How to Get an Image from File Or URL in Java

Here we will get the method to read an image from file or URL in Java.

Source Code

package com.beginner.examples;

import java.awt.Image;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class ReadImageFromFileOrURL {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		try {
			URL url = new URL("https://gss0.bdstatic.com/70cFsjip0QIZ8tyhnq/img/logo-zhidao.gif");
			File file = new File("E:tmplogo-zhidao.gif");
			
			Image image = ImageIO.read(file);
			
			JFrame frame = new JFrame();
			frame.setSize(300, 300);
			JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
			frame.add(label);
			frame.setVisible(true);
		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}
}

References

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