How to determine the url of an image in VK?

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Good day. Another question from me about vk api.
How to determine the url of the attached image?
message.attachments returns: skrinshoter.ru/s/140918/iHxq9IEi
What to do?

Answer 1

the API method returns not a link, but a photo ID: "188241464_456240492". Separated by an underline is the id of the photo and the owner.
To get a link to a photo, you need to call the photos.getById() method with parameters photos="188241464_456240492"and mandatory standard vand aсcess_token.