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[effCup]

I don't know when they started but for quite awhile now (months, more likely years) imgbox has stored the original filename of an image in the title attribute:

<div class="image-container">
	<img alt="4cjqlip9" class="image-content" id="img" onclick="rs()" src="https://i.imgbox.com/4cjQLIp9.jpg" title="Bettie_Page_Classic_Nude_Pinup.jpg" />
</div>

If one right-clicks on the above image (from the page url, that is) I get the correct image filename in the save-as box. I also get the correct image filename when right-clicking from the direct image link. I also get the correct filename when right-clicking from retroanalyst's linked gif: "unacceptable.gif".

The underscores has also been a "feature" of imgbox for some years--spaces and commas get replaced. Maybe other chars. as well, I haven't studied.

So: I'm not sure what the problem is that you've found?

[retroanalyst]

Originally Posted by effCup

I don't know when they started but for quite awhile now (months, more likely years) imgbox has stored the original filename of an image in the title attribute:

<div class="image-container">
	<img alt="4cjqlip9" class="image-content" id="img" onclick="rs()" src="https://i.imgbox.com/4cjQLIp9.jpg" title="Bettie_Page_Classic_Nude_Pinup.jpg" />
</div>

If one right-clicks on the above image (from the page url, that is) I get the correct image filename in the save-as box. I also get the correct image filename when right-clicking from the direct image link. I also get the correct filename when right-clicking from retroanalyst's linked gif: "unacceptable.gif".

Huh, indeed. I could swear that this was different yesterday, but maybe it's just me getting old.

[beechcott]

Originally Posted by effCup

So: I'm not sure what the problem is that you've found?

No problem. Just an observation that I thought might be relevant, since this thread is about comparing the merits of various hosts and how they work.

[effCup]

Originally Posted by retroanalyst

I could swear that this was different yesterday, but maybe it's just me getting old.

C̶o̶u̶l̶d̶ ̶b̶e̶ aren't we all? Maybe their system for substituting the "title" for the filename was temporarily switched off, day-before-yesterday? /shrug/

[effCup]

Originally Posted by beechcott

No problem. Just an observation that I thought might be relevant, since this thread is about comparing the merits of various hosts and how they work.

imgbox are not alone among hosts in not including image filenames in url links--that is, in having urls that do not display the original filenames. Perhaps the majority are like that?--e.g. P&H.

From memory, imagevenue & turbo image host are a couple that do show the original image filename, in their urls. That can occasionally be handy, e.g. when seeking to fix dead thumbs.

[halvar]

Originally Posted by effCup

I don't know when they started but for quite awhile now (months, more likely years) imgbox has stored the original filename of an image in the title attribute:

<div class="image-container">
	<img alt="4cjqlip9" class="image-content" id="img" onclick="rs()" src="https://i.imgbox.com/4cjQLIp9.jpg" title="Bettie_Page_Classic_Nude_Pinup.jpg" />
</div>

Here you can find how I extract the filename in forum-backup (if you can read the undocumented code...):
https://git.teknik.io/halvar/forum-b...ckup/imagehost

• Hotflick, Imagetwist, Pixhost: name is in attribute "alt"
• ImageBam, ImageUpper, ImageVenue, PimpAndHost,TurboImageHost: name is in image url
• ImgBox: name is in attribute "title"

I will add support for more imagehosts. Imgclick and imgtiger are tricky, they seem to require loading of a second page to get to the image.

[halvar]

I created a small crude statistic from my downloads so far:

Image hoster	Success Count	Fail Count	Success Rate in %
ibb.co	0	700	0
image.pimpandhost.com	316	37	90
imagetwist.com	3428	1043	77
imageupper.com	3251	604	84
imagevenue.com	471264	65907	88
imgbox.com	108458	3631	97
imgclick.net	0	2822	0
imgtiger.org	0	2673	0
pimpandhost.com	236219	6020	98
pixhost.to	7299	773	90
pixs.ru	0	606	0
pixxxels.cc	0	309	0
porn-bb.net	0	2	0
postimage.org	1708	1579	52
postimg.org	0	1242	0
someimage.com	0	28089	0
www.hotflick.net	4396	3925	53
www.hqpictures.org	0	2	0
www.image am.com	0	1	0
www.imagebam.com	804823	174420	82
www.*************	0	177	0
www.imageflea.com	0	1	0
www.imageno.com	0	305	0
www.pimpandhost.com	5583	7	100
www.pixhost.to	475	2	100
www.postimage.org	174	10	95
www.turboimagehost.com	4948	37	99
www.uploadhouse.com	0	149	0
www1.bygonemedia.com	0	596	0

• pimpandhost and imgbox are among the best.
• Hoster with success rate 0 are not supported yet
• this includes very old posts, comparing old and new hosters may be unfair
• it would be interesting to see if retries increase the success rate

[deezer]

Originally Posted by halvar

• ImageBam...: name is in image url

Just as a info: Imagebam doesn't keep the original file names anymore since c. 12.7.17:

Originally Posted by Al Gebra

It seems that ImageBam doesn't keep original file names anymore. Today I noticed some posts only providing random file names (e.g. c42017560065153.jpg, the first six characters containing CRC32 characters of the image) example 2

Older uploads with imagebam contain the original file-names: see here

[halvar]

Originally Posted by deezer

Just as a info: Imagebam doesn't keep the original file names anymore since c. 12.7.17

You are right. And the original filename is nowhere on the image page

[deezer]

I accidentally ran into some posts where the images are uploaded to imgclick or imgtiger.

I wasn't able to manually open the full image from imgclick
and it took a lot of waiting and clicking at imgtiger, to get the full image.

IHG works fine for both posts, but downloading manually is a bummer or, at least for me, even impossible.