And there's an API module for this too:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&titles=File:Albert%20Einstein%20Head.jpg&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=url&format=jsonfm
:)

-- Legoktm

On 7/2/14, 1:59 PM, Liangent wrote:
> Also there are Special:FilePath and thumb.php. I'm not sure how this
> affects caching though.
> 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Example.svg
> 
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/thumb.php?f=Example.svg&w=420
> 
> -Liangent
> 
> On Jul 3, 2014 4:50 AM, "Emilio J. Rodríguez-Posada" <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello Markus;
> 
>     The URL of a Commons image is build like this:
> 
>     https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/x/xy/File_name.ext
> 
>     Where X and XY are the first char and first&second chars
>     respectively of the md5sum of the filename (replacing the spaces
>     with _).
> 
>     For a 200px thumb:
> 
>     
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/x/xy/File_name.ext/200px-File_name.ext
> 
>     The SVG files are a special case, therefore .png is appended to
>     .ext, being .ext.png. For SVG doesn't mind to use big thumb sizes,
>     but when file is JPG, don't try to generate a thumb bigger than the
>     original file or you will get a beautiful error.
> 
>     Regards
> 
> 
>     2014-07-02 22:33 GMT+02:00 Markus Krötzsch
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> 
>         Dear Wikidatarians,
> 
>         From Commons media properties, I get the string name of a file
>         on Commons. I can easily use it to build a link to the Commons
>         page fo rthat image.
> 
>         * But how do I get the raw image URL?
>         * And can I also get the raw URL of a small-scale (thumbnail) image?
> 
>         I would like to beautify my Wikidata applications to show some
>         images. I know this is more of a general MediaWiki question, but
>         it is much more relevant in Wikidata, so I am posting it here
>         first. I guess somebody has already solved this since we have
>         images in various Wikidata-based applications and gadgets.
> 
>         Thanks
> 
>         Markus
> 
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