /:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/icon-cover.png?t=1383235969 2013-11-05 15:50:24,163 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (runtime:814) - Found route matching /:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/icon-cover.png 2013-11-05 15:50:24,166 (-4f877490) : DEBUG (runtime:914) - Response: [200] DataObject, 65338 bytes ``` Relevant PMS Log: ``` Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - Request: HEAD /photo/:/transcode?height=720&url=http%3a%2f%2f127.0.0.1%3a32400%2f%3a%2fplugins%2fcom.plexapp.plugins.aniverse%2fresources%2fcontentWithFallback%3ffallback%3dicon-cover.png%26urls%3dhttp%25253A%252F%252Faniverse.tv%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F08%252FAsu-No-Yoichi.png&width=720 [192.168.1.101:53764] (9 live) Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - * height => 720 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - * url => http://127.0.0.1:32400/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - * width => 720 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - Photo transcoder: Request for url [127.0.0.1:32400/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png] (is local: 1 upscaled: 0) Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - * fallback => icon-cover.png Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - * urls => http%3A//aniverse.tv/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Asu-No-Yoichi.png Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - Plug-in com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse has been used 220 times. Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - [com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse] Sending command over HTTP (GET): /:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png Nov 05, 2013 15:49:16 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - HTTP requesting to: http://127.0.0.1:35181/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - [com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse] HTTP reply status 302, with 0 bytes of content. Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - Calling back into ourselves for photo to transcode, optimizing the process (status: 302) Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - HTTP requesting to: http://127.0.0.1:35181/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/icon-cover.png?t=1383235969 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - Photo cache obtained 65338 bytes from http://127.0.0.1:35181/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/icon-cover.png?t=1383235969 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - Saving original media file to /mnt/cache/apps/Plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/PhotoTranscoder/80/80ba59f8fd587190bf08674fab58408515b034f1.jpg Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa3fffb70] DEBUG - Created thumbnail of size 512x512, has pixels: 1 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa4cffb70] DEBUG - Request: HEAD /photo/:/transcode?height=720&url=http%3a%2f%2f127.0.0.1%3a32400%2f%3a%2fplugins%2fcom.plexapp.plugins.aniverse%2fresources%2fcontentWithFallback%3ffallback%3dicon-cover.png%26urls%3dhttp%25253A%252F%252Faniverse.tv%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F08%252FAsu-No-Yoichi.png&width=720 [192.168.1.101:53766] (9 live) Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa4cffb70] DEBUG - * height => 720 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa4cffb70] DEBUG - * url => http://127.0.0.1:32400/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa4cffb70] DEBUG - * width => 720 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa4cffb70] DEBUG - Photo transcoder: Request for url [127.0.0.1:32400/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png] (is local: 1 upscaled: 0) Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xa4cffb70] DEBUG - Content-Length of /mnt/cache/apps/Plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/PhotoTranscoder/01/0178d259fa75c78719783308361a77476b081746.jpg is 65714. Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xac6ffb70] DEBUG - Request: GET /photo/:/transcode?height=720&url=http%3a%2f%2f127.0.0.1%3a32400%2f%3a%2fplugins%2fcom.plexapp.plugins.aniverse%2fresources%2fcontentWithFallback%3ffallback%3dicon-cover.png%26urls%3dhttp%25253A%252F%252Faniverse.tv%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2013%252F08%252FAsu-No-Yoichi.png&width=720 [192.168.1.101:53767] (8 live) Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xac6ffb70] DEBUG - * height => 720 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xac6ffb70] DEBUG - * url => http://127.0.0.1:32400/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xac6ffb70] DEBUG - * width => 720 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xac6ffb70] DEBUG - Request range: 0 to 0 Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xac6ffb70] DEBUG - Photo transcoder: Request for url [127.0.0.1:32400/:/plugins/com.plexapp.plugins.aniverse/resources/contentWithFallback?fallback=icon-cover.png&urls=http%253A%2F%2Faniverse.tv%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F08%2FAsu-No-Yoichi.png] (is local: 1 upscaled: 0) Nov 05, 2013 15:49:18 [0xac6ffb70] DEBUG - Content-Length of /mnt/cache/apps/Plex/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Cache/PhotoTranscoder/01/0178d259fa75c78719783308361a77476b081746.jpg is 65714. ``` ---
**Author:** ![shopgirl284](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shopgirl284](https://forums.plex.tv/u/shopgirl284)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/2 "2013-11-05T19:54:18Z")
I had one do that one time. When I took the fallback=icon.png out of the code, it found the image and worked fine. ``` So you would try changing: thumb = Resource.ContentsOfURLWithFallback(url = show_thumb, fallback='icon-cover.png') to: thumb = Resource.ContentsOfURLWithFallback(url = show_thumb) ``` Not sure why this worked for me or what reason it caused an issue, but try it and see what happens.  And report back here if it makes a difference. I would be curious to know if others have encountered this and see if anyone knows the reason it happened. ---
**Author:** ![TehCrucible](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tehcrucible/32/5777_2.png) [@TehCrucible](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TehCrucible)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/3 "2013-11-05T22:05:24Z")
Thanks for the reply.  Unfortunately, it didn't work for me.  It did however change my errors to 404's which I find strange.  I guess it could be the ContentsOfURLWithFallback function reacting to not having a specified fallback though.  Either way, I'm logging the url's its using and opening those url's in a browser work fine.  I have to admit, it's got me puzzled.   :wacko: ---
