Broken image links in a product CSV: find and fix

A space inside an image link, or a missing or doubled part of the file name, may be a cause of a picture not showing after import.

In the synthetic example below, rows 1 and 4 have a space, row 3 has a doubled dot, and row 2 is fine.

Step 1. Open the file in a table editor and find the image link column.

Step 2. Check that column by hand. The free CSV check does not look at image links, so it will not report these rows; it checks other columns such as titles, prices, SKUs and barcodes.

Step 3. Read each link slowly. Look for a space inside the name, a doubled dot, or a missing file ending.

Step 4. Compare each link with the real file name in your image folder or on your image host, and make the link match it exactly. Correct a doubled dot or a missing ending in the link. If a space is only a typo, remove it from the link; if the file itself really has a space in its name, rename the file and change the link to the same new name. Do not delete spaces from every link at once: a link to a file whose name really contains a space would then stop working.

For spaces at the start or end of a cell, see our published post "Hidden spaces in a product CSV: find and fix them".