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URL validation fails - what is accepted?

Short Answer

Picasi accepts standard HTTP and HTTPS URLs. For channels, Picasi also checks whether the URL format matches the channel type—a LinkedIn URL that looks like a personal profile URL will be rejected as a company profile, and vice versa.

Details

For sources, any valid, accessible HTTP or HTTPS URL is accepted. You do not need to prefix it with https://—Picasi adds that automatically.

For channels, additional rules apply depending on the type:

  • LinkedIn Company: URL must contain linkedin.com/company/
  • LinkedIn Person: URL must contain linkedin.com/in/
  • YouTube: URL must contain youtube.com/ or youtu.be/
  • RSS / Atom: URL must point to a valid feed (Picasi checks whether the feed content is valid XML)
  • Email: automatically generated by Picasi; no manual URL required

Common errors:

  • Spaces in the URL
  • Incorrect platform URL (e.g., twitter.com instead of linkedin.com)
  • LinkedIn profile URL instead of company URL when creating a company profile channel
  • RSS URL that does not return valid XML (e.g., a standard HTML page)