# \[BUG-5845\]Reports and URL based dynamic images - unable to use HTTPS URLs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 24, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880 "2021-03-24T21:13:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justin.brzozoski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justin.brzozoski/32/13452_2.png) [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/1 "2021-03-24T21:13:21Z")
I’m trying to follow almost exactly the [dynamic image example from the docs](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Images+in+Reports#ImagesinReports-DynamicKeyProperty). I am failing to get it to work. Nothing ever shows up in the preview. My parameters: ![ri1-parameter_setup](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/4/74b4f327e433dec81e95985c2d1481dd597a6468.png) My image properties: ![ri2-image-properties](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/9/4906a822fc37398df9d3d345c31a2864d7bbea23.png) The gateway is running in a cloud architecture w/ restricted networking, so firewalling could feasibly have been an issue. I convinced myself that wasn’t it by logging into the shell account of the user that runs the gateway and did a `wget` of the same URL from the command line. That worked fine. What else could I be doing wrong? (Ignition 8.1.3) EDIT: I finally got it working by trying a URL with basic HTTP (not HTTPS). Is the reporting engine unable to support HTTPS image fetches? The certificates on the server I was fetching from are chained from a well-known CA, so that shouldn’t be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![justin.brzozoski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justin.brzozoski/32/13452_2.png) [@justin.brzozoski](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justin.brzozoski)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/2 "2021-03-25T14:56:02Z")
Alright … Here’s a list of lessons about using dynamic images from the Image Manager in reports that I’ve learned by trial-and-error in the past day: 1. As of Ignition 8.1.3, you cannot use HTTPS URLs to fetch images for reports. 2. You cannot reference images in the Image Manager simply with a key of `/system/images/blah.jpg` 3. You cannot reference images in the Image Manager using `https://localhost:8043/system/images/blah.jpg` (see item 1 above) 4. You cannot reference images in the Image Manager using `http://localhost:8088/system/images/blah.jpg` if you have “Force Secure Redirect” enabled in the Gateway Web Server settings 5. The Designer cannot preview images in reports that reference `http://localhost:8088/...` since the preview tries to do the fetch from the Designer computer, which doesn’t have a web server running on it (normally). If you disable “Force Secure Redirect” _ **and** _ use a URL like `http://localhost:8088/system/images/blah.jpg` _ **and** _ run the report on the gateway, you _can_ dynamically fetch an image from the Image Manager into a report. Some of my difficulty was because our gateway is running inside a fire-walled private network, and my designer session is outside that network. Is there a better way to do this? In particular I would like to keep “Force Secure Redirect” enabled. ---
**Author:** ![knadiminti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@knadiminti](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/knadiminti)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/3 "2022-04-08T13:57:05Z")
Any idea how to resolve this issue . I am also facing the same issue with the images not able to render in the reports with secured links. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/4 "2022-04-08T17:18:58Z")
Oof. There’s just a straight up bug in the reporting library that HTTPS urls will never even be attempted. I’ll file a ticket (and @justin.brzozoski, sorry we/I never saw your original post 😬) As a sort of workaround as of 8.1.16 you can use binary data in a report parameter, so you could fetch your images separately and pass them into the report. Far from ideal, but would make this easier I think. [https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/New+in+this+Version#NewinthisVersion-Newin8.1.16](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/New+in+this+Version#NewinthisVersion-Newin8.1.16) ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/5 "2022-04-08T17:40:59Z")
Actually, nevermind, it looks like this was fixed in 8.1.10: > **[Ignition Release Notes for Version 8.1.10 | Inductive Automation](https://inductiveautomation.com/downloads/releasenotes/8.1.10#17320)** > > Fixes, changes and features in Ignition 8.1.10 ---
**Author:** ![knadiminti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@knadiminti](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/knadiminti)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/6 "2022-04-11T13:07:07Z")
Thank you. I am on older version. For now I have mapped the physical path which has worked. ---
**Author:** ![jfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@jfan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jfan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/7 "2022-06-09T16:51:30Z")
Doesn’t seem like it was fixed. I was able to display images on the Perspective image component via web dev script, but when I used it on the image component on the report, it did not show anything. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-5845-reports-and-url-based-dynamic-images-unable-to-use-https-urls/44880/8 "2022-06-09T16:59:55Z")
You should contact support and explain what you’re seeing in more detail.