# Delay in generation of image URL in glide table **URL:** \ **Category:** Report a Bug\ **Created:** [April 19, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881 "2022-04-19T11:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rajat\_P](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rajat_p/32/39297_2.png) [@Rajat\_P](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rajat_P)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/1 "2022-04-19T11:41:47Z")
**My App/Pages Support link:** > **[Easy RFQ](https://deafening-cannon-3612.glide.page/)** > > Manage RFQs from a single page **Describe the bug:** In the above URL, on filling details, and uploading an image to the form, on clicking submit, user is redirected to whatsapp API URL. this API also contains URL to the uploaded image. On clicking submit, I have specified an action to redirect to whatsapp API the whatsapp API URL is being generated in the glide table itself. However, when I click on submit and get redirected to whatsapp, the image URL is missing from the whatsapp message. It is present in the spreadsheet where the URL is being generated **Expected Behaviour:** _the whatsapp message should have the URL in it_ **How to replicate:** _Open the form [https://deafening-cannon-3612.glide.page/](https://deafening-cannon-3612.glide.page/) fill details, upload an image click on submit get redirect to whatsapp Notice that the image URL is empty_ **Demonstration:** ![Screenshot 2022-04-19 at 5.11.03 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/5/8/58510a02ff3fef45d92542bc06dbef7bb2db83a8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/2 "2022-04-19T23:54:07Z")
Can you show us how you are setting up the URL? I’m not sure if the image link is encoded correctly for WhatsApp to “read” it. I assume you’re using a native form here, I think an alternative is to use a custom form, if the problem actually lies in Glide’s slowness in generating the link. > [@How do I create a custom form?](https://community.glideapps.com/t/how-do-i-create-a-custom-form/25014): > > I’m just dropping this here so I have something to refer people to when they ask. This is a simple concept app (copyable), that demonstrates the following techniques: Building custom forms for adding and editing list items (as an alternative to the native forms provided by Glide) Preventing duplicate new entries using [User Specific Columns](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/user-specific-columns) and [Relations](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/data-editor/computed-columns/relation-column) Enforcing mandatory input items The use of visibility conditions and user specific booleans to control user flow There is nothing particula… This is a Glide Apps concept, but you can adapt it to Glide Pages. ---
**Author:** ![Rajat\_P](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rajat_p/32/39297_2.png) [@Rajat\_P](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rajat_P)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/3 "2022-04-20T05:30:22Z")
@ThinhDinh , the image link is encoded correctly I guess because the image URL shows up all items if I access the glide table. it’s only in the frontend flow which does not have the URL some times. _URL column is built using template column:_ ![Screenshot 2022-04-20 at 10.54.34 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/1/e/1e162f9cccdb2ef56e302f5d3575b5dc027a6e9d.png) _Template column is built using img URL replacements_ (attaching this file in next comment since I am not allowed to upload more than one file per comment) the URL shows up on the WhatsApp message if the file size is ~100kb. for anything higher, there is a chance that the URL does not show up. The workaround I have found is introducing an intermediate overlay screen which ensures that the image is uploaded by that time ---
**Author:** ![Rajat\_P](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rajat_p/32/39297_2.png) [@Rajat\_P](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rajat_P)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/4 "2022-04-20T05:31:41Z")
Template column: ![Screenshot 2022-04-20 at 10.57.36 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/d/5/d5501eb489ddc246f72e8b8d9cd8ade56f8053f6.png) ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/5 "2022-04-20T23:26:24Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/2/6/26fc1efd19796045456ffb58f67a7d477b7d378c.jpeg) I just tried again and I can see the image link here. Can you reproduce the error now? ---
**Author:** ![Rajat\_P](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rajat_p/32/39297_2.png) [@Rajat\_P](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rajat_P)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/6 "2022-04-21T06:21:16Z")
Yeah - I had the same observation, the issue seems to be intermittent and always comes up when image sizes are heavy and only sometimes when the file sizes are small. ![Screenshot 2022-04-21 at 11.52.28 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/0/6/061e2688bfb857729fb2848cfffd46cdc9611bc1.jpeg) the file size I uploaded was 180kb ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/7 "2022-04-21T08:18:08Z")
That’s weird. I would try to reproduce that in a video and send it to the support team so they can have a deeper look. [https://glide-help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new](https://glide-help.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/8 "2022-05-21T22:28:47Z")
Closing due to inactivity. This topic will be deleted in a few weeks if there are no more comments. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/system/32/53398_2.png) [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/delay-in-generation-of-image-url-in-glide-table/40881/9 "2022-05-21T22:28:47Z")