How do I get link to an image on wikipedia from the infobox?

Question

Hi guys, I'm parsing wikipedia infoboxes and I noticed that some infoboxes have image fields - these fields hold names of image files stashed on wikipedia somewhere. However they just contain the name of the file as is as opposed to the actual link.

I checked the links of the images on real live infoboxes and the links do not seem to be from one source but the sources vary. How can I hyperlink to an image on wikipedia considering I only have the name of the image from an infobox entry.

Answer 1

Have you tried http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:filename.jpg ? Even if the files are located on Wikimedia Commons, the above URL should still work.

Edit: Are you trying to hotlink the image? If so, Wikipedia prohibits hotlinking. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia#Hotlinking

Answer 2

Asked there, no answer, I need to know

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Uploading_images#Image_Paths