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Asked: 2026-05-31T10:06:21+00:00

I have these strange image urls that if I call direct in browser, an

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I have these strange image urls that if I call direct in browser, an image shows up but when I use it in an img tag no image shows up.

http://thetvdb.com/banners/_cache/fanart/original/248951-1.jpg

I’m sure I’m making some silly mistake. Here is simple code.

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org
/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=UTF-8">
    <title></title>
</head>
<body>
    <img src="http://thetvdb.com/banners/_cache/fanart/original/248951-1.jpg" alt=""/>
</body>
</html>

Any help?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The TV DB does not want to use their bandwidth to display an image on your site.

    We don’t allow any kind of hotlinking, you are only allowed to directly download the images and then use them as you see fit, you may not use us as a host.

    They have taken steps to prevent you from doing this.

    quentin@laptop:~ # curl -e http://example.com/ http://thetvdb.com/banners/_cache/fanart/original/248951-1.jpg
<html>
<head><title>403 Forbidden</title></head>
<body bgcolor="white">
<center><h1>403 Forbidden</h1></center>
<hr><center>nginx</center>
</body>
</html>
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