# Changing photo at URL location doesn't update App

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-photo-at-url-location-doesnt-update-app/2981>\
**Category:** Report a Bug\
**Created:** [December 18, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-photo-at-url-location-doesnt-update-app/2981 "2019-12-18T15:20:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![nrelles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nrelles/32/2242_2.png) [@nrelles](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nrelles)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-photo-at-url-location-doesnt-update-app/2981/1 "2019-12-18T15:20:21Z")

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My app includes a photo of each person, with a URL in the PHOTO column of the google sheet. When I update the photo at that URL, it doesn’t change in the app. I understand why (the app very intelligently and wisely and efficiently keeps its own smaller image of the original photo). Is here a workaround for this?  
I even tried changing the URL, and then changing it back to the original. But Glide outsmarted me and recognized that I was using the original URL and used the original smaller version.  
BTW, the reason I don’t change the URL is that I’m getting that URL from another application.

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**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-photo-at-url-location-doesnt-update-app/2981/2 "2019-12-18T16:53:44Z")

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Use the Template column in the data editor to add a dummy parameter at the end of the URL, like “&version=1”

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**Author:** ![nrelles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nrelles/32/2242_2.png) [@nrelles](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nrelles)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-photo-at-url-location-doesnt-update-app/2981/3 "2019-12-18T17:25:20Z")

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I must have misunderstood. I changed the URL in the spreadsheet from

[https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.shulcloud.com/7775/person\_pictures/prod/6241716.png](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.shulcloud.com/7775/person_pictures/prod/6241716.png)

to

[https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.shulcloud.com/7775/person\_pictures/prod/6241716.png&version=1](https://s3.amazonaws.com/images.shulcloud.com/7775/person_pictures/prod/6241716.png&version=1)

and now no picture appears.

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**Author:** ![Christophe\_HK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/christophe_hk/32/4161_2.png) [@Christophe\_HK](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Christophe_HK)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-photo-at-url-location-doesnt-update-app/2981/4 "2019-12-18T17:36:11Z")

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Replace “&version” by “?version”

The & is to put only if there is another parameter at the end of the url (params start after the ?). In your case, there’s no parameter in your initial url, so the ? to start and then the version parameter.

I have tested, it works fine.

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**Author:** ![nrelles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nrelles/32/2242_2.png) [@nrelles](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nrelles)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/changing-photo-at-url-location-doesnt-update-app/2981/5 "2019-12-18T17:41:41Z")

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That worked! Thanks!