**Author:** ![mikedm139](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikedm139/32/96909_2.png) [@mikedm139](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mikedm139)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/4 "2013-11-06T03:13:24Z")
That sounds to me like the Resource.ContentsOfURLWithFallback() is failing to follow the redirect. I can’t think of a reason why it _shouldn’t_ follow redirects. Could be a bug. We’ll have to try to get @jam’s attention and see if there’s a reason that couldn’t/shouldn’t work of if it can be “fixed” in a future framework update. ---
**Author:** ![TehCrucible](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tehcrucible/32/5777_2.png) [@TehCrucible](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TehCrucible)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/5 "2013-11-06T03:18:08Z")
OK cool.  I'm still pretty new at this and I didn't want to be the first one to cry "bug" lol.  In the meantime, is there anyway that I can work around it?  I've seen mention somewhere of an undocumented arg for HTTP.Request to follow redirects? I know I can load my thumb in a separate function, can I use a HTTP request to follow the redirect, extract the image and return it that way?  I'm sure I've seen something like this used in the official plugins but can't for the life of me remember where. ---
**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/6 "2013-11-06T17:57:57Z")
Can we have a look at the code and try the channel? I have a feeling this is more of a weird cache issue than it is a redirect issue. When I download the image without a Referer, User-Agent, etc header it's still working and there aren't any redirects. ---
**Author:** ![TehCrucible](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tehcrucible/32/5777_2.png) [@TehCrucible](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TehCrucible)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/7 "2013-11-06T23:28:37Z")
I'd LOVE for someone to take a look at it.  On top of this image issue,  my code seems to be crashing PMC on Windows (I have a feeling both issues are related).  However the same code works fine on PHT and Android.  I've uploaded the plugin [HERE](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaxMHEvJ7_oMFFKbHZxNktvQUk/edit?usp=sharing).  It's on google drive so you'll need to hit File \> Download.  Also, the plugin isn't actually functional yet, I have no URL service etc.  I've hit this issue just trying to setup the navigation. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/8 "2013-11-07T12:42:42Z")
Hi TehCrucible! Thanks for the link, I checked out the channel and the images are working fine on my machine (tested with PMC, P/HT and Plex/Web). I think that you're looking at a caching problem and that something has gone wrong while you were developing your channel. Can you try the following to see if this fixes the problem on your machine? - Close PMS - Remove the contents of these folders (these are Mac paths, I don't have access to a Windows/Linux machine at the moment): 1. Depending on the version of Plex you have: /Users//Library/Application Support/Plex/userdata/Thumbnails or /Users//Library/Application Support/Plex Home Theater/userdata/Thumbnails 2. /Users//Library/Caches/PlexMediaServer/PhotoTranscoder 3. /Users//Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Caches/com.plexapp.plugins.animeplus 4. /Users//Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Plug-in Support/Data/com.plexapp.plugins.animeplus - Start PMS and try your channel again. ---
**Author:** ![TehCrucible](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tehcrucible/32/5777_2.png) [@TehCrucible](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TehCrucible)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/9 "2013-11-07T13:07:59Z")
I'm so sorry, sander1.  I linked you the wrong plugin!!!   :wacko: The plugin in question is actually [this one](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByaxMHEvJ7_obWFRVHo5YmQ1SnM/edit?usp=sharing).  I did try removing the caches you suggested (including the correct plugin caches) but it hasn't helped unfortunately.  Any chance I can get you to try out this one?!  So sorry to waste your time.  ---
**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/10 "2013-11-07T13:39:38Z")
Hey TehCrucible, I checked your other channel, and I think the problem is the HTTP return status for the images, which is HTTP 200 No Error. A "normal" 200 status message is HTTP 200 OK. Other than that I cannot find anything wrong or different from other channels. I'm trying to contact the framework dev to see if this is a framework issue or a PMS issue. ---
**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/11 "2013-11-07T13:52:55Z")
A (temporary) solution could be to proxy the images with a service like, for example, images.weserv.nl: ``` # Remove http:// from the original URL when using images.weserv.nl. http://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.animeplus.tv/images/series/small/1978.jpg ``` ---
**Author:** ![sander1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@sander1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sander1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/12 "2013-11-08T01:02:09Z")
Hi! I just noticed that in your code the wrong value is used for the thumbnail url. _show\_url_ is being used instead of _show\_thumb:_ ``` thumb = Resource.ContentsOfURLWithFallback(url = show_url, fallback='icon-cover.png'), ``` **Edit:**  Changing the value of url to _show\_thumb_ doesn't make work however :( ---
**Author:** ![TehCrucible](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tehcrucible/32/5777_2.png) [@TehCrucible](https://forums.plex.tv/u/TehCrucible)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/13 "2013-11-08T03:28:12Z")
Haha thnks mate, I had also noticed and changed this one since. I’ll try out your proxy idea tonight. Thanks again for all your help. Originally I started this plugin as an experiment but it turns out the source site actually has a fair amount of metadata available with only the one http request so it would be good to get it working properly. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/dealing-with-image-redirects/46160/14 "2019-12-21T00:23:59Z")
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