If you've been using Imgur or imgbb inside Zapier, you know the drill.
Set up an HTTP action, dig through the API docs, figure out the right endpoint, parse the response to extract the URL, and then hope the URL format actually works with whatever app is receiving it. Half the time it doesn't - wrong headers, redirect URLs, or rate limits you didn't know existed.
Google Drive share links aren't much better. They look fine until an API actually tries to use them.
Here's what I switched to.
It's called Upload to URL - a native Zapier app that does one thing:
- Pass it any file → get a clean public CDN URL back
- Works with images, PDFs, any file type
- Set an expiry if you only need the URL temporarily
- Keep it permanently if you need it to stick around
No Webhook action. Just a native Zap step that plugs straight into your Zap.
Search Upload to URL in the Zapier app directory. Free API key at uploadtourl.com.
If you've been fighting the Imgur/imgbb workaround - this should clean up that part of your Zap considerably.
Happy to help if you're trying to get it working in a specific zap.